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Question- if I sight my gun when temp is 85 degrees will it shoot different when temp (hunting condition) is say 20 degrees?

Thanks for the informative comments. I have never seen this amount of difference in a rifle. I have a 223 Browing A-bolt and a Remington 7mm Mag and I shoot different ammo through them at 100 yards and don't see more than an inch of difference between brands. I ordered some 25-06 Federal 115...

Interesting comments but they are not helping me understand what I observed. I intend to shoot federal 115 gr nosler partition for hunting deer. Their ballistics are almost identical to the Hornady ballistics. So if I see the same 3 1/2 inch drop at 100 yards then I will conclude that 1) the...

So is the lower impact due to the Hornady cartridge being 240fps slower? When I look at the ballistics of the two rounds (gun data.org ballistic calculator) I don't see the same drop- 3/4 of an inch at 250 yard. I realize that I would not see the difference in the table when both rounds are...

I just bought a new ruger 25-06 and took it to the range to sight in. Since ammo is still in short supply I bought whatever I could find on the shelf. I sighted the rifle with 100 gr Remington core-lokt PSP. Muzzle velocity 3230. I then shot a few rounds of Hornady 117 gr InterLock. Muzzle...