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Old 06-13-2017, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by catnthehat View Post
I once watched a guy with a 300 Wetherby gut shoot a buck at 200 yards because when I mentioned holding off for the wind he said " no need to with these 180 bullets and 300 mag"
Yeah the wind makes a difference - maybe not at 50 yards but ona stiff wind at 100 it. An make aDifference between a clean kill and a not so clean kill with many rifles .
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Must have been some kind of wind!! my calculator puts a full value wind between 60-80MPH to take a 180 out of a 300bee from a deers heart to the guts..........
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