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<blockquote data-quote="stripes" data-source="post: 127931" data-attributes="member: 5327"><p>NEED SOME HELP HERE, SHOOTING SENDERO 300WM,190SMK @2900FPS WITH A NF 5.5-22. I HAVE BUILT ME A STURDY BENCH MY RANGE STARTS @ 800YDS TO 1275. MY GOAL HERE IS TO TAKE A WHITETAIL DOE BETWEEN 800&amp;1000YDS. FIGURE I NEED TO BE ABLE TO GROUP IN A 8 INCH CIRCLE TO MAKE A CLEAN SHOT WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF WOUNDING THE ANIMAL. I HAVE MY MOA UP ON TARGET. BUILT ME 2 WIND FLAGS ONE AT 1000K THE OTHER AT 800. I UNDERSTAND 1 MOA @ 100YDS, IS 10MOA @ 1000K, I THINK I AM ON THE RIGHT TRACK FOR ADJUSTING FOR MY WINDAGE BUT THE WIND AT THESE RANGES IS STILL KICKING MY A**. CAN ANY ONE GIVE ME SOME RULES TO LIVE BY SHOOTING THIS FAR, JUDGING WIND. I KNOW I AM DEALING WITH CROSSWINDS AT TIMES. HOW MUCH ARE TAIL AND HEADWINDS GOING TO EFFECT BULLET IMPACT UP AND DOWN, I THINK I AM CAPABLE, AND HAVE THE RIGHT SET UP. I DONT HAVE A PROBLEM GROUPING THIS FAR CAN KEEP 3 SHOTS BETWEEN 4 TO 8 INCHES, BUT HAVING TROUBLE PUTING THE GROUP ON TARGET. ANY HELP OR TIPS FROM ANYBODY WITH EXPERIENCE IN THIS FIELD PLEASE RING IN. I ONLY HAVE TWO WEEKS OF RIFLE SEASON HERE, IF I CANT REACH MY ACCURACY GOAL I CANT TAKE THE SHOT ON SOMETHING WITH A HEARTBEAT. HAVE NO WIND METER JUST THE FLAGS, AND YOU DONT HAVE THEM IN THE REAL WORLD.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stripes, post: 127931, member: 5327"] NEED SOME HELP HERE, SHOOTING SENDERO 300WM,190SMK @2900FPS WITH A NF 5.5-22. I HAVE BUILT ME A STURDY BENCH MY RANGE STARTS @ 800YDS TO 1275. MY GOAL HERE IS TO TAKE A WHITETAIL DOE BETWEEN 800&1000YDS. FIGURE I NEED TO BE ABLE TO GROUP IN A 8 INCH CIRCLE TO MAKE A CLEAN SHOT WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF WOUNDING THE ANIMAL. I HAVE MY MOA UP ON TARGET. BUILT ME 2 WIND FLAGS ONE AT 1000K THE OTHER AT 800. I UNDERSTAND 1 MOA @ 100YDS, IS 10MOA @ 1000K, I THINK I AM ON THE RIGHT TRACK FOR ADJUSTING FOR MY WINDAGE BUT THE WIND AT THESE RANGES IS STILL KICKING MY A**. CAN ANY ONE GIVE ME SOME RULES TO LIVE BY SHOOTING THIS FAR, JUDGING WIND. I KNOW I AM DEALING WITH CROSSWINDS AT TIMES. HOW MUCH ARE TAIL AND HEADWINDS GOING TO EFFECT BULLET IMPACT UP AND DOWN, I THINK I AM CAPABLE, AND HAVE THE RIGHT SET UP. I DONT HAVE A PROBLEM GROUPING THIS FAR CAN KEEP 3 SHOTS BETWEEN 4 TO 8 INCHES, BUT HAVING TROUBLE PUTING THE GROUP ON TARGET. ANY HELP OR TIPS FROM ANYBODY WITH EXPERIENCE IN THIS FIELD PLEASE RING IN. I ONLY HAVE TWO WEEKS OF RIFLE SEASON HERE, IF I CANT REACH MY ACCURACY GOAL I CANT TAKE THE SHOT ON SOMETHING WITH A HEARTBEAT. HAVE NO WIND METER JUST THE FLAGS, AND YOU DONT HAVE THEM IN THE REAL WORLD. [/QUOTE]
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