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<blockquote data-quote="41mag" data-source="post: 116876" data-attributes="member: 3804"><p>Well this morning was fun for sure. The wife and I got to my bud's place sometime around 4'ish yesterday evening. I had totally forgotten about their neighbor up the road haveing a big birthday bash. But it only slowed us down a tad. We set up a clean target and got the .270 AM settled in at 300 yds. Due to the heat and mirage, we decided on a day break drop test. </p><p></p><p>I hit the floor this morning @ 4 to find a thick fog had settled in the low land. Not good for seeing much less hitting anything. We headed down to the barn at about 6 since there was no way to get anything done any earlier. After setting up the shooting table, and placing a call to the daughter for local weather, we dialed in the current conditions into the pocket PC Exball program and waited for the fog to clear some. After what seemed an eternity, I just could make out the orange spot on top fo the 8' board we had put up at 500yds. Shortly after, we were off to the races. The rifle had been cleaned so the first rounds were foulers, and hit just a little low. After confirming the group we moved the board on out to 700 yds where I put two shots within 2.5" of each other. Then on out to 1000 yds. I must tell you that after only shooting at a 24" wide blind flange out there once, the 8" orange paster looked pretty **** small to say the least. But, I held fast and squeezed one off. First shot looked like dirt, second shot nothing, so we headed down to see what the deal was. The 700 yd shots were a little off ot the right so after not seeing any holes in the board, I put in 2 clicks left. Well by the time we got back to the barn a light breeze and started to move. First shot nothing same results on second. Then back to the board. Now before you all think I can't hit the side of a barn, the "board" is only a 1x10 we salvaged from the trash at work. </p><p></p><p>So after looking at a few things and scratching our heads I figured, time to add another board. So we c-clamped another 8' board to the bottom of the first. Now we're in business. First shot a hit, second off the board. Then after turning in 3 click of right for the slight breeze, I put two more on the bottom of the board. </p><p></p><p>So, I guess that I did a decent job of getting my drops in. We got accurate measurements at all ranges tried, and now have a load which will put those big 169'5gr Wildcats, into a nice neat group. I did fair considering I didn't have my glasses on for any of the shooting. I will hopefully get to head back up in a couple of weeks and we will actually dial things in and then should get in somewhat of a better group than just several hits on a board. The mirage got so bad, so quick, we were pushing things just to get in the shots we did. After things were said and done, I zeroed the rifle in for 500yds and will let it ride from there.</p><p></p><p>All I can say is the hogs in that area had better get body armor because they are in for a whole new world of hurt. Also just for kicks, we had a small plate set up at 200yds, last week Tim shot it with the RUM just to see what it would do. The plate is some for of hardened stuff used for compresser valves. His shot is the rusty one, it was a 200gr Nosler AB at around 3200 fps. I put the first on in with the .270 and the 169.5gr right next to it. The crater is awesom, then we moved it out to 500 and I put one up at the top. It's about 3/8" deep as well. Can't wait to try the 195's. </p><p><img src="http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f285/41nag/P7300074.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> <img src="http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f285/41nag/P7300076.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="41mag, post: 116876, member: 3804"] Well this morning was fun for sure. The wife and I got to my bud's place sometime around 4'ish yesterday evening. I had totally forgotten about their neighbor up the road haveing a big birthday bash. But it only slowed us down a tad. We set up a clean target and got the .270 AM settled in at 300 yds. Due to the heat and mirage, we decided on a day break drop test. I hit the floor this morning @ 4 to find a thick fog had settled in the low land. Not good for seeing much less hitting anything. We headed down to the barn at about 6 since there was no way to get anything done any earlier. After setting up the shooting table, and placing a call to the daughter for local weather, we dialed in the current conditions into the pocket PC Exball program and waited for the fog to clear some. After what seemed an eternity, I just could make out the orange spot on top fo the 8' board we had put up at 500yds. Shortly after, we were off to the races. The rifle had been cleaned so the first rounds were foulers, and hit just a little low. After confirming the group we moved the board on out to 700 yds where I put two shots within 2.5" of each other. Then on out to 1000 yds. I must tell you that after only shooting at a 24" wide blind flange out there once, the 8" orange paster looked pretty **** small to say the least. But, I held fast and squeezed one off. First shot looked like dirt, second shot nothing, so we headed down to see what the deal was. The 700 yd shots were a little off ot the right so after not seeing any holes in the board, I put in 2 clicks left. Well by the time we got back to the barn a light breeze and started to move. First shot nothing same results on second. Then back to the board. Now before you all think I can't hit the side of a barn, the "board" is only a 1x10 we salvaged from the trash at work. So after looking at a few things and scratching our heads I figured, time to add another board. So we c-clamped another 8' board to the bottom of the first. Now we're in business. First shot a hit, second off the board. Then after turning in 3 click of right for the slight breeze, I put two more on the bottom of the board. So, I guess that I did a decent job of getting my drops in. We got accurate measurements at all ranges tried, and now have a load which will put those big 169'5gr Wildcats, into a nice neat group. I did fair considering I didn't have my glasses on for any of the shooting. I will hopefully get to head back up in a couple of weeks and we will actually dial things in and then should get in somewhat of a better group than just several hits on a board. The mirage got so bad, so quick, we were pushing things just to get in the shots we did. After things were said and done, I zeroed the rifle in for 500yds and will let it ride from there. All I can say is the hogs in that area had better get body armor because they are in for a whole new world of hurt. Also just for kicks, we had a small plate set up at 200yds, last week Tim shot it with the RUM just to see what it would do. The plate is some for of hardened stuff used for compresser valves. His shot is the rusty one, it was a 200gr Nosler AB at around 3200 fps. I put the first on in with the .270 and the 169.5gr right next to it. The crater is awesom, then we moved it out to 500 and I put one up at the top. It's about 3/8" deep as well. Can't wait to try the 195's. [img]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f285/41nag/P7300074.jpg[/img] [img]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f285/41nag/P7300076.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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