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<blockquote data-quote="BRrooster" data-source="post: 983195" data-attributes="member: 15499"><p>I was out burning some powder yesterday , and was having some trouble hitting the paper at 500 yards. My targets are home made out of a standard 8 1/2 by 11 inch</p><p>sheet of paper. I made a 4 inch diamond template cut out and spray paint it</p><p>orange on the center of the paper, it works great . You can see it clearly, with my Bushnell Legend 5x15 Mil dot scope. One dot lets you see a little of the orange around </p><p>it. I am shooting a rebarrelled Sako in 7MM Dakota. 160g bullets at a little over 3200fps. 1.5 Mils is about right. </p><p> Any way, the place I found to shoot at 500 yards is a slight left to right downhill shot.</p><p>I'd guess about 5 to 10 degrees. Would that cause any drift problems? There was very little wind , maybe 3 to 5mph. I held off 3 inches to the left. My bullet impact grouping was 8 inches to the right of center. I shot prone, using a bipod.</p><p> Just curious if sidehill shooting does anything different to bullet drift.</p><p>cheers </p><p>bruce</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BRrooster, post: 983195, member: 15499"] I was out burning some powder yesterday , and was having some trouble hitting the paper at 500 yards. My targets are home made out of a standard 8 1/2 by 11 inch sheet of paper. I made a 4 inch diamond template cut out and spray paint it orange on the center of the paper, it works great . You can see it clearly, with my Bushnell Legend 5x15 Mil dot scope. One dot lets you see a little of the orange around it. I am shooting a rebarrelled Sako in 7MM Dakota. 160g bullets at a little over 3200fps. 1.5 Mils is about right. Any way, the place I found to shoot at 500 yards is a slight left to right downhill shot. I'd guess about 5 to 10 degrees. Would that cause any drift problems? There was very little wind , maybe 3 to 5mph. I held off 3 inches to the left. My bullet impact grouping was 8 inches to the right of center. I shot prone, using a bipod. Just curious if sidehill shooting does anything different to bullet drift. cheers bruce [/QUOTE]
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