ingwe is correct IMO - at 300 hits are fairly easy once past that the odds of not hitting increase dramatically.

JBM is your friend - as you can see after 300 yds things start going downhill pretty quickly.

drover



Trajectory
Input Data
Manufacturer: Nosler Description: Ballistic Tip� Spitzer
Caliber: 0.224 in Weight: 50.0 gr
Ballistic Coefficient: 0.238 G1
Bullet Length (Library): 0.800 in

Muzzle Velocity: 3290.0 ft/s Distance to Chronograph: 15.0 ft

Sight Height: 1.50 in Sight Offset: 0.00 in
Zero Height: 1.00 in Zero Offset: 0.00 in
Windage: 0.000 MOA Elevation: 0.000 MOA
Line Of Sight Angle: 0.0 deg Cant Angle: 0.0 deg
Barrel Twist: 14.0 in Twist Direction: Right

Wind Speed: 10.0 mph Wind Angle: 90.0 deg
Target Speed: 0.0 mph Target Angle: 0.0 deg
Target Height: 8.0 in

Temperature: 70.0 �F Pressure: 29.92 in Hg
Humidity: 0.0 % Altitude: 5000.0 ft

Vital Zone Radius: 5.0 in

Std. Atmosphere at Altitude: No Pressure is Corrected: Yes
Zero at Max. Point Blank Range: No Target Relative Drops: Yes
Mark Sound Barrier Crossing: No Include Extra Rows: No
Column 1 Units: 1.00 in Column 2 Units: 1.00 MOA
Round Output to Whole Numbers: No
Output Data
Elevation: 4.022 MOA Windage: 0.000 MOA

Atmospheric Density: 0.06231 lb/ft� Speed of Sound: 1128.2 ft/s

Maximum PBR: 366 yd Maximum PBR Zero: 314 yd
Range of Maximum Height: 177 yd Energy at Maximum PBR: 509.8 ft�lbs

Sectional Density: 0.142 lb/in� Stability at Muzzle: 0.000
Calculated Table
Range Drop Drop Windage Windage Velocity Mach Energy Time Lead Lead
(yd) (in) (MOA) (in) (MOA) (ft/s) (none) (ft�lbs) (s) (in) (MOA)
0 -1.5 *** 0.0 *** 3308.2 2.932 1214.9 0.000 0.0 ***
100 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 2957.8 2.622 971.1 0.096 0.0 0.0
200 -0.5 -0.2 3.9 1.9 2633.6 2.334 769.9 0.203 0.0 0.0
300 -7.0 -2.2 9.2 2.9 2331.4 2.066 603.4 0.325 0.0 0.0
400 -20.0 -4.8 17.4 4.2 2049.5 1.817 466.3 0.462 0.0 0.0
500 -41.3 -7.9 29.0 5.5 1789.1 1.586 355.3 0.618 0.0 0.0

223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.

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