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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 2283341" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p>Let someone else shoot a target first and get humbled.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /> If they are calling out wind then try to get it in MPH too, not just in reticle/turret graduations (mil/moa). Unless you are shooting a rifle similar in external ballistics to theirs, their wind calls don't do a lot to help you with yours. Unless you know how to extrapolate the info. </p><p>Use your reticle (if yours is mil/moa based) to measure the targets' width before firing. Your reticle is a calibrated ruler that can tell you how much fudge room you have to play with on the first shot, and give you an indicator of how much of a correction to make if a follow up shot is needed. Works the same way with elevation too if you measure the target height.</p><p>Call every one of your shots and be honest so that your spotter (assuming y'all are spotting for each other) can give you a more accurate correction if needed.</p><p>Make sure you and your spotter know your exact POA.</p><p>If you are collecting or confirming dope/ballistic app output don't base it off of one round impacts. At 1000+ the accuracy/precision of you and your rifle may not be as good as you hope for and throw you off. A lot of people try to chase inches, when they are only capable of feet.</p><p>Which brings me to doing a target analysis on each round fired. Know where your rounds actually hit on the target, not that it just hit the target. Helps with trueing your drops and making wind calls on targets further down range. </p><p>My opinion is that NPA (or lack there of) causes more extended range misses than anything other than error in wind calls. </p><p>I can go on and on…just go have fun! Don't worry about misses, those teach you just as much or more so than the hits!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 2283341, member: 8873"] Let someone else shoot a target first and get humbled.😂 If they are calling out wind then try to get it in MPH too, not just in reticle/turret graduations (mil/moa). Unless you are shooting a rifle similar in external ballistics to theirs, their wind calls don’t do a lot to help you with yours. Unless you know how to extrapolate the info. Use your reticle (if yours is mil/moa based) to measure the targets’ width before firing. Your reticle is a calibrated ruler that can tell you how much fudge room you have to play with on the first shot, and give you an indicator of how much of a correction to make if a follow up shot is needed. Works the same way with elevation too if you measure the target height. Call every one of your shots and be honest so that your spotter (assuming y’all are spotting for each other) can give you a more accurate correction if needed. Make sure you and your spotter know your exact POA. If you are collecting or confirming dope/ballistic app output don’t base it off of one round impacts. At 1000+ the accuracy/precision of you and your rifle may not be as good as you hope for and throw you off. A lot of people try to chase inches, when they are only capable of feet. Which brings me to doing a target analysis on each round fired. Know where your rounds actually hit on the target, not that it just hit the target. Helps with trueing your drops and making wind calls on targets further down range. My opinion is that NPA (or lack there of) causes more extended range misses than anything other than error in wind calls. I can go on and on…just go have fun! Don’t worry about misses, those teach you just as much or more so than the hits! [/QUOTE]
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