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Another dall ram hits the dirt!!! The toughest shot of my life.
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 306367" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>Me too. I didnt think 7 or 8 degrees of a mistake would matter that much but after analyzing it on a ballistic calculator, it showed numbers spot on. I was using an ACI from sniper tools. The numbers jump around quite a bit and it is easy to guess the wrong number between markings in the heat of battle. 7 degrees isnt much of a mistake in general but at that sharp of an angle at that distance, it really mattered. After the job was done and further more carefull analysis was done, the angle was figured at 40 degrees in stead of 33. This is consistent with where my bullets hit and where they should have been. I never stop learning. I learned NOT to take a few degrees for granted. Take the time and do it right. Dont just glance at the tool and allow a guesstimate to be close enough.</p><p></p><p><strong>UPDATE:</strong></p><p></p><p>I just remembered that I had had some recent trouble with the needle in my ACI hanging up. I am reasonabley confident that this at the very least could have been part of the error in angle measurment. I really need to send that thing in. I had not done it in the past because it didnt seem like it would throw me off enough to matter. After scruitinizing the math last night, I can see how I was dead wrong. </p><p></p><p>The lesson learned here is use tools in good working order.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 306367, member: 1007"] Me too. I didnt think 7 or 8 degrees of a mistake would matter that much but after analyzing it on a ballistic calculator, it showed numbers spot on. I was using an ACI from sniper tools. The numbers jump around quite a bit and it is easy to guess the wrong number between markings in the heat of battle. 7 degrees isnt much of a mistake in general but at that sharp of an angle at that distance, it really mattered. After the job was done and further more carefull analysis was done, the angle was figured at 40 degrees in stead of 33. This is consistent with where my bullets hit and where they should have been. I never stop learning. I learned NOT to take a few degrees for granted. Take the time and do it right. Dont just glance at the tool and allow a guesstimate to be close enough. [B]UPDATE:[/B] I just remembered that I had had some recent trouble with the needle in my ACI hanging up. I am reasonabley confident that this at the very least could have been part of the error in angle measurment. I really need to send that thing in. I had not done it in the past because it didnt seem like it would throw me off enough to matter. After scruitinizing the math last night, I can see how I was dead wrong. The lesson learned here is use tools in good working order. [/QUOTE]
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