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Ithaca37

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What bullet weight, caliber, manufacturer, etc. does everyone use for big game hunting? Do you prefer premium or regular ammo?

I use 150 or 165gr core-lokt or power points for my '06.
For my Ithaca 37, I use 385gr sabot slugs @ 1900fps that's 3086 ft-lbs of energy at the muzzle, damn do they leave a mark on your shoulder though.
 
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Okay, it seems the previous question is not very popular. How about his one then: How do you sight in your rifle? Do you go for a fixed yardage (100yds, 200yds, etc.) or do you subscribe to the maximum point blank range school of thought?
 
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To answer both your questions, I shoot a .308 for deer. I use 150 gr. core-lok.
I generally sight-in once a year prior to hunting season at 100 yds. I sight for direct hit bullseye.

Beyond 100yds. my consistency drops considerably. I feel quite confident in being able to lethally kill a deer beyond that to some degree but sighting in my groupings expand. So I stick at 100 yds.

For Maine woods hunting, that's the ticket.

I have another question that has been asked me many times before. We'll see if others know the answer.

If you do not have a place to shoot that is 100 yds., what is the yardage you can shoot at that gives as close to the same results as 100 yds.?
 
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According to some redfield sightin targets I have if you are dead on @ 25yds you should be about 1" high @ 100yds for most centerfire cartidges. But you have to remember to make windage an delevation adjustments that are 4x what you want the bullet to do.
 
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I use 130 grain core lokt for my Rem 7400 .270, but I think after hearing what the gun dealers are saying about this new federal "power shock" ammo and the price they're selling it for I may switch to a 140 grain bullet and zero at 100yards. With the .270 I'm looking at about 8.5 inches of drop at 300yards so anything I'm going to see I aim at the deer, just a little high on the shoulder out at 300 yards.
 
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K6 I think with a little searching around you can figure out what distance you need to shoot in order to have a 100 yard zero. It all depends on how far above your barrel that your scope is mounted. If you are zeroed at 100 yards that means that your scope is angled downwards to intercept the 100 yard target depending on the bullet drop at the distance. At 25 yards your bullet should hit somewhere below the bullseye (although minimal) but if it is zeroed at 25 your downward angle is greater than at 100 yards assuming your scope is mounted 1.5-2" above the barrel and it is a flat shooting cartridge. I've come across these charts before and it is based on the ballistics of each caliber and distance above the barrel that the scope is mounted. I hope you all have a headache after reading this.
 
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I roll my own loads:
The 45-70 gets a 350 grain flat nose Sierra.
The .35 Rem gets a 200 grain flat nose Speer.
The .308 uses a 150 grain Sierra spire point.
The 30-06 uses a 180 grain Sierra match king.
the Rem 22-250 varmint gun gets a 63 grain boat-tail Hornady.
 
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