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I would have to agree with you in theory about holding in the middle of a six inch group and cutting it down to three if the group shot by the rifle was somewhat circular. You didn't answer my question about the wind. The op's rifle was in 6.5 Creedmoor. Gary from Hornady tells me that a Hornady 143 ELD-X going at 2800fps, from a 6.5 Creedmoor has 8.9 inches of displacement at 400 yards with a 10mph crossing. Add that to your three inches at best or 6 inches at worst. If it was me, I would find out if the rifle shot best with a clean bore or a fouled bore, then which ever way it shot the best, I would see if the first shot was consistent at 400, if it was I would practice till I could regularly hit something the size of a deer chest. Just my two cents.

To quote a long gone gun writer There is a lot of 400 yard rifles sitting in the racks of 100 yard riflemen. Got to agree with a little bit of what recurveman stated, but 3 inches isn't 1.5 moa at 400 yards, if my math is correct its closer to six inches, add a little wind with that and who knows where and if it would hit a deer.

One thing that hasn't been thrown out there is your rifle might have a tight neck in it. I've seen it happen it a factory rifle, and so for some reason those Noslers bring it out. Measure the necks of a loaded case, perferably loaded with the Nosler bullet and then measure a case neck from the fired Nosler bullet case, there should be at least a couple of thousands difference between them. Eventuality if you just neck size your brass, sooner or later your brass is gonna stretch and not go in your chamber, if you are hunting that's a problem, if you are at a bench rest match not so much.

My buddy told me an old saying One shot, animal is probably dead, Two shots, maybe dead, Three shots, animal long gone.

I certainly respect his service. The issues that I had with the man is although he was a Republican, he could have been a closet Democrat, and when he was sick, I didn't see him being treated at a VA hospital.

A Monk entered a Monistary, taking a vow of silence. On his 1 year anniversary the Monsignor said to the Monk that he would be allowed to speak two words. The Monk said Food Bad. Again on his second year the Monsignor said to the Monk that he would be allowed to speak two words. The Monk said Bed Hard. Shortly after the Monsignor was told that the Monk had slipped away during the night. The Monsignor replied Its no wonder, all he did was complain.

Things change! When I was a kid, you started off with a BB gun, then a .22 if you showed that you could safely handle the BB gun, then a center fire rifle. Now days I see guys with their kids barley out of square pants shooting their 300 RUMS. I've never listened to a podcast, nor have I hung a camera in the woods, but it doesn't bother me if someone else does. By the way there was some old timers when I was a kid, who didn't think that using a scope on a rifle was sporting.

One of the three sisters .270, .280, or 30-06. Probably go with the .270.

Last Fall I was at Ben Avery and there was a film crew on the Silhouette range, just packing up. One of the guys said that they were filming a commercial for Berger Bullets, showing the bullet going through the bullseye at slow motion. I imagine it would have shown on one of the outdoor channels, which I don't get. Anyone Seen it? Tried to find it on YouTube and didn't.

A rifle will give you A little play with how it fits you, a shotgun won't. The old line is if a Beretta won't fit you, a Browning will.

Another thing, I've seen some Whitetail in the same elevations as Mule Deer in 27, wouldn't want to mix them up.

Maybe to just have one more hunt with the 3 other guys that I used to hunt with, two of them quit because of their age. Or to have one more hunt with my Uncle, who started me shooting, hunting and fishing.

In 1979, a time when only ho's and drunken sailors had tattoos, I staggered into a shop wanting to get the invasion of Normandy tattooed on my back, but I had a grand total of six dollars on me, so I settled for this. Moral of the story don't go cheap and your tattoo is going to fade with age.

I have that rifles twin. I was gifted it from a friend. The story of the gun is that they were sold out of someplace in Texas (if my memory is working) as the World's most accurate gun. Upon receiving the rifle and shooting it, my buddy realized that it wasn't that accurate at all, he wrote the guy who was selling the rifles and said that the rifle that he had sold to him wasn't that accurate. He got a letter back from the guy who simply said Well sue me. Mine is a plain ol 98 action stamped Mark V, and 25-06 is stamped on the barrel, very faintly.

Thanks. lucafu1, you know if your going into the game, go in with a pair of Aces!

No don't think that's him, but the guy on the right in this pic is. Taken in 2002 at the Whittington Center in Raton, NM.

I pretty much leave my spotting scope on 20x, big enough field of view and picks up mirage.

I've used IMR-4350 with good results in 4 different rifles, but using a 150gr bullet.

I think anything above 15 would pick up mirage on a warmer day, just my opinion.

Don't let this happen to you!

The greatest shooter that ever lived.

A friend of mine was having a conversation with none other than Lones Wigger, he was telling Wiggs how well his gun shot(.22 custom), Wigger finally said to him, I don't think your gun shoots that well, or I would have heard of you! I believe someone stated in an old thread that they would bet 1000.00 on one shot at a thousand with steel the size of a Coues heart lung area. I don't think there was any takers.

Seen a lot of does around the house, but this evening finally saw some bucks.

I was watching Johnny Carson one night and Carl Sagan was the guest, he was likening an animal's extinction with screws holding an airplane together in flight, loose one or two no big deal, loose a bunch in big trouble, I get that. IMHO those Condores can go back to Cali, carrying a Democrat liberal on each wing, with the stipulation that if they fall off, the bird has to come back and pick up two more.

Another thing to think about before you build a custom gun, is what is going to happen if life slaps you around a little bit and you have to sell it? And are you sure that is what you want, something is going to come along that's faster, better or cooler. That gun that you just sunk all that cash into, isn't going to sell for what you put into it, right away anyway. The big thing is that animal that you just dropped isn't going to know the difference between a custom and one off the rack. Just my two cents.