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How much does your rifle's point of impact change when you travel?
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<blockquote data-quote="Coyboy" data-source="post: 573028" data-attributes="member: 3733"><p>If the conditions from one spot to another are similar I would suspect zero change.</p><p></p><p>Problem is we usually go to elevation, I always reshoot and 7 out of tem times reset my turret. My process is to reshoot my 200 yard zero reset if need be. Then check my dope cards at from 600-900 yards. depending on how that goes I may once again reset my turret so the error is minimized at the longer ranges. I usually always have a hand held balistic calculator but often times don't use it in a hunting condition where time may be an issue.</p><p></p><p>Now to adress the "traveling caused" zero change. I am always careful to pack the rifles so they are not put under undue pressure. I have seen guys throw there guns on a duffle bag and then throw more stuff on top. Think of what 1200 miles of uneven pressure bouncing up and down on your rifle could do to it's zero.</p><p>hard cases may minimize this but soft cases offer little protection from this.</p><p></p><p>What about your ammo. I have a fellow f-class shooter who was using .0015" neck tension on a compressed load, packed his ammo on a hard surface of the vehicle and the bouncing and jiggling caused some of the bullets to push out and change his seating depth up to .020". He shot like crap but learned a valuable lesson.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyboy, post: 573028, member: 3733"] If the conditions from one spot to another are similar I would suspect zero change. Problem is we usually go to elevation, I always reshoot and 7 out of tem times reset my turret. My process is to reshoot my 200 yard zero reset if need be. Then check my dope cards at from 600-900 yards. depending on how that goes I may once again reset my turret so the error is minimized at the longer ranges. I usually always have a hand held balistic calculator but often times don't use it in a hunting condition where time may be an issue. Now to adress the "traveling caused" zero change. I am always careful to pack the rifles so they are not put under undue pressure. I have seen guys throw there guns on a duffle bag and then throw more stuff on top. Think of what 1200 miles of uneven pressure bouncing up and down on your rifle could do to it's zero. hard cases may minimize this but soft cases offer little protection from this. What about your ammo. I have a fellow f-class shooter who was using .0015" neck tension on a compressed load, packed his ammo on a hard surface of the vehicle and the bouncing and jiggling caused some of the bullets to push out and change his seating depth up to .020". He shot like crap but learned a valuable lesson. [/QUOTE]
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