How far are you comfortable shooting a …..?

[mark-hunter]

What do feel is longest effective range when shooting a 9.3x62, a .375 HH and a .416 Rigby?
I know they will shoot a long distance but what is a reasonable maximum distance you shoot these calibers?

9.3x62 is my driven boar hunt rifle. Zeroed dead on 100 meters. I dont push farther, becasue of the type of hunt.

375 H&H I shot at max 209 m during hunt. But considering it has ballistics comparable to 30-06, i would go up to 250 meters, a distance to which I am comfortable with.
My 30-06, I shoot at max 250 meters.
Till know, I had no reason to push farther.

416 I dont have, never thought about it. But this is definitely DG caliber - so the question is what is DG hunting distance - and answer is, short range, up to 100.

 

[grand veneur]

What do feel is longest effective range when shooting a 9.3x62, a .375 HH and a .416 Rigby?
I know they will shoot a long distance but what is a reasonable maximum distance you shoot these calibers?

Depends primarily on the will, but also on a good knowledge of the external ballistics of the cartridge used in his rifle and also on the ability of the individual to make shots with various rifles and calibers at longer distances, meaning also before all tests and training on the shooting range at different distances. The ethically reasonable maximum shooting distance for game is around 500 yards, which many cartridges allow, including the three cited above. The limiting factor will be the terminal ballistics. We want to kill game well and not make holes in a cardboard target. No responsible hunter will feel completely comfortable shooting at game at longer distances, because such shots always involve a certain degree of uncertainty.

In practice I would have no too much concerns for shooting at the usual distances that we find worldwide and also in Africa, meaning up to 300 yards, with the three cited cartridges above, especially with the cartridge 375 H&H Magnum. I did something like that, and also at even longer distances with the cartridge 9,3x64 Brenneke, which has a similar external ballistics to the cartridge 375 H&H Magnum. I have also shot game at distances between 200 yards and 300 yards with the cartridge 460 Weatherby Magnum, so that something like that would also be possible without any problems with the cartridge 416 Rigby.