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<blockquote data-quote="Idaho Lefty" data-source="post: 1514501" data-attributes="member: 104437"><p>YUP,.."guess-timating" and lots of range work ! After years of hunting and noticing bullet drops, in cold weather. I wish, I could give you more concrete evidence of WHY, but it would take extensive testing, with the many different Powders/ loads, to figure it, truly out ( some powders are more Temp sensitive than, others!). That's WHY I limit my shots, on Big Game to about 600-700 Yards MAX, because I know how much my Bullets drop and,.."DRIFT" in the wind, and I don't want to cripple any animals. Here in the Idaho deserts/ mtn's, I get to practice a lot and test my Rifles in the Wind, quite a bit, plus we shoot a few times in January / Feb when, it's,.. COLD ! I "work up" my loads in early spring when it's still pretty cold but, never get them too Hot for, any warm weather shooting. Next week I will be Hunting in Northern Ariz (Late Rifle, Elk) so I will get to test everything out !</p><p>The Temp's are similar, but elev. is 3,000 feet higher than, here and the WIND ???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Idaho Lefty, post: 1514501, member: 104437"] YUP,.."guess-timating" and lots of range work ! After years of hunting and noticing bullet drops, in cold weather. I wish, I could give you more concrete evidence of WHY, but it would take extensive testing, with the many different Powders/ loads, to figure it, truly out ( some powders are more Temp sensitive than, others!). That's WHY I limit my shots, on Big Game to about 600-700 Yards MAX, because I know how much my Bullets drop and,.."DRIFT" in the wind, and I don't want to cripple any animals. Here in the Idaho deserts/ mtn's, I get to practice a lot and test my Rifles in the Wind, quite a bit, plus we shoot a few times in January / Feb when, it's,.. COLD ! I "work up" my loads in early spring when it's still pretty cold but, never get them too Hot for, any warm weather shooting. Next week I will be Hunting in Northern Ariz (Late Rifle, Elk) so I will get to test everything out ! The Temp's are similar, but elev. is 3,000 feet higher than, here and the WIND ??? [/QUOTE]
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