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<blockquote data-quote="David P. Herne" data-source="post: 16790" data-attributes="member: 29"><p>Ian,</p><p>You are most gracious for indulging my inquiry at such length. Indeed, the formula you use, relying on inches and the 27.77 constant, is better for ranging small(er) targets at great distances. And I assure you, I am not so complacent as to think that I can hit a Blackbuck antelope at &gt; 600 yards armed with just the 'right' rifle and the 'right' mathematical formula. I will go into to this thing as prepared as possible.</p><p></p><p>Incidentally, you will be flattered to know that I have been an attentive student of your thought/teaching on long range rifles and long range shooting for some time now. The rifle I have built and prepared (in terms of finding its best loads) for this type of hunting (rolling hills and open plains) was largely, if not wholly, inspired by you, sir. It's a .300 WSM - a cartridge that became part of my limited/exclusive repertoire after I read the research article you wrote for GUN WORLD over a year ago now. The subject rifle itself is built around a round class, single shot Nesika action, having a full length fiberglass (no silly, half-*** fills in the forearm or buttstock) McMillan A-2 and a 28" SS Krieger barrel. It's the most accurate of the 8 rifles I own and/or have owned, it's favorite load being a Lapua 167-grain Scenar in front of 64.5 grains of VV N550 (has shot a 10-round group with this recipe measuring 0.454"). By the way, this recipe is very, very fast - even for this cartridge - yielding a mean MV on 90+ degree days w/ 80% humidity and at sea level of 3325 fps!!! This should slow by over 100 fps, however, in the dry (10% humidity), cool (40-45 degrees) early mornings and evenings of West Texas in January, when I'm most likely to kill the pretty, little antelope from Western India.</p><p></p><p>Oh yeah, and I intend to do something else between now and January as well. I'm gonna find out how tall the avg. Blackblack antelope is from the top of its shoulder to the hooves on its feet! It might just be right around 36" . . . a very convenient size for our purposes!!! </p><p></p><p>Again, thank you, sir!</p><p></p><p>Dave</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="David P. Herne, post: 16790, member: 29"] Ian, You are most gracious for indulging my inquiry at such length. Indeed, the formula you use, relying on inches and the 27.77 constant, is better for ranging small(er) targets at great distances. And I assure you, I am not so complacent as to think that I can hit a Blackbuck antelope at > 600 yards armed with just the 'right' rifle and the 'right' mathematical formula. I will go into to this thing as prepared as possible. Incidentally, you will be flattered to know that I have been an attentive student of your thought/teaching on long range rifles and long range shooting for some time now. The rifle I have built and prepared (in terms of finding its best loads) for this type of hunting (rolling hills and open plains) was largely, if not wholly, inspired by you, sir. It's a .300 WSM - a cartridge that became part of my limited/exclusive repertoire after I read the research article you wrote for GUN WORLD over a year ago now. The subject rifle itself is built around a round class, single shot Nesika action, having a full length fiberglass (no silly, half-*** fills in the forearm or buttstock) McMillan A-2 and a 28" SS Krieger barrel. It's the most accurate of the 8 rifles I own and/or have owned, it's favorite load being a Lapua 167-grain Scenar in front of 64.5 grains of VV N550 (has shot a 10-round group with this recipe measuring 0.454"). By the way, this recipe is very, very fast - even for this cartridge - yielding a mean MV on 90+ degree days w/ 80% humidity and at sea level of 3325 fps!!! This should slow by over 100 fps, however, in the dry (10% humidity), cool (40-45 degrees) early mornings and evenings of West Texas in January, when I'm most likely to kill the pretty, little antelope from Western India. Oh yeah, and I intend to do something else between now and January as well. I'm gonna find out how tall the avg. Blackblack antelope is from the top of its shoulder to the hooves on its feet! It might just be right around 36" . . . a very convenient size for our purposes!!! Again, thank you, sir! Dave [/QUOTE]
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