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Long Range Rookie needs Scope Reading help
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<blockquote data-quote="devildoc" data-source="post: 193762" data-attributes="member: 5615"><p>Well the easy way is just to record the number of clicks you've had to dial at a given range and extrapolate a drop chart that way. However, that doesn't really take into acount weather and elevation. But for the most part it'll be good enough out to fairly reasonable distance. If you have a chronograph, or access to one; clock your favorite load and look up the ballistic coefficient (B.C.) of the bullet you're shooting. Then keep good notes when you're shooting and plug in the weather conditions to one of the online ballistic calculators (do a search here to find some), Then you can play with the numbers until you can match a trajectory curve to your data and you have a fairly good drop chart for your rifle. If you want to go all out you can get a ballistics program (exbal) for a PDA and plug in data prior to the shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="devildoc, post: 193762, member: 5615"] Well the easy way is just to record the number of clicks you've had to dial at a given range and extrapolate a drop chart that way. However, that doesn't really take into acount weather and elevation. But for the most part it'll be good enough out to fairly reasonable distance. If you have a chronograph, or access to one; clock your favorite load and look up the ballistic coefficient (B.C.) of the bullet you're shooting. Then keep good notes when you're shooting and plug in the weather conditions to one of the online ballistic calculators (do a search here to find some), Then you can play with the numbers until you can match a trajectory curve to your data and you have a fairly good drop chart for your rifle. If you want to go all out you can get a ballistics program (exbal) for a PDA and plug in data prior to the shot. [/QUOTE]
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