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A couple Muley stories with some pic's
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<blockquote data-quote="AJ Peacock" data-source="post: 135251" data-attributes="member: 4885"><p><strong>Re: A couple Muley stories with some pic\'s</strong></p><p></p><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> [ QUOTE ]</p><p>I decided that I might as well try to figure out how far it was, just in case it turned out to be a buck. Back then, there were no Laser Range finders, I had scribed marks on the scope and carried a couple of 3x5 notecards with information about how much the Duplex reticle covered at each distance etc. I also had a card with the angle/cosine chart (I was a math major after all). So I could calculate the actual effective distance. For the next 10 minutes or so, I busied myself with estimating the distance, until I had arrived at an effective distance of 870 yards. The down angle was around 25 degrees.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] </p><p></p><p>Those are some great stories and they brought back a lot of memories of "the good ole days". Things were a little more difficult then and our equipment not so good. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>Bob, I hope to draw a tag over the next couple years and take a .338AM to some of those points. The equipment will be better, but I don't think the old legs and lungs will be even close /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif</p><p></p><p>I'm glad you guys enjoyed the stories. I have a couple other pretty good ones I'll have to write up sometime; no pictures on those though, as I gave the horns away.</p><p></p><p>Later,</p><p>Don</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AJ Peacock, post: 135251, member: 4885"] [b]Re: A couple Muley stories with some pic\'s[/b] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I decided that I might as well try to figure out how far it was, just in case it turned out to be a buck. Back then, there were no Laser Range finders, I had scribed marks on the scope and carried a couple of 3x5 notecards with information about how much the Duplex reticle covered at each distance etc. I also had a card with the angle/cosine chart (I was a math major after all). So I could calculate the actual effective distance. For the next 10 minutes or so, I busied myself with estimating the distance, until I had arrived at an effective distance of 870 yards. The down angle was around 25 degrees. [/ QUOTE ] Those are some great stories and they brought back a lot of memories of "the good ole days". Things were a little more difficult then and our equipment not so good. [/ QUOTE ] Bob, I hope to draw a tag over the next couple years and take a .338AM to some of those points. The equipment will be better, but I don't think the old legs and lungs will be even close [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] I'm glad you guys enjoyed the stories. I have a couple other pretty good ones I'll have to write up sometime; no pictures on those though, as I gave the horns away. Later, Don [/QUOTE]
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