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AZ Prairie Dog Fun-- Trip Report and After Action Review
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<blockquote data-quote="benchracer" data-source="post: 1226781" data-attributes="member: 22069"><p><strong>WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong>TWO VARMINTING BENCHES! If we had both had our own benches, I believe we would have had a much more productive day.</p><p></p><p>Longer range zeroes on our rifles. We both were zeroed @ 200. After thinking things over, and running some calculations on JBM Ballistics, I think we would both have benefitted from zeroing at longer range. Had we been zeroed @ 300, for example, I think we could have been effective out to around 400 yards, without hurting us up close.</p><p></p><p>Prior planning and preparation. Neither one of us had a rangefinder. I should have printed some ballistic tables from JBM before we left the house. With ballistic tables and a rangefinder, we could have also filled out range cards that would have dramatically improved our speed and efficiency in getting on target.</p><p></p><p>It would have been nice to have arrived earlier than we did. We were under some time constraints, which limited us to some extent. If I had it to do over again, I would have made a weekend of it and camped somewhere in the general area, or stayed in a hotel. That would have given us more time to scout the area and choose a location to set up. Doing the whole trip in the same day was pretty exhausting.</p><p></p><p>Though I felt we did a good overall job of coming prepared, we could have pared the gear down a bit. We each brought three rifles and enough ammo to feed each one. We each could easily have been just fine with one rifle. For the pace of shooting that we experienced, 200 rounds per rifle would be way more than needed (but that is still what I would bring).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benchracer, post: 1226781, member: 22069"] [B]WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER [/B]TWO VARMINTING BENCHES! If we had both had our own benches, I believe we would have had a much more productive day. Longer range zeroes on our rifles. We both were zeroed @ 200. After thinking things over, and running some calculations on JBM Ballistics, I think we would both have benefitted from zeroing at longer range. Had we been zeroed @ 300, for example, I think we could have been effective out to around 400 yards, without hurting us up close. Prior planning and preparation. Neither one of us had a rangefinder. I should have printed some ballistic tables from JBM before we left the house. With ballistic tables and a rangefinder, we could have also filled out range cards that would have dramatically improved our speed and efficiency in getting on target. It would have been nice to have arrived earlier than we did. We were under some time constraints, which limited us to some extent. If I had it to do over again, I would have made a weekend of it and camped somewhere in the general area, or stayed in a hotel. That would have given us more time to scout the area and choose a location to set up. Doing the whole trip in the same day was pretty exhausting. Though I felt we did a good overall job of coming prepared, we could have pared the gear down a bit. We each brought three rifles and enough ammo to feed each one. We each could easily have been just fine with one rifle. For the pace of shooting that we experienced, 200 rounds per rifle would be way more than needed (but that is still what I would bring). [/QUOTE]
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