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<blockquote data-quote="LouBoyd" data-source="post: 558513" data-attributes="member: 9253"><p>Some benchrest shooters do, or at least have tried to see what results can be achieved. Some even tried shooting each cartridge with the same roatational angle and noted the position of each impact to try to duplicate each shot. Some have reported some success. Top bench shooters pay a lot of attenetion to barrel performance and to consistancy in doing everything the same for each shot. For example, the time a cartridge sits in the rifles chamber or how long it sits in the sun before it's chambered will affect velocity too. So will the residue left in the barrel from previous shots. </p><p></p><p>There are lots of factors in achieving better accuracy. I think ti's worth applying my efforts where they'll do the most good in overall performance. Not all shooting is the same. What gives accuraracy with 25 yard pistol, 100 and 200 yard behchrest, 1000 yard benchrest, and variable distance long range hunting have some similarities but also a lot of differences. Each of us only has a finite amout of time to apply to our shooting. That can vary a lot from person to person. </p><p></p><p>Bryan Litz's book "Applied Ballistics for Long Range Shooitng" has a good section on how various error souces combine. It's good reading for any shooter but partiularly for long range hunting.. Unlike target shooters, first shot cold barrel shots are far more important for hunters and far more difficult to achieve than punching small groups after you've gotten on target with a couple of sighter shots. In damp weather with soft soil there are no dust puffs to tell where your misses impact. When the first shot miss all you know is that it wasn't done right often with no clue how to correct it. </p><p></p><p>My point is that for hunting, buying or building a rifle and ammo which does not requre extaordinay effort is practical to achive the situation where enviromental factors, usually wind, overwhelm the launch angle or velocity dispersion errors. It makes sense to put your effort both in equipment and personal training where it will do the most good. Reading and comprehending Brian's book is a good use of time for a few hours to understand the effects of range estimation, wind estimation, and ammo variablity. Practicing target shooting in field conditions, particularly learning to estimate wind and wind deflection, is more likley to result in hunting success than loading bechrest quality ammo. Practicing stalking is very worthwhile. Taking shots at game beyond one's capabilities is not what long range hunting is about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LouBoyd, post: 558513, member: 9253"] Some benchrest shooters do, or at least have tried to see what results can be achieved. Some even tried shooting each cartridge with the same roatational angle and noted the position of each impact to try to duplicate each shot. Some have reported some success. Top bench shooters pay a lot of attenetion to barrel performance and to consistancy in doing everything the same for each shot. For example, the time a cartridge sits in the rifles chamber or how long it sits in the sun before it's chambered will affect velocity too. So will the residue left in the barrel from previous shots. There are lots of factors in achieving better accuracy. I think ti's worth applying my efforts where they'll do the most good in overall performance. Not all shooting is the same. What gives accuraracy with 25 yard pistol, 100 and 200 yard behchrest, 1000 yard benchrest, and variable distance long range hunting have some similarities but also a lot of differences. Each of us only has a finite amout of time to apply to our shooting. That can vary a lot from person to person. Bryan Litz's book "Applied Ballistics for Long Range Shooitng" has a good section on how various error souces combine. It's good reading for any shooter but partiularly for long range hunting.. Unlike target shooters, first shot cold barrel shots are far more important for hunters and far more difficult to achieve than punching small groups after you've gotten on target with a couple of sighter shots. In damp weather with soft soil there are no dust puffs to tell where your misses impact. When the first shot miss all you know is that it wasn't done right often with no clue how to correct it. My point is that for hunting, buying or building a rifle and ammo which does not requre extaordinay effort is practical to achive the situation where enviromental factors, usually wind, overwhelm the launch angle or velocity dispersion errors. It makes sense to put your effort both in equipment and personal training where it will do the most good. Reading and comprehending Brian's book is a good use of time for a few hours to understand the effects of range estimation, wind estimation, and ammo variablity. Practicing target shooting in field conditions, particularly learning to estimate wind and wind deflection, is more likley to result in hunting success than loading bechrest quality ammo. Practicing stalking is very worthwhile. Taking shots at game beyond one's capabilities is not what long range hunting is about. [/QUOTE]
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