"At some point, people need to control themselves." Possibly the best closing line on all of KZfaq.

Also Randy I shoot extreme long range for fun, I was a sniper in the Army, but even I will not shoot at an animal that is more than 400 or 450 yards away, cause that is about the distance I can guarantee the kill, this is not combat, it is a hunt and being respectful to the wildlife is part of that. Thank You for the honest words you speak.

Just want you to know that you’ve got young guys out here listening to what you have to say, learning a lot!

$$ and expensive equipment/technology does not replace wisdom ,knowledge and experience. such as you have sir.thank you.

These videos are as important today as Townsend Whelen, Jack O'Conner, Elmer Keith writings were in their day. I am amazed at how many young people have never read the graet shooting writers. Do not go another season come and go without watching Randy and studying him closely. If you are less than 50 years old, I implore you to commit this material to memory. You have been sold a load of bunk and told that "you too, can kill your ram at 750 yards!" Randy Selby IS the premier education on KZfaq. Hunt to kill. Do not hunt shoot. Senseless.

Is it just me or are these videos like church for elk hunters I could listen to randy all damn day

This , my friends is youtube gold! Thank you for being "real" .

New hunters should listen to this! Thank you Randy, this video is gold for all hunters.

Like your honesty, integrity and knowledge. And educating the Young hunters.

I've been binge watching the real gun smiths videos because I can hear the honesty in his voice and the wisdom he is sharing is practical and ethical. As I'm watching I noticed this video was made 4 years ago and I heard him say he was 68 so that would make him 72 now I hope he is alive and well and has many more years to keep sharing his stories and wisdom. Some of us young guys value that more than money. Best of prayers and wishes thank you.

Words out of my own mouth. "Shooting game at long range is not hunting." Thank you Sir.

I have watched a few of The Real Gunsmith's videos now and have to admit that I really like this guy. A tremendous amount of shooting and hunting wisdom can be gained by being patient (watch the video all the way through) and listening close to what he has to say. Thanks for putting these videos together sir! They will help folks learn the art of shooting sports the right way for generations to come.

Excellent real life experience by Randy - this really is golden advice. I've stumbled upon Randy's videos, and really am impressed. This is from me, who's rarely impressed by anything! One shot, one kill from a cold barrel is the only thing that matters. Hats of to Randy, from this Brit. 👌

There are "Hunters" and then there are "Shooters". I grew up in Wyoming as well and consider myself a "Hunter". A hunter uses ALL the tools in his bag in order to successfully take game. From knowing what time to look, to reading wind to knowing how to use the terrain to mask yourself. "Shooters" simply want to use their rangefinder and fancy scope to poke out and hit an animal. Nevermind there may be a creek or valley which may take two hours to traverse....they just want that shot. Seen people like that many times. I've used both Nosler Partitions and Hornady Interlocks with great success on all sorts of game. A "hunter" can ALWAYS get closer in most instances. And by closer I mean inside 500 or so yards. That to me is a pretty reasonable range for almost any purported "big game" round to be both accurate and lethal. Elk do NOT read reloading tables BTW...they DO NOT care about BC or how expensive your scope is. I've probably killed more elk and mule deer using my fixed 6x old Weaver than most have using expensive optics...

Well said. I don't get why people think they need to try shots past 400 yards. Hell, even 400 yards is a long poke! Well done all the way around.

I love what you stand for. I cant remember the last time I sat through 30+ minutes of an entire video with someone talking about one very specific topic. Ive never even hunted but your wisdom is priceless. Keep up the good work.

I love this guy. His opinions are based on experience and observation, and like him I have used the Nosler Partition for many animals. My favorites were the 140grn in the 6.5x55, the 160grn in 7x57 and .280 Rem, and the 200grn in 30'06. Average retained weight was 65%, if I could recover them. I always thought of the Partition as a "no-brainer", just load them up and go hunt.

Randy thanks for the video I'm 54 years old started hunting when I was 10 and I have learned more from you about Bullet selection Than anyone I have ever heard

You speak the truth my friend! Newer shooters and hunters will find that they can learn a lot if they pay close attention to your teachings. Thank you.

You should be charging for this excellent advice. Thank you sir from an Australian hunter.

Every time I watch your videos I learn something that I thought I already knew. My sincerest congratulations for your experience and ease of explaining makes it understandable to everyone.

Randy, At our annual RMEF banquet in March of this year over 90% of the guns in the raffles and auction were 6.5 Creed. So here we are at a banquet to support ELK and ELK HUNTING and all you heard was how dandy the 6.5CM is for elk hunting. Hornady had a display and video set up for the ELD bullet and the 6.5CM. I have had my local gun shop owner try to get me to buy the Ruger Predator in 6.5CM for elk hunting and I surprised him when a couple days later he called me that I ordered my own gun thru Sportsmans Warehouse, he charges $25 transfer fee. But I ordered a 6.5 Grendel in a Howa 1500 bolt action, 22" heavier bbl than the Ruger, beautiful gun especially for the price and boy is it accurate. I don't hunt elk with it though it's for one of my sons and my wife to use for deer hunting where shots are no more than 200 yards up in the deep woods and draws of southwest Idaho, east of Boise about 50 miles. The rifle doesn't kick at all, has fairly decent numbers for energy but it is NOT an elk gun and never will be. That gun store owner is still harping on me to buy a 6.5CM but that 6.5 Grendel has a specific job (deer/antelope/black bear) but within the limitations of the round. I do have a 7mm WSM that is my long range deer and mid range elk round it's about 100-150fps faster than a regular 7mm Rem Mag but I gotta be different! I also located and ordered and purchased a Remington 7mm Remington Ultra Magnum (which they don't make anymore) and another 7mmWSM in a Howa 1500 and a Mossberg 7mmWSM 4 X 4. I really like the 7mm mags and when you load them up with some Barnes 160gr TTSX they can handle anything I hunt in the lower 48. When I was stationed in Alaska at Eielson AFB, near Fairbanks I bought and used a Win 70, Classic Stainless with BOSS in .338 Win Mag loaded with 250 grain Speer Grand Slams or Nosler Partitions (same point of aim). Shot a 38" bull moose up there with the Speer GS 180 yards broadside took out the top of the heart and the bullet was recovered in the off-side hide and looked just like a perfect mushroom like you shot it in ballistic gel. That bull didn't go anywhere. I also shot a spike bull during the Fairbanks North Star Burrogh two week november bow hunt but that's another story!!! Thanks for the GREAT, common sense advice. Hopefully some of the Hail Mary shooters will take it!!!

I must say MY GOD MAN!!! I have been watching your videos for some time now and I have to tell you that you are SPOT ON!!!! I have contended with friends and fellow hunters for a long time about "not knowing what wind is doing five hundred yards from where you are shooting from". Logical thought would dictate wind would most definitely be different from where you were shooting from. I've seen wind change two to three different directions between from where you were shooting from to the target. About bullet energies... Once again, you are dead on! I'm seventy one years old and have hunted all my life and experience has taught me the very truths of what you shared here in the video. Just have to say that there is no teacher like good old experience. I'll tell you that what you share on these videos is a great wealth of knowledge and I for one truly appreciate what you share. Keep up the great work that you are doing. I live in northern Arizona and do quite a bit of hunting here but I wish I lived closer to where you are located. You sir are certainly one man I'd truly like to become acquainted with. Thanks again for what you're doing!

Randy, I am 77 years old and I have had, over the past 50 years, almost all these experiences in shooting medium-to-large game ( including Cape Buffalo) which you describe in this video. I have also collected a lot of bullets and fragments from harvested game which match

I've been preaching this for years...I also grew up in Wyoming hunting everything from "dirt dogs" to Elk. I shoot a .280Rem using the 160gr Nosler Partition. Usually end up with 80+% retained weight. Although the Sierra's are usually more accurate...the Noslers are much, MUCH more robust. I shoot Sierra's in high power matches but not hunting. I'm also ardently opposed to this new long range sniping fad while shooting at game. I've been shooting long range matches for a couple of decades. I'm a "Master" class distinguished shooter. I KNOW I can shoot 1000yds and even 1200(Palma) with a couple of rifles including a .243. I won't even THINK of shooting at a deer or elk at that range...barely half that...with either my .280Rem or .300WM. Both of which are match accurate, Douglas/Krieger barrels, Timney/Giesele triggers etc... I KNOW how to sling in correctly. I see these morons out there with bipods, super fancy scopes but poor shooting technique go after game and more often than not...MISS or worse, injure. Get them in a 0 wind and they're lucky to hold something resembling an acceptable group. Add in a confused wind, boiling mirage and bad light? No chance...but they'll let one go just because they THINK they're "that" good. Sorry...just get's my goad.

Some of yall have never listened to an intelligent man trying to help you and it shows

Excellent video Randy I am with you 100% on this subject of these extreme long range hunting TV shows. They are miss leading and and total Bull shit.

This man speaks the truth listen up

THANKS! this is not the normal B.S. you get on youtube. thanks for your time!

im with you ... ego shots just hurt our reputation....great vid

Never been said better! You can’t argue with a lifetime of knowledge. Kinda like the 1200 yard milk jug challenge sometimes it take a lot of shots to hit. Of course every once in a while some one gets lucky because everything lined up perfectly but it can’t be done every time. Thanks for the knowledge.

I sent a 165 Sierra GK into a coyote's chest facing me, and when I skinned it I was ticking my knife against bits of copper and lead just under his skin from his armpits to his hips. I didn't find anything anywhere bigger than a couple grains. I tried a matchking on water filled milk jugs and it basically disintegrated. A deer or elk is worth the 75¢ for a partition or Barnes TTSX.

Thank you so very much RS for your terrific life experience and your passing it on to us. The shooting sports market has been lying to us for a few decades now, instructing each new shooting generation with the absolute disgusting wrong knowledge of the entire hunting experience.

Best bullet info on KZfaq. This man talk base of experience and not what others say. Nothing beats experience.

Great video. Couldn't agree more on hunting strategy. Still hunting and stalking are so much more exciting. Leave long shots as a last resort. I would like to hear more on the bonded bullets.

My buddy and I was walking to our stands opening morning. The subject came up about tracking. He said”,I don’t have to worry about it as long as I have you around. I said thanks for the compliment but I don’t like doing it , I would just as soon you shoot straight.An hour later I was tracking his deer.Thank goodness we found him and finished him off. You do some very informative videos.Keep up the good work.I have learned a lot from your experience and I have been hunting, shooting, and relloding for almost 50 years. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR WIFE!!!!!! SHOOT SAFE!!!!!!!

Thank you for your videos that you having been posting on you tube. I am 66 years old and have been reloading ammunition since 1977 and have learned more about reloading and bullet design from your videos in the last few months that I had learned the last 43 years. I am also a 7mm mag fan and have been shooting a Remington 700 that I bought in 1975. You have also made me a believer in Nosler Partition, Nosler Accubond and Barnes bullets.

Mr. Selby, it's great to gentleman still around that have your kind of wisdom and the gumption to teach come sense the way you do. Thank you.

I've always had good success with partitions and Barnes TSX/TTSX bullets! Excellent bullets! Much wisdom in this video!

I have never enjoyed KZfaq more. This stuff is gold.

Glad to see a new video! Good knowledge!

Thanks for all the great info. Just recently found this channel. I appreciate the simple, but detailed info based on real world use of these bullets.

Brilliant video as your a master of your graft. I so enjoy listening to you, as you speak with great concern for the quarry that you seek. As you leave your ego at home and think unless your 95% sure of a kill you will not take the shot. I felt like a little boy listening to my grandfather speak. It was a pleasure to spend my time and to be schooled by a master of his subject. I wish you a long and happy life to enjoy your hunting? All the very best to you Sir.

Some great points here, 1. Get a close as possible to reduce risk factors 2. Don't be blind to the practicality or limitation of a cartridge because of a high ballistic coefficient 3. If you are not practiced and experianced shooting at the attempted distance, do not justifying risking a shot. 4. Keep the effective distance of a catridge in mind and hunt ethically for a swift deadly blow. 5. Using one shot at a closer range and ethical kill is better than using mutiple rounds at distance and inflincting suffering for bragging rights

Excellent video Randy, thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have shot most of the bullets you mentioned and of course almost all the factory loads. In my humble opinion the best Hunting bullet I have ever used is the Original Trophy Bonded Bear Claw bullet (sold by Swift), not the Federal tipped version. Excellent penetration and weight retention. I've used them in 300 Win, and 300 Wby with great results. On smaller deer sized game, I anchored a lot with Speer 100gr Grand Slams in my 6mm Remington too. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.

I've gotta be honest , I haven't always been a fan of your videos. However, I completely agree with everything that you said in this one and I appreciate you showing what worked and what didnt and why. It's one thing to hit steel at a grand. It's another to kill an animal ethically at that distance. While the technology has come a long way it cannot make up for shooter error. After I zero my rifle I never shoot off the bench again. I spend all my time shooting off my sticks, prone and standing. Once I get confidence at that range I'll add in burpies and shoot with an elevated heart rate. Gotta practice and learn how your body and mind react under those conditions so you can draw logical distances for your hunt.

This information is priceless. Thank you

Your videos should be made available to young hunters to teach them ethics and understanding.

When this man speaks it reminded me of Jack in Little Big Man; "Sit down here and you might learn sumpthin'. I knowed George Armstrong Custer for what he was, and I knowed the red Indi'n for what he was....". Randy knows...what he's talking about.

Sir, I don’t know you and have never met you, I’m no where near where you are with the knowledge you posses about reloading bullets you’re just a working encyclopedia on guns and rifles you are absolutely a genius I don’t know as much as you do but I just have a gut instinct that you are truly correct!!! Thanks for all the videos Love to hangout and learn and shoot with you

Man, that was a good video. I know too many people think their ability is far greater than it actually is. Thanks this video is going to change which bullet I'll be buying from now on. Subscribing right now.

Its nice to find a reason for stuff ive seen. im 19 and have seen hornady interlocs turn into explosive rounds on deer. My dad and are going back to partitions in our 30 cal guns because interlocks did not hold together like they should.

Listen to this man! He knows about everything worth knowing regards to hunting!! I'm from Sweden 🇸🇪 and many of us Up here knows THE DIFFERENCE between hunting and longrange targeting practice!!! Period!! God bless you Mr Selby and your family! Best regards/Danne.🇸🇪❤️👍

This is another great video you have shared with us. This has educated me on bullet selection and why. I have been using Nosler for 40 years and still think they are great hunting bullets. I never thought about the target bullets exploding on impact.

Thank you again Randy, as a result of your input.

Thank you Randy. I was having a conversation with what I would consider a seasoned hunter about my use of Barnes bullets. Basically I don’t think he understood what I was telling him or he was just set in his ways and wouldn’t admit that barns makes a great bullet for the application. I’m going to show him this video in hopes that you better articulate this point to him.

Thank you sir you are absolutely right on the difference between sniping and hunting and also for your vast knowledge base.

Thanks so much for showing your experience with real hunting bullets that REALLY work and the pretenders , that dont. I learnt a lot. Thanks again.

Excellent review thanks a lot for the time to explain, very thorough

I have seen scores of Randy's VDOs...I believe this is his best ever.

Well, driving from St. Cloud MN to Chicago, IL. Approximately 7 hour drive give or take. And, I am starting from video one and working my way through . I suppose I could makes comments on every one, but you would probably get tired and me. But you hit the nail on the head with technology. I come from a technical field and I have seen it. It can happen in many walks of life. From a father to a father, it appears you created some ethics with your son. Congratulations. It can be difficult at times. It also takes a good mother. Keep up the good work. Now on to the next. Chip

Randy love your input and knowledge .. i reload for my 270 win .. my hunting range is normally under 50 yrds .. but i could do out to 300 on the farm for deer .. .. my last reloads reloads were gamekings SPBT 130 gr at book spec for 2900 fps .. i figure i don't need it hot at max load for my area for a deer .. well i got one last deer season .. my shot ended up way off .. deer turned at the trigger break .. but it walked 4 steps and went down ... when field dressing .. the shot hit in the rear left hind end .. just back of the rib cage .. first few ribs miss .. busted the next 3 or 4 .. skipped a few ribs .. took out a 2 or 3 more ribs .. all up the left side ... bullet ended in the front left shoulder .. no exit .. 20 to 25 yrd shot ... deer went to local processor .. he didn't save the bullet for me .. and i asked GRRR .. the body cavity was just full of dark blood when dressing ... any input is so welcome ...

Nothing like learning from actual experience! Great no BS video!

Exactly right!! Hunting is getting in close, sniping is just shooting!! Randy knows what he's talking about!!!

Mr. Gunsmith, Sir, Your information is gold for all of us, I love your advice and your very wise teachings about hunting, bullets, weapons, etc, I value and really appreciate it and I thank you very much for sharing with us your experience and situation you have been in life, I hope and wish you keep on bringing to all of us your very important advise. Greetings from Anchorage Alaska USA, your always admirer, Dr. Duarte.

May God grant you many Years Randy

Wow! Love these super informative videos. He knows the ropes from A-Z! Thanks Randy.

Excellent work, you have helped me to understand this wreck that these bullets do. The Nosler Partition in my opinion is a very good bullet, I’ve taken game from deer to moose. The moose was one shot from a Winchester 338 mag 250 gr nos.part.. 160 yards in the neck by the front shoulder and found under the hide on other side.

A very informative video. I will be reviewing my bullet selection for each task based on the info in this video. Thank you

Well said Sir. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. I agree that much of what we see today is crafty marketing, aimed at bagging market share, not Game.

Outstanding !! I love a man that tells it like it is and how it should be. Been killing deer with my 6.5 Swede for 20 years. Right now I'm using the Nosler Accubond but I rarely shoot past 100 yds. I am very pleased with that bullets performance. If I were ever to go elk hunting, I would feel confident with my 30-06 and a good bonded bullet. I don't see the need for a magnum round cause I'm not shooting past 200yds. Man has got to know his limitations as Randy mentioned in the video.

I'm 55. I've been hunting since I was 14. I started with a 20ga shotgun on white-tail deer and black bear. I graduated to a .303 Br Lee Enfield at 17. I have shot dozens of white-tail and mule deer, 8 black bear, 5 elk, and 7 moose. In all that time, I have lost three deer (only recovered 2 bullets from the rest), two black bear (both were shot with game kings), one cow moose (I simply couldn't find her and I'm dedicated) to a 165gn CoreLokt bullet that failed to expand but I didn't know that until four days later when I shot a big white-tail buck that should have piled up after he jumped a fence. Instead I tracked him for 5 hours, literally standing over him twice waiting for him to die (it was after dark and I had left my rifle in the truck on one of the trips back and forth. Checked the bullet track, hit a rib where it was supposed to, no expansion but deflected forward, pencilled through the lungs on a fwd angle until it hit the off-shoulder which it shouldn't have hit at all, and then blew back taking half of the offside lung. I'd rather the animals just lie down when I shoot them. That cow was found five days later in a pasture a half-mile from where I shot her. No apparent evidence of death except a bloody mouth. Opened her up, both lungs had minor trauma and what would have been her "on-side" rib was pencilled through, bullet exited between ribs on other side. .30 hole all the way. Majority of my game has been shot straight through.

This mans comments on hunting are spot on. Sniping from 1000yrds and farther is not hunting it's shooting.

Finally, someone older than me! I'm 67 grew up hunting as well. I really enjoy your video's, thank you!Totally agree, hunting is getting as close to the game animal, That's what we bragged about. The long shots aren't a big deal, just inhumane. Here the wind can be blowing in the opposite direction 100 yards out or any direction and different speed

Thank you sir for freely sharing with us your passion and wisdom!

Remington Core-Lokt works flawlessly for me for 23 years of hunting now on black bear, mule deer, whitetail, and Elk. "The deadliest mushroom in the woods."

I absolutely love the Nosler 168g LR Accubond for 308 . I use a shorter barrel length than a traditional rifles . I use 18" . I have a 300 yard rule when it comes to game . This ammo works best for me because of my shorter barrel length . I do not hand load . I just buy the factory ammo . Works absolutely perfect for Elk out to 300 yards . The energy is right at 1500 pounds.

If he wasn't so condescending more people would list to him, very good and true information in this video.

I love your channel because I learn more from your videos that anyone has ever told me.

Watching Randy talk about VLD style bullets, just confirms what I have experience using those types of bullets. I too have losses or had to track game a long ways.

Glad I found this video. I'm a rifle shooter but never went game shooting, well anything above small game anyway. I was researching the Grizzly Arrows that I wanted to get for my new bow, and it talks about the ethics of how and why it's built the way it is. So that it can pass through shoulders and guarantee the kill at ethical ranges. Anyway it bases it's design on the Forward of Center term, which it utilizes a heavier grain tip and a taper in the design, to create a heavier forward of center to push the arrow through bone and tissue and whatnot. It seems like there is this same principle in the bullets that Mr. Randy was talking about. To increase the weight to continue to push the bullet forward to ensure passage through bone and tissue and whatnot.

Sir, I want to thank you for your wealth of knowledge. I've just recently stumbled across your channel and you've certainly gained a subscriber. Thank you for your videos! 🤝

honest clear words from lots of experience and accepting physics. You show respect for the animals and acknowledge technical and personal limitations. I wish more people would hunt with such an attitude. In Switzerland were only allowed max 200m/220yrs distance for deer an still must have 2000youle.

Great lesson to be learned here. Knowing what the energy of the bullet should outway the distance one "thinks" they can shoot it accurately. Thank you sir for your videos.

This video is so good. Raw truth. Learned so much and will watch this again

Very wise words. A lot of wisdom. To understand you Sir and your wise words any hunter needs to be hunting for really long time. Best regards from Poland.

My 300 winchester magnums are sighted in at 300 yards with 180 grain Partition bullets. My 308 and 30/06 are sighted in at 200 yards. My 30/30 is at 100. I always let the terrain dictate what I am going to carry, and I ain't gonna shoot at any game animal over 300 yards. I have been over 50 years and I have never had a well placed partition fail when it is well placed and it doesn't matter if it is an elk, Buffalo, or deer or wild hogs. Zero failures. The toughness of the partitions speaks volumes.

Beautiful story. Beautiful man.

Spot on. What people also feel to understand at long range is time of flight of a Bullet. At around 800 yards you are getting into 1 second of time flight for the bullet to get there. So you make the perfect shot you called the drop even guess the correct dope of the wind then sent the bullet and when you sent the bullet the animal decides to take one step, now that perfect shot just missed its intended target by over a foot and you have just wounded a majestic animal. Just my 2cents.

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Thanks for this important lesson. I will take it to heart.

Well said! I'm glad I'm not alone! I've had this same conversation numerous time. Now I'll just hit play! I have been shooting a custom 300 win mag for 30 years. Partitions for a long time. Then the last 20 years I've been shooting Swift Siroccos. I have a fist full of bullets. I too have cut many many bullets in half to see how they are made. And, for all the same reasons you mentioned! Keep up the good work of telling it like it REALLY is. One more thing I'd like to add to "Long Range" ideology. The flight time from trigger pull to impact. Even at 500 or 600 hundred yards. The elk takes a single step and he is gut shot or worse! The key word you mentioned is "ethics"!

Boy you hit the nail on the head i'm using a Weatherby mark V 30-378 I have a scope that is 5x25 I won't shoot a critter more than 500 yards, you are so right about those thin walled projectiles I lost a bull with the same thing you are talking about with a 7mm so I went to my books and found exactly what you are saying about kinetic energy and bullet drop, wind, temperature I got rid of the other rifles and stayed with what I have no more problem with kills, plus I don't like packing out game at 68 years young.

I truly respect the way you feel about the game whatever it may be that you are hunting. I feel the same.

Finally a hunter l can agree with. Thank you so much for the videos. Keep up the good work. 👍👍

Should make it mandatory that all new hunters have to watch this video. Excellent

Thank you for this information and reminders.

Brutal. I feel like I've been out to the wood shed. And between you and me, I'm ready to go again! This is the kind of stuff that people who have things to sell do not or cannot tell. Ask a salesman what's good, and the answer will always coincide exactly to what's on the shelf. It's hard to learn anything useful that way.

Thank you for the great insight and also educating me on some game loads. Such a treasure of knowledge sir.

My father explained to me decades ago about a solid bullet and an A frame or Partition bullet.