Shooting Long Ranges With 308 Enfield? - Enfield-Rifles.com

For 800 yard shots in the kill zone of a Deer sized animal you'd need to use a matchgrade bullet that also maintained some ability to expand or tumble in the body.

While you often see heavy long bullets used for long range shooting, the British have had good results at extreme ranges with boat tail bullets of 144 grains and 155 grains at moderate velocities.

At 800 yards velocity and energy will have dropped significantly, and you aren't likely to make a clean kill at that range. There would not be enough shock tranmitted to the animals nervous system.

Deer are well known for their ability to run great distances after their heart has stopped beating.

Its a natural part of their fight or flight symdrome. The circulatory system clamps down using internal pressures on the arteries to force oxygenated blood to the brain and vital organs.

At this sort of range you'd need to anchor the animal by breaking bones or severing the spine.

The Shoulder of the Deer is thickly padded with connective tissue to absorb the shock of bounding through the forest and making long leaps. Theres not as much bone there as you'd expect, and what there is would be very flexible.

While you could fatally wound a Deer at 800+ yards, its not considered to be very humane or sporting to risk a wounded animal disappearing into the bush to die later on.

Shooting deer at 800 yards is not humane. 100-250 yards is a maximum using soft nosed ammo to cause hydrostatic shock. Anything over that is a definate NO NO. Bullet placement is everything when deer hunting chest shots take out the heart and lungs neck shots breaking the spinal cord cause instant death a bullet placed just behind the shoulder will rip the heart and lungs giving a near instant kill. I suggest you read up on deer hunting check the regulations pertinent to your area and chat to local hunters save yourself being prosecuted by the ASPCA.

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Ok you guys took this the wrong way... I am going to be target shooting at long ranges, but would like an ammo that would kill if I wanted. Also I am not just asking about ammo I am askng about every thing that would need to be done if anything. To tha rifle (308 enfield) and what ammo to buy... Have a question ask but I think you got it now
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Ok that is another thing.... I can't reload. So would that ammo work without having to reload it? I do not have stiff to reload right now and am moving soon so will not for a long time.

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well, not an answer to the post but around in the central parts and mountain parts of North America...

But please try to stay on topic HAha Thanks man!

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Im asking how It would be possible with 2a1 enfield! ha....basicly what ammo I ges....But if i need to do something to gun then that too. And i can reload.

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I know of only one person that shoots a 308/7.62 nato at 800 yards (900 and 1000 also) and he competes in Palma Matches and he uses the 155 grain Palma bullet.

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I'd say there is no real answer to this question.

With each rifle being different, (even two new out of the box Weatherby supersomethingorothers will be different) you'd have to buy a bunch of different loads and test them in your 2A1 to see which works best. THEN .... buy as many boxes from that batch as you can/can afford.

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