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Left @ 300 yds - Right @ 1000 yds? WTH?
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 242461" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p><strong>Re: Left @ 300 yds - Right @ 1000 yds?</strong></p><p></p><p>Cool! But you don't need to shoot at four separate distances unless you're just shooting for the fun of it. If you shoot at either 100 or 300 yds and then on out to 1000 yds, you should see some gyroscopic drift if it's in play with your bullets. Spindrift is more pronounced the farther the ranges you're shooting. That's why I'm only shooting at two distances - one maximum range and one other relatively close distance. If I shoot 300 and 1000 yds, I should be able to see some gyroscopic drift if it's there to any appreciable extent. That is provided I've got my scopes installed plumb with the receiver and the rifle plumb with gravity and don't cant the rifle in either direction while touching off the shots. Let us know which caliber and bullet(s) you're shooting and what kind of results you come up with?</p><p></p><p>I'll be doing the same with my 300 Win Mag. I'm hoping I'm not shooting any major league curve balls. Maybe a tad bit of a slider, but hopefully no curve balls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 242461, member: 4191"] [b]Re: Left @ 300 yds - Right @ 1000 yds?[/b] Cool! But you don't need to shoot at four separate distances unless you're just shooting for the fun of it. If you shoot at either 100 or 300 yds and then on out to 1000 yds, you should see some gyroscopic drift if it's in play with your bullets. Spindrift is more pronounced the farther the ranges you're shooting. That's why I'm only shooting at two distances - one maximum range and one other relatively close distance. If I shoot 300 and 1000 yds, I should be able to see some gyroscopic drift if it's there to any appreciable extent. That is provided I've got my scopes installed plumb with the receiver and the rifle plumb with gravity and don't cant the rifle in either direction while touching off the shots. Let us know which caliber and bullet(s) you're shooting and what kind of results you come up with? I'll be doing the same with my 300 Win Mag. I'm hoping I'm not shooting any major league curve balls. Maybe a tad bit of a slider, but hopefully no curve balls. [/QUOTE]
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