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<blockquote data-quote="gunsmith1012" data-source="post: 1367442" data-attributes="member: 39832"><p>Joe, once i figure out how to post photos i will. I use a tripod for my gun which is a mbr weighted stock 338 improved LM, 32 inch barrel. I then setup two sets of optic tripods. A 20x60x85 spotter next to the gun and 20x80 set of big eyes on the other side. Usually i will hang a rangefinder from the big eyes and a weather station from the spotter. Before the season i will place surveyors tape somewhere out in the distance to see wind movements. Most of my shots are predetermined before the season, ranged, and logged. The range i shoot mountain to mountain is 450 to 1250 on average. Pipeline shots can go to 1500 yards max factoring elevation changes where im at. I keep drop charts and dope values logged that where shot under field conditions and hold zero at 1000 yards. I only take shots where i can retrive them also. One thing i never see metioned much in the forums in the ability to recover game. Many times its not the distance of the shot and the kill of the animal but how one will get it out. Remember the guys up here are not killing in wide open western country. We are shooting mountain faces sometimes 3 4 valleys over with all kinds of hell in between.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gunsmith1012, post: 1367442, member: 39832"] Joe, once i figure out how to post photos i will. I use a tripod for my gun which is a mbr weighted stock 338 improved LM, 32 inch barrel. I then setup two sets of optic tripods. A 20x60x85 spotter next to the gun and 20x80 set of big eyes on the other side. Usually i will hang a rangefinder from the big eyes and a weather station from the spotter. Before the season i will place surveyors tape somewhere out in the distance to see wind movements. Most of my shots are predetermined before the season, ranged, and logged. The range i shoot mountain to mountain is 450 to 1250 on average. Pipeline shots can go to 1500 yards max factoring elevation changes where im at. I keep drop charts and dope values logged that where shot under field conditions and hold zero at 1000 yards. I only take shots where i can retrive them also. One thing i never see metioned much in the forums in the ability to recover game. Many times its not the distance of the shot and the kill of the animal but how one will get it out. Remember the guys up here are not killing in wide open western country. We are shooting mountain faces sometimes 3 4 valleys over with all kinds of hell in between. [/QUOTE]
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