Long Range Story: 1999 Elk Season

[the444shooter]

sorry, my mistake, saw the "30-338" in the story too many times [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] interesting how the ballistic tip retained that much weight...I can't wait to try my 165gr NBTs on antelope. Still no word on the exact velocity [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]

[Fergus Bailey]

Dave

I have signed up for this photo site, but have not used them as yet. They are only a few weeks old and are catering to the hunting community. http://www.hunting-pictures.com/

Fergus

[Roadrunner]

Dave,

Great shooting, you should write an article for one of the hunting mag's; good read. Couple of questions. Which laser rangefinder were you using? Second, if I recall, the AI rifle you were using weights approx 14 - 15 lbs (correct me if I'm wrong). Were you using any special strap or sniper drag bag to carry it with/in, or were you just using the shoulder strap? Lastly, which ballisics software were you using, and how did you arrive at your BC for the program. Thanks much, and congratulations again upon a super hunt.

RR

[Dave King]

Roadrunner

Thanks for the kind words on the story. I'm afraid that my use of the English language and composition will keep me from having very much in print. I'm more of a technical person and the proper use of punctuation and such has never excited me (verifiable with any teacher I have ever had).

I was using a Bushnell rangefinder as was Brian, he had a compact 800 and I had the older 1000 I believe.

The rifle was a H-S Precision 2000LA and probably weighed in the neighborhood of 13 pounds. All my rifles are setup pretty much the same, I use a Turner Saddlery (military style) sling or nowadays a Tactical Intervention sling http://www.tacticalintervention.com/
and carry the rifle over the shoulder. I carry the rifle a little different than most folks; for a long hump I carry the rifle slung over my right shoulder and I hold some of the rifle weight by supporting the butt with my right hand (rifle on the rear of my body and the muzzle points over my left shoulder), for a short hump or when I may need the rifle in a hurry I carry the rifle slung over my left shoulder with the rifle on the front side of my body (my left hand cradles the rifle just above the trigger guard and I apply pressure to hold the rifle away from my body, the butt rests ontop of my belt which supports much of the weight of the rifle).
The horses did most of the carrying of the rifle during this hunt. Brian and I both needed to make custom leather scabbards for the rifles as the standard versions are far too small.

The ballistics program that I used during that hunt is the web based JBM http://internet.cybermesa.com/~jbm/ I had several data printouts and checked the data before departure for Colorado and once we arrived on site.

I now use an Excel spreadsheet that does a very good job. Peter Cronhelm's web site http://www.nucleus.com/~cronhelm/index.html has the 'Sniper Ballistics Computer' spreadsheet available and I believe he'll have a newer version up soon, one that he and I have been working on for a while.

[Roadrunner]

Dave,

Thanks for all the info; your writing and grammer ect.. is/are fine. Remember if you were writing for some mag like Outdoor Life, you wouldn't exactly be writing for a bunch of english professors. Congratulations again on some truly great shooting!

RR

[Len Backus]

To the top.

Dave is such a good writer, our new members shouldn't miss this story.

[rolltide]

Dave,

Congratulations on a great hunt, a great shot & a great read. That sounds like it was definetly worht the price of admission [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

I beleive it was stated earlier, but a big reason I became interested in LR hunting is because the "BIG BOYS" used to always be "OUTTA RANGE" I'm now working on that.

Once again, Conratulations

That should be Required Reading

Chris