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<blockquote data-quote="Dave King" data-source="post: 5030" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Smoak</p><p></p><p> I will provide a link to the site for a free on-line calculator that can provide your answer.</p><p></p><p> I can't give you the exact answer because you have left off some of the variables.</p><p> <a href="http://www.eskimo.com/~jbm/ballistics/traj_basic/traj_basic.html" target="_blank">http://www.eskimo.com/~jbm/ballistics/traj_basic/traj_basic.html</a> </p><p></p><p> You don't state the ambient temperature nor geographic altitude (I see you've stated Florida) where you will use this data.</p><p></p><p> A short lesson in approximation:</p><p></p><p> A standard set of come-ups that I have used for years with the 308 Win will provide a very close set of data for nearly any proper rifle. Figure the 308 Win data as a base value of 1.0 and figure the magnums and flat shooters at a value between .66 and .75.</p><p></p><p>Yds Come-up (in MOA)</p><p>100 -0-</p><p>200 -2-</p><p>300 -3-</p><p>400 -3.5-</p><p>500 -3.5-</p><p>600 -4-</p><p>700 -4.5-</p><p>800 -5-</p><p>900 -6-</p><p>1000 -7- </p><p></p><p>These are individual come-ups, you must add this together to get a total come-up in MOA. As an example, 500 yards is 2 + 3 + 3.5 + 3.5 or 12 as a total. You come-up for the 300 will be in the .66 range I'd guess... about 8 MOA of UP over your accurate 100 yard ZERO.</p><p></p><p>To use these calculation programs correctly, you use a 100 yard zero and record the "drop" at the ranges desired. Once you have the "drop" you back-calculate the elevation requirement. For a .47 BC round at 3300fps and "STP" conditions the drop as stated (displayed by JBM) is stated as 36.8 inches. 36.8 / 5 (500 yards) is 7.36 inches, now convert this to MOA by dividing by 1.047 and you have 7.02 MOA up needed for 500 yards. (My quick rule-of-thumb 8 MOA estimate would have had you 5 inches low on the target, close enough for beginning data. )</p><p></p><p>[ 03-20-2003: Message edited by: Dave King ]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave King, post: 5030, member: 3"] Smoak I will provide a link to the site for a free on-line calculator that can provide your answer. I can't give you the exact answer because you have left off some of the variables. [url="http://www.eskimo.com/~jbm/ballistics/traj_basic/traj_basic.html"]http://www.eskimo.com/~jbm/ballistics/traj_basic/traj_basic.html[/url] You don't state the ambient temperature nor geographic altitude (I see you've stated Florida) where you will use this data. A short lesson in approximation: A standard set of come-ups that I have used for years with the 308 Win will provide a very close set of data for nearly any proper rifle. Figure the 308 Win data as a base value of 1.0 and figure the magnums and flat shooters at a value between .66 and .75. Yds Come-up (in MOA) 100 -0- 200 -2- 300 -3- 400 -3.5- 500 -3.5- 600 -4- 700 -4.5- 800 -5- 900 -6- 1000 -7- These are individual come-ups, you must add this together to get a total come-up in MOA. As an example, 500 yards is 2 + 3 + 3.5 + 3.5 or 12 as a total. You come-up for the 300 will be in the .66 range I'd guess... about 8 MOA of UP over your accurate 100 yard ZERO. To use these calculation programs correctly, you use a 100 yard zero and record the "drop" at the ranges desired. Once you have the "drop" you back-calculate the elevation requirement. For a .47 BC round at 3300fps and "STP" conditions the drop as stated (displayed by JBM) is stated as 36.8 inches. 36.8 / 5 (500 yards) is 7.36 inches, now convert this to MOA by dividing by 1.047 and you have 7.02 MOA up needed for 500 yards. (My quick rule-of-thumb 8 MOA estimate would have had you 5 inches low on the target, close enough for beginning data. ) [ 03-20-2003: Message edited by: Dave King ] [/QUOTE]
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