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CAN YOU SAY HEAD SHOT

dieselcarpenter

I shoot a Ruger M77 MK II Stainless in .30-06 Leupold Vari-X II 3-9x40 silver finish, Houge over-molded stock, Harris bipod, Butler-creek sling and a Blackhawk cheek pad. My zero is 200 yards and I have had good results out to 500 yds, couldn't tell you the size group (been a while, no records ) I reload my own as well. Like the 150 -165 Nosler ballistic tips at the recommended load in the manual, also love FMJ M1-garand surplus when I can get it.

I would love to get a hold of an Accuracy International in .338 Lapua or even just .300 WM, shoot, even .308 those are amazing rifles. The new CHEY-TACH .416 sniping system (computer,full weapon, custom ammo) would also be awesome and you beet the ban on .50's but I have no access to the 8,000 it would cost to buy either let alone keep them fed.

Needles to say I love the long range shot! Even If I am an amature rookie.


D-C out!

Ezra

Shot placement..Shot placement...Shot placement..Did I mention shot placement? More than one 'yote has fallen to my .223 well beyond 200yd's.

Fronty Owner

you mean with a big enough, fast enough bullet, I can just scare the aminal to death.

RyeThomas

Why shoot with the little stuff, if Im shooting past 100 yards I want my MARK 19 haha. One shot one kill is much easier with a 40mm grenade. Could be because I am a born and bred 0331 but thats just me.

Wolfcsm

I would figure that if you can knock a man down at 400+ yards with a 5.56, you should be able to bring down a canine.

The Army uses a Remingtom 700 in 308 (7.62mm), with match ammo out to 800 meters and a M107 Barrett beyond that.

Have a good .mov of some long range shoots - but it can't be uploaded.

Hal

madhat

I like to use a 203... little lighter than the MK 19...

A 5.56 does not have much stopping power over 50 yards, unless it's a clean head shot.

Ezra

No disrespect Madhat, But 50yds?????.And shot placement is putting the bullet into the animal's kill zone(s).But if you shot a .50bmg right passed a 'yotes head it might scare him to death...sounds like some peolpe on this forum have either no exsperience with the .223 or read into the bs storys about it in Magazines.It is a fine caliber with plenty of differant loads for all kinds of game even past 50yds.

apc

M1 Garand . Hits what I point it at out to 400 yards. No space for further shots.
Have a accurate Savage in 22.250 and a Bushmaster in .223 but when its show time bring on the Garand.

sdaly

You guys huntin dogs with .223's, you're better than I am and I'd really enjoy hunting dogs with you guys sometime, and I mean that sincerely. I figure if I can put a shot within 3" of where I intended to put it, I'm doing pretty good. And that's on an animal that's stopped. I have had successful head shots, but I've many unsuccessful headshots too. Maybe it's just the way I was taught, but I generally tend to place shots just behind the front shoulder--that's what I'm comfortable with. If I have a dog looking at me head-on, his profile is pretty small and I'll usually try to place the shot just below the nose, hoping that within that 3" circle I'll get either the head, neck, or breast. If the animal is on the move, then swinging, sighting, leading and firing quickly enough to rely only on a head shot at over 200yds is beyond my confidence level. I commend you guys that can do it. I enjoy the .223 cartridge and my rifles in that chambering. I reload tons of .223.

Coyote1 (the one on the ATV with the gaping shoulder wound) I shot with a .223 at probably just outside 100yds. There was barely 1 second from the time he caught my peripheral vision to the time my shot was dispatched as he was on the move. It was a shoulder shot as you can see and this dog ran a good couple hundred yards and through a fence before he finally collapsed. It was tall grass and the blood trail was difficult to track and I almost didn't recover him.

Coyote2 was shot also just outside of 100yds with my Rem 700 in .270 Win chambering. The shot was through the breast and she dropped instantly where she stood. Instant lights out for her. Entry wound and exit wound here about the same size--tiny. The bullet never had a chance to expand. The hydrostatic shock put her down instantly.

Anyway, to each their own. Maybe someday I'll get proficient enough I can rely exclusively on head shots at 400yds too.

staarma

I would love to add that one to my collection. Just read about it in the new Guns & Ammo June addition. At about 5 bucks a round though it could get expensive quick.

apc

I knew this was out there had to find it. I wanted to put in my original post.

madhat

None taken, whatsoever...

I'm talking about humans. Animals are different, but I rarely hunt them.

Enough said. Amen.

You must be old school. Not many know about those except old men and history buffs/gun lovers.

I could be wrong. I don't know much about anything...

madhat

If you shoot the 50 that I shot, the round will kill a man if it passes with in 6-10 inches of his head.

Don't think that I'm tryin to be a billy bad butt posting this stuff... I am a weapons newbie compaired to some of the Marines that I know. I have had the chance to shoot some weapons that most civilians have never been able to.

It's fun, too...

Wolfcsm

One thing to remember when talking to someone who has hunted humans:

Once you have hunted humans, hunting animals looses its appeal - too easy.

Hal