yes and there are other options as far as calibers are concerned. Just look at some ballistic charts to get a feel for what true long range calibers are available.

You can get setup to "hold on hair" pretty easily with the correct cartridge and scope combination out to these distances. It is faster and less complicated IMO. I don't even play around with any of this on a hunting rifle it's doable but just not the best setup IMO for AL as a general statement. There are certainly people who have big hay and row crop fields where they can take long shots but I have hunted in few places in Alabama that I felt like a deer was going to be standing around all day at 500 yards where I had plenty of time to shoot it. But I'm not shooting does either so there is that......

Just my opinion about long range shooting as a theory and the reality of what happens when you actually put it into practice in a hunting scenario. I know exactly what the required investment in range time is to truly be good and I also know exactly how far 500 yards is in reality when you don't have a shooting bench = Too Far

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