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Long range on limited gear
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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 224168" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p>ATH,</p><p>As stated, get a wind meter. Midway has the Caldwell on sale for $19.99. I have one and it tells wind speed and temp. Now that is your best bang for your buck. I also usually carry a GPS and it tells altitude. I have had exbal for about 9 months and haven't got it running yet (Palm problems...lots of them). I do as BB said, Google Earth! I print off mulitple drops for different conditions for my area. With the GPS and Google you can make routes and what not. </p><p>To answer your question about what range I would consider max. Nosler recommends a minimum of 1800fps for the Accubond. Without changing the altitude/temp/or conditions on JBM it says around 800yards when your load is punched in. I personally would set that as my max, maybe more if your conditions changed the ballistics for the better. If I couldn't practice that far I would set my max range as the furthest range I had to practice on. When you get to Montana take some shots to check your drop as the conditions may change the path of the bullet.</p><p>Now, so not to start any debate. Will a 200gr Accubond kill at velocity lower then 1800 fps? Yes! But according to the manufacturer the bullet may not deform enough to have sufficient tissue damage for a fast kill.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 224168, member: 8873"] ATH, As stated, get a wind meter. Midway has the Caldwell on sale for $19.99. I have one and it tells wind speed and temp. Now that is your best bang for your buck. I also usually carry a GPS and it tells altitude. I have had exbal for about 9 months and haven't got it running yet (Palm problems...lots of them). I do as BB said, Google Earth! I print off mulitple drops for different conditions for my area. With the GPS and Google you can make routes and what not. To answer your question about what range I would consider max. Nosler recommends a minimum of 1800fps for the Accubond. Without changing the altitude/temp/or conditions on JBM it says around 800yards when your load is punched in. I personally would set that as my max, maybe more if your conditions changed the ballistics for the better. If I couldn't practice that far I would set my max range as the furthest range I had to practice on. When you get to Montana take some shots to check your drop as the conditions may change the path of the bullet. Now, so not to start any debate. Will a 200gr Accubond kill at velocity lower then 1800 fps? Yes! But according to the manufacturer the bullet may not deform enough to have sufficient tissue damage for a fast kill. [/QUOTE]
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