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What would cause this? Bullet drop with elevation change
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<blockquote data-quote="Hugnot" data-source="post: 2048342" data-attributes="member: 115658"><p>Goes to show, zero in upon arrival. I have zeroed in rifles near sea level, in cool temps and rain and gone out to shoot rodents at 5000' plus at 95* in blazing dryness (check this out with a ballistic calculator like Hornady 4DOF) and never experienced huge changes like 2 inches at 100 yards. Sounds like all 6 guys had problems with their rifles, scopes, mounts, stock bedding, ammunition, and shooting caused by transport or demands to shoot at unfamiliar sites. Also, the rifle was zeroed at 100 by a certain shooter then transported to a distant location and shot by another different shooter with different results - sounds like an addition of a huge amount of variables. Takes me back to an experience where I drove about 300 miles to hunt and other hunters flew in. The outfitter wisely had everybody shoot at a 250 yard target and the misses were extreme, like 6-8 inches (high, low, left, right), all caused by equipment problems or human error.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugnot, post: 2048342, member: 115658"] Goes to show, zero in upon arrival. I have zeroed in rifles near sea level, in cool temps and rain and gone out to shoot rodents at 5000' plus at 95* in blazing dryness (check this out with a ballistic calculator like Hornady 4DOF) and never experienced huge changes like 2 inches at 100 yards. Sounds like all 6 guys had problems with their rifles, scopes, mounts, stock bedding, ammunition, and shooting caused by transport or demands to shoot at unfamiliar sites. Also, the rifle was zeroed at 100 by a certain shooter then transported to a distant location and shot by another different shooter with different results - sounds like an addition of a huge amount of variables. Takes me back to an experience where I drove about 300 miles to hunt and other hunters flew in. The outfitter wisely had everybody shoot at a 250 yard target and the misses were extreme, like 6-8 inches (high, low, left, right), all caused by equipment problems or human error. [/QUOTE]
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