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1 day at the long range: how would you spend your time?
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<blockquote data-quote="Winny94" data-source="post: 1718469" data-attributes="member: 97079"><p>I have a mulie/pronghorn doe hunt next week. Going to the "Long range" range Friday to verify my load. This is the only range I have access to further than 200 yards, and its quite a drive, so i don't get there often. </p><p></p><p>I have narrowed my load down to 2 options. They are the same load, only difference is the jump:</p><p></p><p>First Load:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Great accuracy @ 100 (consistently .5 MOA and often smaller)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Great consistency (ES of 8-10, SD of 4.5)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Very slow for the cartridge</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">.090" jump</li> </ul><p>Second Load:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Good accuracy @ 100 (about .75 MOA)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Good consistency (Es of 17, SD of 6.7)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">65 FPS faster</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">at lands</li> </ul><p>My question is: should I just load up all my rounds at the of the more consistent load and get a lot of practice in with that one round, or split my rounds 50/50 to see how each performs at 300,400, 500 & 600? My practical max distance is going to be about 450 on the hunt since i haven't had enough time to familiarize myself intimately with this round (rarely do we get shots past 300).</p><p>Practically speaking, both rounds perform nearly identically for the distances Ill be shooting (2" of drop @ 500 and .6" of drift in a full value 15 MPH wind difference b/w the 2)</p><p></p><p>Specs:</p><p>H1000</p><p>Berger VLD Hunting 7mm 180gr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Winny94, post: 1718469, member: 97079"] I have a mulie/pronghorn doe hunt next week. Going to the "Long range" range Friday to verify my load. This is the only range I have access to further than 200 yards, and its quite a drive, so i don't get there often. I have narrowed my load down to 2 options. They are the same load, only difference is the jump: First Load: [LIST] [*]Great accuracy @ 100 (consistently .5 MOA and often smaller) [*]Great consistency (ES of 8-10, SD of 4.5) [*]Very slow for the cartridge [*].090" jump [/LIST] Second Load: [LIST] [*]Good accuracy @ 100 (about .75 MOA) [*]Good consistency (Es of 17, SD of 6.7) [*]65 FPS faster [*]at lands [/LIST] My question is: should I just load up all my rounds at the of the more consistent load and get a lot of practice in with that one round, or split my rounds 50/50 to see how each performs at 300,400, 500 & 600? My practical max distance is going to be about 450 on the hunt since i haven't had enough time to familiarize myself intimately with this round (rarely do we get shots past 300). Practically speaking, both rounds perform nearly identically for the distances Ill be shooting (2" of drop @ 500 and .6" of drift in a full value 15 MPH wind difference b/w the 2) Specs: H1000 Berger VLD Hunting 7mm 180gr [/QUOTE]
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