Menoman

isnt 300 meters more than 300 yards?

Dang, I am having a brain lapse.. I know one is like 3 inches longer than the other...

Anyway, I'll just act likes its yards coz thats how I know guns.

.223 will definatly be highly affected by the wind at 300 yards. As will any small caliber hunk of lead. I'd say if you need a 300 yard gun and its for a small child. Your gonna have to brunt the wind and chill out waiting for a stop in it.

More weighty bullets buck the wind better but they also get much more significant drop in them.

One thing that comes to mind "maybe" is a 22-250. With a mid weight bullet your gonna get an even/even windage + drop from the bullets.



(Went to work and then came back)

I was also thinking that you could check out the .243's. They will have more drop, but windage will not be as bad either.

Just remember that its much much more difficult to judge windage than it is to know what your bullets drop at 200 or 300 yards.

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