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Best way to find powder charge?
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<blockquote data-quote="Darryle" data-source="post: 2699687" data-attributes="member: 109917"><p>I found this post by Alan Griffith very informative.</p><p></p><p>Since wood is so expensive now, I made a 4' square "quilting frame" out of 1"x2" lumber and braced at the corners. Start with one top corner and stretch the landscape plastic tight to the lower corner, then to the opposite side and finally to the remaining corner. Then I go back and staple between the corners pulling the plastic good and tight. Paint them after they have sat in the sun for a bit, paint dries faster. Smaller calibers require higher magnification to see the hits sometimes and I have reused the plastic after a simple repaint.</p><p></p><p>I have the Dirty Harry target stands from Targetmeister but they really only work on fairly calm days. For those really windy days, I had two 5 gallon buckets filled with concrete with a piece of 2" PVC pipe in the center for the frame legs. Either drill out the bottom of the bucket thru the pipe center or flip them over or you'll have to make a second set like me after they freeze and bust the concrete after they fill up with rain water. My next set I am removing the bucket afterwards and the center pipe will have a cross on the bottom to spread out width and keep me from having to verify that the center pipe is perfectly vertical. I will be putting a couple of rebar handles off to the side to make carrying them easier.</p><p></p><p>Anyways, here's Alan's post on the subject. The remaining thread is here:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/ladder-testing-at-1k-detailed-article-and-video.42881/" target="_blank">1000yd Ladder Test and Video </a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/ladder-testing-at-1k-detailed-article-and-video.42881/" target="_blank">Ladder testing at 1k- Detailed article and video</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darryle, post: 2699687, member: 109917"] I found this post by Alan Griffith very informative. Since wood is so expensive now, I made a 4' square "quilting frame" out of 1"x2" lumber and braced at the corners. Start with one top corner and stretch the landscape plastic tight to the lower corner, then to the opposite side and finally to the remaining corner. Then I go back and staple between the corners pulling the plastic good and tight. Paint them after they have sat in the sun for a bit, paint dries faster. Smaller calibers require higher magnification to see the hits sometimes and I have reused the plastic after a simple repaint. I have the Dirty Harry target stands from Targetmeister but they really only work on fairly calm days. For those really windy days, I had two 5 gallon buckets filled with concrete with a piece of 2" PVC pipe in the center for the frame legs. Either drill out the bottom of the bucket thru the pipe center or flip them over or you'll have to make a second set like me after they freeze and bust the concrete after they fill up with rain water. My next set I am removing the bucket afterwards and the center pipe will have a cross on the bottom to spread out width and keep me from having to verify that the center pipe is perfectly vertical. I will be putting a couple of rebar handles off to the side to make carrying them easier. Anyways, here's Alan's post on the subject. The remaining thread is here: [URL='https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/ladder-testing-at-1k-detailed-article-and-video.42881/']1000yd Ladder Test and Video [/URL] [URL='https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/ladder-testing-at-1k-detailed-article-and-video.42881/']Ladder testing at 1k- Detailed article and video[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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