pronghorn minimum cal?

[ShootsManyBullets]

just send the bowling ball down the range in a hurry with a 257 wby

I like my 257 or my 270 but pretty much and decent caliber with a good bullet will do it. Not exactly like taking down a bull elk.

 

[Washington Hunter]

I used my 223 WSSM two years ago in Wyoming for two doe antelope. Used the factory Winchester 64 grain ammo. I killed two does this year but used my 270. They all died about the same. The 223 WSSM is about equivalent to the 22-250. What I love about it is there's virtually zero recoil.

 

[Kevin W]

Great thread, I have a .219 Zipper that was my granddad's. Always thought of breaking that out for an antelope hunt.

 

[psinclair]

I've had good luck with my .338 Lapua.

 

[Washington Hunter]

I've had good luck with my .338 Lapua.

 

[psinclair]

Greenhorn's favorite scope.....

 

[MinnesotaHunter]

That glass is tough to beat. I built/scoped my lightweight .260 for half what that badboy is worth.

 

[Jim/Wa]

Last year I decided to buy a lightweight combo for mountain hunting and settled on a 260 Remington. My set up is well under 7lbs yet doesn't kick bad at all. I've shot 4 deer with it so far including a blacktail this year at 385 yards. I am totally impressed with what this 140gr round will do.

 

[sbhooper]

Last year I decided to buy a lightweight combo for mountain hunting and settled on a 260 Remington. My set up is well under 7lbs yet doesn't kick bad at all. I've shot 4 deer with it so far including a blacktail this year at 385 yards. I am totally impressed with what this 140gr round will do.

The .260 performs well outside what the paper ballistics say it should. It is a great round. It is hard to beat a light-kicking, economical loading, accurate game getter.

I don't own one, but I have watched a friend use his heavy-barreled one on deer. I was impressed by lack of muzzle blast and recoil, not to mention the lightning bolt effect of the 140-grain bullet. He recently shot a 2.5-inch group at 600 yards with it.

 

[MinnesotaHunter]

The .260 is definately a capable round. So far I have killed a pretty good sized black bear and a bull elk with 130grn Accubonds. The bear dropped at the shot and the bull was a good as dead from the first, but I anchored him on the second hoping to keep him on top of the ridge. The best part is I have been able to watch every round I have fired at an animal impact, and that is tough to beat.

 

[JEL]

Several years back my father in law had open heart surgery in September but still wanted to hunt antelope in October. He got the doctors ok but was a little worried about recoil so we borrowed a 22-250 to use. Shot a little at the range then set him up at a spot antelope routinely pass by. He shot a buck and a doe and it killed them just as dead as his normal .270. Reasonable shot yardage and shot placement are keys.

 

[Southern Elk]

Can I ask why you would want to shoot the minimum?

 

[psinclair]

.260, 130gr Berger.

Same, same....

 

[1_pointer]

psinclair- Please really blow some minds and start in on the 220 Swift pics...

 

[7MM MAG]

my sister killed a couple whitetails with a 22-250 using 55gr Remington psp corelokts the farthest one ever made it after it was hit was 10yds

 

[Washington Hunter]

My 223 WSSM with 64 grain bullets worked really well in Wyoming two years ago on two doe antelope. Last year I shot two does with my 270 and 140 grain Bergers. Same results- equally dead with either cartridge.