Hi All,
Whoops I mis-typed it.................. yey the last option was supposed to say dumb
I did say delete as required
However I have to agree with greg..................on the 6.5x55mm it's an awesome cartridge and one I have used a lot
As for distance shooting, hmmm seems I don't get the chance just now, the longest shot I have taken Deer with since last Feburary when I shot a Muntjac Doe at about 130 yards is about 65 yards. The last one a Roe Doe when I first saw her she was all of 15 paces away, me of course was loking the wrong way trying to spot some Fallow about 300 yards away when she came in behind me
I shot he at about 50-65 yards when she trotted up the hedge line and then stopped to look back.
I have a friend who is now obsessed with the idea of shooting a Der at 500 yards, he has done the close up stuff and has built a rifle which is capable of shooting 4 1/2" groups at 600 yards from prone. He shoots a lot of 600 yard High power matches, but yet again this past Whitetail season he got nearly all close up shots
in fact he sat under a tree from first light watching a Deer crossing and about 11 AM he decided it was time for a coffe break, he suddenly noticed a patch of Brown/White and when he put the binos on it noticed a Doe looking at him bedded down
so he put the coffee on hold and shot he at about 50 yards centre of the neck as she lay in her bed.
Later that week whilst sitting under a tree before first light he had a young Doe feed up to him until it was only 8 feet away, so much for long range shooting