I got a couple I can stretch out to between 800-1000 on, for targets only. My 300 win mag will ring the gong ant 750 all day long if I do my part, it just sucks to shoot more than 25 rounds off the bench through it. My 270 weatherby is a Ruger #1 and it really likes Nosler bullets. Ballistic tips or accubonds it will put into a ragged hole all day at 100. 300 win mag prefers hornady or Nosler bullets. 257 likes Nosler and sierra’s. Typically, if you know the ballistics to most plains rifles, you can shoot a long ways with an accurate load and good optics.wab wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2024 2:04 pm I’ve taken a buddy’s 6.5 creed out to a mile. But that thing probably costs more than my truck.
For hunting, if I can’t get under 4-500 yds, well my opinion is I suck at hunting then. Even in the open plains it may take some doing and finesse to the hunt but there are so many variables in the field beyond that and rarely the type of conditions where I will push a shot beyond 400. But I will also belly crawl through cactus infested prairie like a dang badger to get a good shot.
No matter what the gun, weird things happen at extreme ranges. Bullets don’t open up, deflect off bone easier, or you miscalculate your wind drift and a clean shot turns into a wounded animal. That is a result I strive against all the time.