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<blockquote data-quote="Darryl Cassel" data-source="post: 21152" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Hello Len</p><p></p><p>The vapor trail, or "Wash" as we call it, can be seen much further then the ranges you are filming.</p><p>When we are hunting at extended range, you can watch the trail all the way into an animal sometimes. Most of the time you will lose the trail about the last 200 to 300 yards. This is because of the rapid downward arc of the bullet in your line of sight.</p><p></p><p>I have watched on 2 or 3 occasions the trail going into an animal and the actual hit of the bullet on the skin of that animal. The energy of the shock wave hitting skin layed the fur down in a circle about the size of a grapfruit and the color was real white (skin) and you could see the small hole of the bullet that entered the middle of that circle. Almost as fast as it appeared it went away and the animal fell and you saw the blood fly on the far side, in the snow.</p><p></p><p>I have watched this on elk and Deer.</p><p>Normally on elk, when the trail goes into the side of the animal the shock wave just causes the whole side to quiver or shake rapidly and then they fall. Sometimes or should I say most times they are simply knocked down right now. </p><p></p><p>The trail is something that all longrange shooters should learn to look for. They must have good optics to see this. We use the two spotters in a bracket to achieve this or use military ship binculars.</p><p></p><p>We also use this tecnique to get new shooters on target at the Williamsport 1000 yard matches.</p><p>You can watch the trail (Wash) go toward the target and can tell the shooter how to adjust his scope to be on paper.</p><p></p><p>This is also one of our secrets of judging the wind at extreme long range when we can't see a hit on the first shot. </p><p>I have told many LR shooters/hunters to learn to watch the trail of the bullet and they will be more successful. </p><p></p><p>You should see the "Wash" of the 300 gr bullet coming out of the barrel at 3200 and 3300 FPS from my 338/416 Rigby IMP. Normally a person has to set up directly behind the shooter to see the trail. I have had people 15 to 20 yards to the side pick it up.</p><p></p><p>A muzzle brake will help the SHOOTER watch his own hits and the trail also.</p><p></p><p>Take care</p><p>DC</p><p></p><p>[ 10-21-2001: Message edited by: Darryl Cassel ]</p><p></p><p>[ 10-21-2001: Message edited by: Darryl Cassel ]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darryl Cassel, post: 21152, member: 34"] Hello Len The vapor trail, or "Wash" as we call it, can be seen much further then the ranges you are filming. When we are hunting at extended range, you can watch the trail all the way into an animal sometimes. Most of the time you will lose the trail about the last 200 to 300 yards. This is because of the rapid downward arc of the bullet in your line of sight. I have watched on 2 or 3 occasions the trail going into an animal and the actual hit of the bullet on the skin of that animal. The energy of the shock wave hitting skin layed the fur down in a circle about the size of a grapfruit and the color was real white (skin) and you could see the small hole of the bullet that entered the middle of that circle. Almost as fast as it appeared it went away and the animal fell and you saw the blood fly on the far side, in the snow. I have watched this on elk and Deer. Normally on elk, when the trail goes into the side of the animal the shock wave just causes the whole side to quiver or shake rapidly and then they fall. Sometimes or should I say most times they are simply knocked down right now. The trail is something that all longrange shooters should learn to look for. They must have good optics to see this. We use the two spotters in a bracket to achieve this or use military ship binculars. We also use this tecnique to get new shooters on target at the Williamsport 1000 yard matches. You can watch the trail (Wash) go toward the target and can tell the shooter how to adjust his scope to be on paper. This is also one of our secrets of judging the wind at extreme long range when we can't see a hit on the first shot. I have told many LR shooters/hunters to learn to watch the trail of the bullet and they will be more successful. You should see the "Wash" of the 300 gr bullet coming out of the barrel at 3200 and 3300 FPS from my 338/416 Rigby IMP. Normally a person has to set up directly behind the shooter to see the trail. I have had people 15 to 20 yards to the side pick it up. A muzzle brake will help the SHOOTER watch his own hits and the trail also. Take care DC [ 10-21-2001: Message edited by: Darryl Cassel ] [ 10-21-2001: Message edited by: Darryl Cassel ] [/QUOTE]
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