- Reaction score
- 9
- Points
- 230
600 + yards?? Not very sporting IMO.Retired AF Guy said:A friend of mine here in Kingston (On) uses a 22-250 and managed to takeout 11 Willies in one day. Longest shot was 600 + yds.
Even with a 10 mph cross wind the bullet drift would be (depending on actual round used) somewhere from aprox. 28"-40" @ 500 yards.
Bullet drop when zero'd for 200 yards would be between aprox. 34" - 42" @ 500 yards.
How accurate is his range estimation and/or judgment of hold over and offset? Even 25 yards off @ 600 yards on range estimation would mean a complete miss or even worse a wounding shot & not a clean kill.
When hunting game anything short of a clean kill is not sporting. At 600 yards with a 22-250 way too many variables come in to play to make this a sporting venture.