Went shooting today in blistery cold weather. Winds were gusting like crazy.
Look at the snow getting blown around.
Set up in the back of the truck. went and placed a target randomly on facing hill.
Ranged it with my scope at approx 790 to 830 yards, i use the scope not a range finder) Almost couldn't see my hits, good thing you can hear them with steel target. The wind was blowing hard i had to move my windage from .5 mils right to a little over 2 mils, LOL, Depending on gusts. You can se a tree branch in from of the target wich was about 500 yards away. I hit the dam thing like 5 times, kept breaking bark off.
My truck is at the top left end of the flat.
I got about a one hit out of three, you can see my misses in the snow up top. Like i said it wasn't easy today.
Shooting at long and unknown ranges is the ultimate challenge for me. Your rifle and body position have to be pretty much perfect. If its not you cant range cuz your shaking, you cant see your hits cuz your rifle moves, expecially on a s**tty surface like a frozen truck bed, your parallax is all distorted, your neck hurts.
Then the ranging, a 12" target that measures .5 mils is 666 yards, .4 mils is 833 yards . So IMO a the smaller the target the tougher it is to range and to hit, obvious i guess.
So far you have fairly good data to go with but throw in the wind and things can turn ugly. You must be confident of your rifles accuracy, your reloading and your ranging. Like i said earlier if you cant see your hit your screwed.
I was dealing with 8 o'clock winds from 5,.7 mills)to 15 mph,2.1 mils) @ 800 yards, with gusts in between. I would get one hit, win condition being different at the target, then miss right.
It blows my mind when guys can get a cold bore hit first shot, it takes mad skills, especially when it must be done quickly. IMO the only solution is practice, practice, practice.. Compete, compete, compete.., and share knowledge.
Rig:
Clay Spencer, gunsmith
308 special match
Clay Spencer Barrel 26"
Kelbly Grizzly II Action
Jewell Trigger
Mcmillan A-5
Schmidt& Bender 5-25-x 56 with P4
Kestrel 4500 weather station
Exbal ballistics on palm pilot
lapua brass, 175 smk, 44.4 RL15, agg 2810 fps
Cheers guys, happy holidays
Look at the snow getting blown around.
Set up in the back of the truck. went and placed a target randomly on facing hill.
Ranged it with my scope at approx 790 to 830 yards, i use the scope not a range finder) Almost couldn't see my hits, good thing you can hear them with steel target. The wind was blowing hard i had to move my windage from .5 mils right to a little over 2 mils, LOL, Depending on gusts. You can se a tree branch in from of the target wich was about 500 yards away. I hit the dam thing like 5 times, kept breaking bark off.
My truck is at the top left end of the flat.
I got about a one hit out of three, you can see my misses in the snow up top. Like i said it wasn't easy today.
Shooting at long and unknown ranges is the ultimate challenge for me. Your rifle and body position have to be pretty much perfect. If its not you cant range cuz your shaking, you cant see your hits cuz your rifle moves, expecially on a s**tty surface like a frozen truck bed, your parallax is all distorted, your neck hurts.
Then the ranging, a 12" target that measures .5 mils is 666 yards, .4 mils is 833 yards . So IMO a the smaller the target the tougher it is to range and to hit, obvious i guess.
So far you have fairly good data to go with but throw in the wind and things can turn ugly. You must be confident of your rifles accuracy, your reloading and your ranging. Like i said earlier if you cant see your hit your screwed.
I was dealing with 8 o'clock winds from 5,.7 mills)to 15 mph,2.1 mils) @ 800 yards, with gusts in between. I would get one hit, win condition being different at the target, then miss right.
It blows my mind when guys can get a cold bore hit first shot, it takes mad skills, especially when it must be done quickly. IMO the only solution is practice, practice, practice.. Compete, compete, compete.., and share knowledge.
Rig:
Clay Spencer, gunsmith
308 special match
Clay Spencer Barrel 26"
Kelbly Grizzly II Action
Jewell Trigger
Mcmillan A-5
Schmidt& Bender 5-25-x 56 with P4
Kestrel 4500 weather station
Exbal ballistics on palm pilot
lapua brass, 175 smk, 44.4 RL15, agg 2810 fps
Cheers guys, happy holidays
