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***1000 YARD COLD BORE SHOT (This Saturday)****
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<blockquote data-quote="RDM416" data-source="post: 684578" data-attributes="member: 3745"><p>Bigbuck, </p><p></p><p>One way to get all the info into your ballistic program is to use a Kestrel with a bluetooth link. I don't want to start an argument here, so I just going to say what "I" do with coriolis effect. When playing at 1000 or less, I don't bother with it. I do however turn on "spin drift" as that is around 6" at 1000 with the rifles I typically shoot. I use both "Applied Ballistics" and "Bullet Flight" programs. Both will load data from the Kestrel. </p><p></p><p>I am certainly not going to argue with Kirby about shooting paper, but....... Some of us don't live out west with wide open spaces to shoot rocks. I shoot rocks when I can, but most of my 1000 yard shooting is done at paper or a steel plate. Here in north central Arkansas finding a place to shoot that far is difficult and then it is likely to be timber so seeing rocks and bullet impacts is a problem. Kirby is right about it being time consuming. On most days (depending on the mirage) I can see bullet holes out to about 500 or 600, further than that I have to go look after each shot...... a real pain in the butt. </p><p></p><p>I have a steel plate at 1000 yards from my bench, then I can move closer to shoot other distances off a bipod or other field type supports. Like rocks it is easy to see the bullet impacts (assuming you hit the 15"X15" plate). Total misses are a problem..... On most days when I set up to shoot, my first shot is a cold bore shot at my gong at 1000. Then I will set up to do whatever I came to do, but I like to practice getting all my data input in the ballistic program and making a good cold bore first round hit. </p><p></p><p>The target below is one way I shoot and test my dial up chart and the solutions from my program(s). It is very time consuming, but I will shoot one (sometimes two) shots at each range from 100 to 1000. The goal is to keep all shots inside the 6" dot. The target below is one I shot last Sat. This is with my daughter's 338 Lapua that Kirby built for her. This was the first stab at taking this rifle out to 1000. I had a couple of dial up issues, most notably at 400 and 900 where I needed to tweak my data. I will blame the hits to the right at 600 and 900 on a gusting left to right wind. All in all, not bad for the first time out with the rifle. I keep these targets and compare them from different days and conditions and keep all the data learned from them noted in my shooting log.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDM416, post: 684578, member: 3745"] Bigbuck, One way to get all the info into your ballistic program is to use a Kestrel with a bluetooth link. I don't want to start an argument here, so I just going to say what "I" do with coriolis effect. When playing at 1000 or less, I don't bother with it. I do however turn on "spin drift" as that is around 6" at 1000 with the rifles I typically shoot. I use both "Applied Ballistics" and "Bullet Flight" programs. Both will load data from the Kestrel. I am certainly not going to argue with Kirby about shooting paper, but....... Some of us don't live out west with wide open spaces to shoot rocks. I shoot rocks when I can, but most of my 1000 yard shooting is done at paper or a steel plate. Here in north central Arkansas finding a place to shoot that far is difficult and then it is likely to be timber so seeing rocks and bullet impacts is a problem. Kirby is right about it being time consuming. On most days (depending on the mirage) I can see bullet holes out to about 500 or 600, further than that I have to go look after each shot...... a real pain in the butt. I have a steel plate at 1000 yards from my bench, then I can move closer to shoot other distances off a bipod or other field type supports. Like rocks it is easy to see the bullet impacts (assuming you hit the 15"X15" plate). Total misses are a problem..... On most days when I set up to shoot, my first shot is a cold bore shot at my gong at 1000. Then I will set up to do whatever I came to do, but I like to practice getting all my data input in the ballistic program and making a good cold bore first round hit. The target below is one way I shoot and test my dial up chart and the solutions from my program(s). It is very time consuming, but I will shoot one (sometimes two) shots at each range from 100 to 1000. The goal is to keep all shots inside the 6" dot. The target below is one I shot last Sat. This is with my daughter's 338 Lapua that Kirby built for her. This was the first stab at taking this rifle out to 1000. I had a couple of dial up issues, most notably at 400 and 900 where I needed to tweak my data. I will blame the hits to the right at 600 and 900 on a gusting left to right wind. All in all, not bad for the first time out with the rifle. I keep these targets and compare them from different days and conditions and keep all the data learned from them noted in my shooting log. [/QUOTE]
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