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I bought a Ruger M77 MkII "Target" in .204 this past summer and WOW!! I am impressed with the *splat* factor on a gopher at any distance. The hornady 32gr. Vmax shells really turn `em inside out. I bagged one at about 40 feet and blew him in half. (Almost peed myself from laughing so hard)
I have been reading the many posts here about long range shots. How the %&#$ can anyone hit a gopher at 350, 400 yrds...or farther? Are they using drop compensator scopes? Are the guns clamped into some device to hold them absolutely imobile?
Maybe I just haven`t shot mine enough to get the grasp of the bullets capability. I've put about 100 rnds through mine with moderate sucess (50-60% ish) Avg. shot distance was about 175 yrds with one out at 200 give or take.
I'm using a Bushnell Elite 3200 4x12x40 with a versa-pod bipod.
Thnx for listening.