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<blockquote data-quote="ART338WM" data-source="post: 133139" data-attributes="member: 6618"><p>Although my experience is limited, it is worth telling. My friend and I were lucky enough to be drawn for a premier elk unit back in 03. We both are also quite fortunate that our rifles of choise are quite accurate. Mine is a .338wm, my partners is a .300wm. I also took along a back up rifle in 7mmstw. We both developed 1MOA reloads with RL-22. We both shot at all ranges out to 400yrds prior to going. The weather most of our shooting was done in was typical for spring and summer in NW Indiana and west central IL, that is warm and med to high humidity.</p><p></p><p>The day before the rifle opener we both checked the zeros of our rifles out to 300yrds. No change in POI what so ever in any of the three rifles.</p><p></p><p>We both killed mature bulls, his at 100yrds mine at 60yrds. Because we both were fortunate enough to have been blessed with close shots, I felt it would be of great importance to see if our POI changed at all at longer ranges. We both shot to 500 yards and did not experience any significant POI changes. None that would have resulted in missed elk at any rate. Total shots fired while checking zero as well as while long range shooting were 25 each rifle.</p><p></p><p>The conditions were we did this were:</p><p>&lt;&gt;Elivation 8,000'+</p><p>&lt;&gt;Temp in the low 20s</p><p>&lt;&gt;Extreamly low himidity as we were in high desert.</p><p></p><p>I was quite plesently surprised as I was led to belive that Alliant powders like RL-22 tended to be tempriture sensative. So based on my limited experience, I would say unless you are hunting in temps a lot colder than 20* your POI should remain the same.</p><p></p><p>Our reloads as fallows.</p><p>&lt;&gt;338 Winchester magnum</p><p>75 grains RL-22</p><p>Nosler Partition 225 grain</p><p>Federal #215 magnum large rifle primer</p><p>Winchester brass new never fired</p><p>&lt;&gt;7mm STW</p><p>77 grains RL-22</p><p>Nosler Partition 160 grain</p><p>Federal #215 magnum large rifle primer</p><p>Winchester brass new never fired</p><p>&lt;&gt;.300 Winchester Magnum</p><p>75 grains RL-22</p><p>Nosler Partition 200 grain</p><p>Federal #215 magnum large rifle primer</p><p>Federal Gold Match brass fired once.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ART338WM, post: 133139, member: 6618"] Although my experience is limited, it is worth telling. My friend and I were lucky enough to be drawn for a premier elk unit back in 03. We both are also quite fortunate that our rifles of choise are quite accurate. Mine is a .338wm, my partners is a .300wm. I also took along a back up rifle in 7mmstw. We both developed 1MOA reloads with RL-22. We both shot at all ranges out to 400yrds prior to going. The weather most of our shooting was done in was typical for spring and summer in NW Indiana and west central IL, that is warm and med to high humidity. The day before the rifle opener we both checked the zeros of our rifles out to 300yrds. No change in POI what so ever in any of the three rifles. We both killed mature bulls, his at 100yrds mine at 60yrds. Because we both were fortunate enough to have been blessed with close shots, I felt it would be of great importance to see if our POI changed at all at longer ranges. We both shot to 500 yards and did not experience any significant POI changes. None that would have resulted in missed elk at any rate. Total shots fired while checking zero as well as while long range shooting were 25 each rifle. The conditions were we did this were: <>Elivation 8,000'+ <>Temp in the low 20s <>Extreamly low himidity as we were in high desert. I was quite plesently surprised as I was led to belive that Alliant powders like RL-22 tended to be tempriture sensative. So based on my limited experience, I would say unless you are hunting in temps a lot colder than 20* your POI should remain the same. Our reloads as fallows. <>338 Winchester magnum 75 grains RL-22 Nosler Partition 225 grain Federal #215 magnum large rifle primer Winchester brass new never fired <>7mm STW 77 grains RL-22 Nosler Partition 160 grain Federal #215 magnum large rifle primer Winchester brass new never fired <>.300 Winchester Magnum 75 grains RL-22 Nosler Partition 200 grain Federal #215 magnum large rifle primer Federal Gold Match brass fired once. [/QUOTE]
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