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First elk with the 270WSM
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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 335704" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>Thanks for all the back slapping <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> I sure did learn a lot this hunting season. I found that defeating my built in Kentucky windage system was the hardest thing to try to over come, I knew where my rifle shoots and felt confident in my abilities at the range or out blasting rock but when I got down to taking a shot on game I found myself holding high and it cost me two deer at 790yds, the shot went right where I was aiming and it was right over them. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> It's like I went brain dead, the scope I shoot has 2MOA marks on the reticle and I looked at my chart when I was getting ready for the shot on this cow and I needed 3.5 MOA down but instead of holding on my 2nd hash mark for 4MOA I held low with my main cross hair, I didn't use the all the tools I had given my self but instead slipped into Kentucky windage mode.</p><p></p><p>The next biggest thing I learned was I need a Kestrel meter, my cheap Caldwell is giving me low wind speed and I under corrected one time an Elk, I never over correct for wind so I kept all my long range shots so that if I under corrected it would drift into the shoulder not into the guts. But I found out at LR if your of on your correction your most likely of the animal.</p><p>I had a couple goes at using LoadBase 3.0 on my Axim in the field and the corrections were spot on so I was perty stoked about that, I just need the Kestrel to give it better inputs for windage.</p><p></p><p>By the way I really dig what the Bergers are doing. That bullet in the picture has most of it's jacket, it pealed around it's self down to the base, the rest I could not find in the mess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 335704, member: 13632"] Thanks for all the back slapping :D I sure did learn a lot this hunting season. I found that defeating my built in Kentucky windage system was the hardest thing to try to over come, I knew where my rifle shoots and felt confident in my abilities at the range or out blasting rock but when I got down to taking a shot on game I found myself holding high and it cost me two deer at 790yds, the shot went right where I was aiming and it was right over them. :rolleyes: It's like I went brain dead, the scope I shoot has 2MOA marks on the reticle and I looked at my chart when I was getting ready for the shot on this cow and I needed 3.5 MOA down but instead of holding on my 2nd hash mark for 4MOA I held low with my main cross hair, I didn't use the all the tools I had given my self but instead slipped into Kentucky windage mode. The next biggest thing I learned was I need a Kestrel meter, my cheap Caldwell is giving me low wind speed and I under corrected one time an Elk, I never over correct for wind so I kept all my long range shots so that if I under corrected it would drift into the shoulder not into the guts. But I found out at LR if your of on your correction your most likely of the animal. I had a couple goes at using LoadBase 3.0 on my Axim in the field and the corrections were spot on so I was perty stoked about that, I just need the Kestrel to give it better inputs for windage. By the way I really dig what the Bergers are doing. That bullet in the picture has most of it's jacket, it pealed around it's self down to the base, the rest I could not find in the mess. [/QUOTE]
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