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Over the weekend I had a chance to shoot on a friend's range that goes out to 1,200 yards. I've never shot past 400, but felt confident I could out shoot most everyone in the group as only one of them had shot past 200 on paper. At 400 and 500, I simply used my B&C reticle and was able to make good hits on a 3" orange dot painted on a 4'x4' steel plate. So then we backed up to 800 yd and painted a volleyball sized dot. I dialed up 17.75 MOA as per my Strelock app and missed bad low on the first shot. Next 3 shots, I held about 18" over the dot and shot a respectable 12" group centered around the dot. Then we backed up to 1000 yards and I missed the entire steel plate twice and gave up as it was getting hot and we were hungry.
I know for some of you with long range equipment and experience this is easy, but with a stock hunting rifle I thought a 12" group at 800 was decent, considering the bench and rest situation wasn't great and I was sweating like crazy.
Here is my question. Why were my 800 and 1000 yard shots so low in comparison to what Strelock said? Does Strelock take into account the changing BC of a bullet as it slows down? Was it my scope adjustments that may or may not be exactly 1/4 MOA per click? Was it just me not applying all the factors correctly?
Here is my specs: 7mm08 with 150 gr LRAB at 2750 fps BC = 0.59 Scope to Bore = 1.8" Weather = 85* Leupold VX3 - 3.5x10x50 with B&C, no turrents
Can one of you guys run the numbers with some better software for me? Thanks in advance.
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With the info you gave, and if you are zero'd at 100 yards, JBM ballistics shows a 29.2 MOA (306") drop at 1000 yards.
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There's a lot of variables that could be contributing. Number one by a wide margin would be the adjustments of the scope. Back when I did use Leupolds the values were all over the place. In order to get anywhere I'd map each one on paper at 100 yards, it wasn't uncommon to see click value off by 30% vs what the turret claimed, though others were pretty close. Number two would be the BC of the bullet, some of the LRAB's have been pretty wildly off, though I don't know about that individual one and my latest Litz book is packed away right now.
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I show you at 20.7 MOA up at 800, if you held a true 18 inch hold-over, that would put you about the 2-3 MOA that you were short in your dialing.
I show 29.9 MOA and 312.7 inches at the 1000 yards mark, but it's rough math only - NV is seeing about the same.
I'm guessing a "fat-finger" data error combined, with some scope error.
I also noticed you didn't add any wind data - which plays a big factor as well.
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Your BC should be about .576 for that bullet and velocity assuming your shooting a 9 twist. Many other factors come into play such as mirage, parallax and cant.
What is your zero range and how high is bullet impact at 100 yards?
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Number one by a wide margin would be the adjustments of the scope. This is what I'm thinking in hind sight because my 400 and 500 yard shots were very good using the B&C hash marks. Things went downhill when I started dialing. I didn't even think about that until the next day. Number two would be the BC of the bullet, some of the LRAB's have been pretty wildly off, though I don't know about that individual one and my latest Litz book is packed away right now. This was my first assumption in the field, but I posted on the Reloading forum here and Mule Deer responded quickly that the BC was actually very close on that bullet according to Litz. I was zeroed at 200 and the wind was almost non-existent (which is why we were sweating so bad......August is not the best time to shoot in MS). When we did get a slight breeze, it was in our face. AH64guy, it's interesting that your MOA calcs are almost exactly how much I was off at 800. What program is that? I hope to get to go back to this range soon and try again. We all had a lot of fun as none of us had ever shot anywhere near that far.
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Your BC should be about .576 for that bullet and velocity assuming your shooting a 9 twist. Many other factors come into play such as mirage, parallax and cant.
What is your zero range and how high is bullet impact at 100 yards? 9.5 twist Browning X bolt. Definitely was fighting some mirage. Zero at 200. About 1.5" high at 100.
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Over the weekend I had a chance to shoot on a friend's range that goes out to 1,200 yards. I've never shot past 400, but felt confident I could out shoot most everyone in the group as only one of them had shot past 200 on paper. At 400 and 500, I simply used my B&C reticle and was able to make good hits on a 3" orange dot painted on a 4'x4' steel plate. So then we backed up to 800 yd and painted a volleyball sized dot. I dialed up 17.75 MOA as per my Strelock app and missed bad low on the first shot. Next 3 shots, I held about 18" over the dot and shot a respectable 12" group centered around the dot. Then we backed up to 1000 yards and I missed the entire steel plate twice and gave up as it was getting hot and we were hungry.
I know for some of you with long range equipment and experience this is easy, but with a stock hunting rifle I thought a 12" group at 800 was decent, considering the bench and rest situation wasn't great and I was sweating like crazy.
Here is my question. Why were my 800 and 1000 yard shots so low in comparison to what Strelock said? Does Strelock take into account the changing BC of a bullet as it slows down? Was it my scope adjustments that may or may not be exactly 1/4 MOA per click? Was it just me not applying all the factors correctly?
Here is my specs: 7mm08 with 150 gr LRAB at 2750 fps BC = 0.59 Scope to Bore = 1.8" Weather = 85* Leupold VX3 - 3.5x10x50 with B&C, no turrents
Can one of you guys run the numbers with some better software for me? Thanks in advance. I'd wager your scope is off. Dave
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To the OP, if it makes you feel better I am also only a novice LR shooter. I find I can make very consistent hits to about 850y even with only a 9x cheap scope and a .223 RAR.
When I go to 1000, my inexperience and mediocre gear is shown up in a hurry! Hits are much harder to come by.
Shooting at 1000+ is hard! A lot harder than some people on the internet make out, or than some of the more skilled shooters make it look.
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Difference between .576 and .59 is about 1.5" at 800 per Strelock
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Try using a different ballistics program.
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Get a quality ballistic solver and make sure you've measured all inputs accurately. You'll get good output data.
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[quote] AH64guy, it's interesting that your MOA calcs are almost exactly how much I was off at 800. What program is that? [quote]
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To the OP, if it makes you feel better I am also only a novice LR shooter. I find I can make very consistent hits to about 850y even with only a 9x cheap scope and a .223 RAR.
When I go to 1000, my inexperience and mediocre gear is shown up in a hurry! Hits are much harder to come by.
Shooting at 1000+ is hard! A lot harder than some people on the internet make out, or than some of the more skilled shooters make it look. Thanks. I was actually pleased with my shots at 800 once I adjusted my hold-over. A 30x Nightforce would have made a big difference!!
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I'd wager your scope is off.
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For long range first round hits you will need , as a minimum, exact velocity, exact BC's for your conditions and twist rate, exact distance to target and exact scope correction factor.......then there is wind, mirage, shot orientation.......then the platforms capability.
Lots to it , but the science can be figured out fairly easily with the proper tools.
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[quote=deflave] I'd wager your scope is off.
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I'd wager his ballistic app and inputs were off also. Although he should really verify the tracking of his scope if he wants to start shooting long range.
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With my Leupold 3.5X10 on 10 power, at 300 yards, 2 clicks move my POI about 3" or a tad more, 3 clicks about 4 inches.
This is with a 27 inch barreled 30-06, using factory Hornady 150 gr. Superperformance SST ammo advertised 3080 fps.
Book value is 1 click = 1/4" at 100 yards, which I haven't tried...
So as said, you need to "regulate" what your settings actually do, at the ranges you shoot.
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I have had 2 Leupold 3.5-10 scopes that the last revolution of the elevation turret did not move the cross hairs. If you are going to dial do not trust a Leupold
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