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<blockquote data-quote="Topshot" data-source="post: 354301" data-attributes="member: 13285"><p>Ok, thanks for some great advice. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Now normally I would not consider shooting this distance but this is such a great location. In the photo below you can see me shooting at a 1000 yard target at the location.</p><p>This cleared fire break goes back for another 2000 yards behind me and has been graded to remove most vegetation. Any bullets that strike the ground show up with a big burst of dust and are very easy to see. I have a spot pegged out 1285 yards behind where this photo was taken from.</p><p> </p><p>The area behind the target is also graded and I can set up an aiming mark, (say a water drum), way back up behind the target. This I hope will give me enough elevation to make up for the limitations of my scope and 20 MOA rail. </p><p> </p><p>As I am in the Southern Hemisphere, and the direction of the shot will be on a bearing of 7 degrees. I have worked out Coriolis of 22" left and +3" elevation which is nothing. A 1: 10 twist barrel gives me a spin drift of 66" right. So only 44" right drift to worry about if it is dead still. Anyone agree with these figures? If it is not dead still, I wont shoot till I get a morning when it is.</p><p> </p><p>This is just shooting for fun so no harm in giving it a go. I think time of flight will be 4.5 second so we may have to wait a while for the dust to fly. <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" /></p><p> </p><p>I will take some photo's on the morning when I do the shooting and post the results. Should be interesting! </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://members.optusnet.com.au/~wadcutter/mypic36.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topshot, post: 354301, member: 13285"] Ok, thanks for some great advice. Now normally I would not consider shooting this distance but this is such a great location. In the photo below you can see me shooting at a 1000 yard target at the location. This cleared fire break goes back for another 2000 yards behind me and has been graded to remove most vegetation. Any bullets that strike the ground show up with a big burst of dust and are very easy to see. I have a spot pegged out 1285 yards behind where this photo was taken from. The area behind the target is also graded and I can set up an aiming mark, (say a water drum), way back up behind the target. This I hope will give me enough elevation to make up for the limitations of my scope and 20 MOA rail. As I am in the Southern Hemisphere, and the direction of the shot will be on a bearing of 7 degrees. I have worked out Coriolis of 22" left and +3" elevation which is nothing. A 1: 10 twist barrel gives me a spin drift of 66" right. So only 44" right drift to worry about if it is dead still. Anyone agree with these figures? If it is not dead still, I wont shoot till I get a morning when it is. This is just shooting for fun so no harm in giving it a go. I think time of flight will be 4.5 second so we may have to wait a while for the dust to fly. :D I will take some photo's on the morning when I do the shooting and post the results. Should be interesting! [IMG]http://members.optusnet.com.au/~wadcutter/mypic36.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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