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Guide shoots to 600 yds after watching backfire.
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<blockquote data-quote="P7M13" data-source="post: 3057837" data-attributes="member: 94154"><p>That was good shooting, and gives an example of the simplicity offered by a calibrated elevation dial. I've never seen the need, but he didn't need to refer to anything, he just dialed the clicks. Nice.</p><p>What would you guys estimate the wind to be at the beginning? I'd say microphone and grass put it at less than 3mph, R->L @ ~90°.</p><p>The misses at 508, 530 and 560 seemed to be the lack of wind - hence he was slightly off to the right. With a spotter, I think he wouldn't have missed after his first one at ~262.</p><p>The bottle spray, IMO, also said a lot about where he hit. Spray to the right if you hit on the right.</p><p>He had been checking his barrel temp occasionally, and I wondered about that. It likely contributed to his misses, but perhaps not as much as the breeze.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't have a single barrel that behaves the same way. They walk the way they walk. From memory, my CZ 550 seems to go toward 2 o'clock, my Tikka toward 9 o'clock, my M77 seems to go whichever way the day's horoscope says. </p><p>After roaching a barrel while doing fire-forming once, I now slow down and take care to avoid getting them hot.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The dust makes it easier. When there is none, I seldom see my impacts, even with MBM brakes to tame the recoil.</p><p></p><p>[edit to add] I've done water jugs out to 900 on BLM land in the coast range (missing almost all of them past 500), and don't like to do it because it's a lot of time and work to set them up. It's a one hit use, and then a lot of work to take them down. I prefer hanging plates, though my 1/2" AR500 plates don't ring as loudly as I would like.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="P7M13, post: 3057837, member: 94154"] That was good shooting, and gives an example of the simplicity offered by a calibrated elevation dial. I've never seen the need, but he didn't need to refer to anything, he just dialed the clicks. Nice. What would you guys estimate the wind to be at the beginning? I'd say microphone and grass put it at less than 3mph, R->L @ ~90°. The misses at 508, 530 and 560 seemed to be the lack of wind - hence he was slightly off to the right. With a spotter, I think he wouldn't have missed after his first one at ~262. The bottle spray, IMO, also said a lot about where he hit. Spray to the right if you hit on the right. He had been checking his barrel temp occasionally, and I wondered about that. It likely contributed to his misses, but perhaps not as much as the breeze. I don't have a single barrel that behaves the same way. They walk the way they walk. From memory, my CZ 550 seems to go toward 2 o'clock, my Tikka toward 9 o'clock, my M77 seems to go whichever way the day's horoscope says. After roaching a barrel while doing fire-forming once, I now slow down and take care to avoid getting them hot. The dust makes it easier. When there is none, I seldom see my impacts, even with MBM brakes to tame the recoil. [edit to add] I've done water jugs out to 900 on BLM land in the coast range (missing almost all of them past 500), and don't like to do it because it's a lot of time and work to set them up. It's a one hit use, and then a lot of work to take them down. I prefer hanging plates, though my 1/2" AR500 plates don't ring as loudly as I would like. [/QUOTE]
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