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The Basics, Starting Out
A Couple Questions for the New Guys in Long Range Shooting
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<blockquote data-quote="JSHou" data-source="post: 1022430" data-attributes="member: 85392"><p>1) The lack of long range near me (I live in the Denver metro, it's at least an hour in any direction before I can shoot past 100)</p><p></p><p>2) I'm stalled at ~500-600. I think it's a wind call issue, might be the SMK 168s.</p><p></p><p>3) More time on the range! (Don't we all)</p><p></p><p>4a) Kestrel. Didn't have the luxury of knowing long range shooters when I first started, so I was going in off YouTube videos and books. Everything sinks in eventually, but it's hard to learn to read wind off a video or from a book. Though I use the Kestrel less now (it only gives you speed at your firing position, after all) it is nice to have to calibrate my "wind sense" in a given area. Trees tend to be roughly the same size, grass is pretty consistent, so I can figure out how everything looks where I am and then use the Kestrel to baseline my calls for the range.</p><p></p><p>4b) Nikon LRF 600. It's fine. Reasonably reliable, but not really sufficient range or sensitivity. If I had it to do over, I'd get at least 1k, maybe 1.2k. As it is, the Nikon rarely makes it into the pack. I like it for setting up targets at the range when I can ping off my nice, shiny car. In real-world applications, though, it's just an extra battery muncher.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JSHou, post: 1022430, member: 85392"] 1) The lack of long range near me (I live in the Denver metro, it's at least an hour in any direction before I can shoot past 100) 2) I'm stalled at ~500-600. I think it's a wind call issue, might be the SMK 168s. 3) More time on the range! (Don't we all) 4a) Kestrel. Didn't have the luxury of knowing long range shooters when I first started, so I was going in off YouTube videos and books. Everything sinks in eventually, but it's hard to learn to read wind off a video or from a book. Though I use the Kestrel less now (it only gives you speed at your firing position, after all) it is nice to have to calibrate my "wind sense" in a given area. Trees tend to be roughly the same size, grass is pretty consistent, so I can figure out how everything looks where I am and then use the Kestrel to baseline my calls for the range. 4b) Nikon LRF 600. It's fine. Reasonably reliable, but not really sufficient range or sensitivity. If I had it to do over, I'd get at least 1k, maybe 1.2k. As it is, the Nikon rarely makes it into the pack. I like it for setting up targets at the range when I can ping off my nice, shiny car. In real-world applications, though, it's just an extra battery muncher. [/QUOTE]
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