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<blockquote data-quote="RegionRat" data-source="post: 2657066" data-attributes="member: 57231"><p>Yes, 300 is still really close for what you are doing.</p><p></p><p>300 yards is a short shot for most average centerfire hunting rigs, and a very short shot for a 28 Nosler.</p><p></p><p>The other problem with carry guns in potent calibers, is their recoil to weight ratio makes them difficult to shoot accurately. All the more reason not to shoot close since the harmonics versus the errors need to separate for you to be able to see them.</p><p></p><p>How far you plan on being able to use this rig at most? Eventually you should test at least that far or a little farther to be confident when the time comes.</p><p></p><p>The Audette Method is best run at 600 or more. Even if that is out past where you plan to hunt, that trajectory at distance helps magnify the harmonics both in terms of the structural ones as well as the ones caused by internal ballistics.</p><p></p><p>If your dad doesn't plan to pick off shots between brush out past four or five hundred yards, then the rig will be fine doing what you are doing now. If you need to be confident out past 500, then it will mean work.</p><p></p><p>And yes, try not to take on too many combinations at the same time. Nothing wrong with abandoning a bullet you won't use, but it takes work to know either way.</p><p></p><p>That advice to run a precision scope for load development was good. Even if it means using a more powerful scope temporarily, it can help save wasted shots. You can then take the best load and run the hunting scope. Messing around too much with the zero during an OCW test isn't wise since your notes and records become more complex and the data is harder to read.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RegionRat, post: 2657066, member: 57231"] Yes, 300 is still really close for what you are doing. 300 yards is a short shot for most average centerfire hunting rigs, and a very short shot for a 28 Nosler. The other problem with carry guns in potent calibers, is their recoil to weight ratio makes them difficult to shoot accurately. All the more reason not to shoot close since the harmonics versus the errors need to separate for you to be able to see them. How far you plan on being able to use this rig at most? Eventually you should test at least that far or a little farther to be confident when the time comes. The Audette Method is best run at 600 or more. Even if that is out past where you plan to hunt, that trajectory at distance helps magnify the harmonics both in terms of the structural ones as well as the ones caused by internal ballistics. If your dad doesn't plan to pick off shots between brush out past four or five hundred yards, then the rig will be fine doing what you are doing now. If you need to be confident out past 500, then it will mean work. And yes, try not to take on too many combinations at the same time. Nothing wrong with abandoning a bullet you won't use, but it takes work to know either way. That advice to run a precision scope for load development was good. Even if it means using a more powerful scope temporarily, it can help save wasted shots. You can then take the best load and run the hunting scope. Messing around too much with the zero during an OCW test isn't wise since your notes and records become more complex and the data is harder to read. [/QUOTE]
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