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<blockquote data-quote="LRNut" data-source="post: 2899488" data-attributes="member: 3230"><p>I am not saying hitting something at 300 yards with .22RF is easy but I don't see how it is relevant to shooting high BC bullets at long ranges. My LR battery consists of 2 28Ns (195 Bergers just under 3k), 2 300 RUMs (shooting either 225 ELDM or 220 ELDX, a Savage Lapua (my only stock rifle) shooting 285 ELDMs at 2700, a .338 Lapua shooting 285 ELDMs at 2900, and a .338 Edge shooting 300 Bergers at 2900. All of these have about the same wind drift. I have a .308 that I gong shoot at 500 in Phoenix, but I brought it to CO and quickly learned it wasn't helping me read the wind any better than the other guns, and more importantly, it didn't help me ascertain my limits with the better LR rifles. As many have pointed out, the longer the range, the more likely it is the wind at your shooting position is not going to be reflective of the wind at your target. I just took a shot at my 620 yard going because the wind was blowing pretty good. By the time I got my video set up, etc., the wind had died. I waited for it to pick up, but it didn't. I held 1/2 MOA left and fired. The dust from my brake blew to the right, but when I watched the video, the dust from the bullet disintegrating on the gong blew left.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LRNut, post: 2899488, member: 3230"] I am not saying hitting something at 300 yards with .22RF is easy but I don't see how it is relevant to shooting high BC bullets at long ranges. My LR battery consists of 2 28Ns (195 Bergers just under 3k), 2 300 RUMs (shooting either 225 ELDM or 220 ELDX, a Savage Lapua (my only stock rifle) shooting 285 ELDMs at 2700, a .338 Lapua shooting 285 ELDMs at 2900, and a .338 Edge shooting 300 Bergers at 2900. All of these have about the same wind drift. I have a .308 that I gong shoot at 500 in Phoenix, but I brought it to CO and quickly learned it wasn't helping me read the wind any better than the other guns, and more importantly, it didn't help me ascertain my limits with the better LR rifles. As many have pointed out, the longer the range, the more likely it is the wind at your shooting position is not going to be reflective of the wind at your target. I just took a shot at my 620 yard going because the wind was blowing pretty good. By the time I got my video set up, etc., the wind had died. I waited for it to pick up, but it didn't. I held 1/2 MOA left and fired. The dust from my brake blew to the right, but when I watched the video, the dust from the bullet disintegrating on the gong blew left. [/QUOTE]
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