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<blockquote data-quote="greenejc" data-source="post: 2339307" data-attributes="member: 60453"><p>Yep, anything to get an edge. I used whatever I could back when I was doing the job. And yes, I know that's an artillery data card, not a sniper's dope card. But it is still a good illustration of what goes into a 1.500 to 2,000 yard to me. I just don't have to make shots like that, so I don't worry about it. My son in law is currently stationed at Fort Benning, so I do get to talk to some of the teachers at the Master Gunner and Sniper schools when I'm there, though. They've got some neat stuff for the really long shots. I worked at range control at Carson for about three years, and worked with 10th group when they were practicing with the new 300 WinMag's too. They shot on the MG range out to about 1500 yards with the Federal Gold Medal Match loads and I got some of the brass. It was seriously heavily loaded, and took two passes through a full length resizer to make it usable. The primer pockets were still tight, though. He has my old sniper manual sitting in his garage on the freezer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenejc, post: 2339307, member: 60453"] Yep, anything to get an edge. I used whatever I could back when I was doing the job. And yes, I know that's an artillery data card, not a sniper's dope card. But it is still a good illustration of what goes into a 1.500 to 2,000 yard to me. I just don't have to make shots like that, so I don't worry about it. My son in law is currently stationed at Fort Benning, so I do get to talk to some of the teachers at the Master Gunner and Sniper schools when I'm there, though. They've got some neat stuff for the really long shots. I worked at range control at Carson for about three years, and worked with 10th group when they were practicing with the new 300 WinMag's too. They shot on the MG range out to about 1500 yards with the Federal Gold Medal Match loads and I got some of the brass. It was seriously heavily loaded, and took two passes through a full length resizer to make it usable. The primer pockets were still tight, though. He has my old sniper manual sitting in his garage on the freezer. [/QUOTE]
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