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2011 Long Range Shoots, Townsend Montana
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<blockquote data-quote="JeffP40" data-source="post: 497497" data-attributes="member: 6625"><p>Here are a couple of my pics from the shoot. What a great day! I had a hard time coping with the lack of wind! It seems like it is always blowing in this area. I was pleasantly surprised.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy188/JeffP40/Townsend%204-9-2011/Townsend-4-9-2011003-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy188/JeffP40/Townsend%204-9-2011/Townsend-4-9-2011005-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> My new stick is working exceptionally well. I needed to find my drops for my 6.5-06AI, and was surprised how little they were. With a 100yd zero, my drops were as follows; 416-3.75min, 550-6.5min, 775-11min, and 1014-20.25min. This is with a 100b-tip at about 3550. Nice and flat and very accurate. As I was finding the correction for the 1014 steel, I was shooting at the water jug at teh right end of the rack. The first shot was not seen, the next two missed just to the right. I believe I added a half min. windage. Just after the third, I felt the wind pick up on my face, and I hit the jug to the left of the one at which I was aiming. I added two min, and hit the jug! I think I will keep it! My only gripe is I would like to use the 120b-tip just for a little extra weight, but the 100s shoot more consistantly. It is a half-inch load, and I am getting some small flyers with the 120s. I don't know if it is just me yet, but the 100s don't have them. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. </p><p> The only fly in the ointment was with the long targets. We had a hard time seeing misses because of the grass around the plates. I never was sure on the 775 steel. It needed some dirt around it to see better, but overall, it was a blast. I will be there next month.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JeffP40, post: 497497, member: 6625"] Here are a couple of my pics from the shoot. What a great day! I had a hard time coping with the lack of wind! It seems like it is always blowing in this area. I was pleasantly surprised. [IMG]http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy188/JeffP40/Townsend%204-9-2011/Townsend-4-9-2011003-1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy188/JeffP40/Townsend%204-9-2011/Townsend-4-9-2011005-1.jpg[/IMG] My new stick is working exceptionally well. I needed to find my drops for my 6.5-06AI, and was surprised how little they were. With a 100yd zero, my drops were as follows; 416-3.75min, 550-6.5min, 775-11min, and 1014-20.25min. This is with a 100b-tip at about 3550. Nice and flat and very accurate. As I was finding the correction for the 1014 steel, I was shooting at the water jug at teh right end of the rack. The first shot was not seen, the next two missed just to the right. I believe I added a half min. windage. Just after the third, I felt the wind pick up on my face, and I hit the jug to the left of the one at which I was aiming. I added two min, and hit the jug! I think I will keep it! My only gripe is I would like to use the 120b-tip just for a little extra weight, but the 100s shoot more consistantly. It is a half-inch load, and I am getting some small flyers with the 120s. I don't know if it is just me yet, but the 100s don't have them. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. The only fly in the ointment was with the long targets. We had a hard time seeing misses because of the grass around the plates. I never was sure on the 775 steel. It needed some dirt around it to see better, but overall, it was a blast. I will be there next month. [/QUOTE]
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