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<blockquote data-quote="Silly_Ghillie" data-source="post: 1668533" data-attributes="member: 107271"><p>I am glad this thread is here, no matter how old and decrepit it is. <div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">this is exactly why I joined LRH in the first place. As a young long range shooter, this information is gold.</span></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"></span></span></span></div><p>I had just spent $4.5k on rebuilding and re-scoping my first precision rifle this year, put a XLR evo chassis on, vortex razor HD 5-25, one piece MPA 35mm rings, 29" heavy palma match barrel from Mcgowen, Atlas bipod, cerakote, etc. My local range was shut down for renovations so I went to a county road and zeroed on some hot sandy BLM land with insane afternoon mirage. In my limited tenure, I have never really experienced much mirage since I am in the colder mountain regions and just worked through it.</p><p></p><p>This last little friendly annual ELR get together on the fourth of July, I was missing high at 1.2 MOA consistently and for the life of me I couldn't figure out why my rifle lost zero. (I had heard bad things about vortex tracking and zero retention and I was not ready to call CS about my $1899 scope that wont hold zero...) It was embarrassing to have the spotter yell out "miss, over the top, miss, over the top" with my first six or so shots. I had to think long and hard about everything I had done in the last two weeks and it hit me. I had to come here to confirm my suspicion. It just goes to show that no matter how many of Bryan Litz' books you read, you have to experience failure every once in a while in order for things to really sink in. "shooting in mirage is like being married to the wrong woman" is something I will never forget.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silly_Ghillie, post: 1668533, member: 107271"] I am glad this thread is here, no matter how old and decrepit it is. [LEFT][SIZE=14px][FONT=verdana][COLOR=rgb(20, 20, 20)]this is exactly why I joined LRH in the first place. As a young long range shooter, this information is gold. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT] I had just spent $4.5k on rebuilding and re-scoping my first precision rifle this year, put a XLR evo chassis on, vortex razor HD 5-25, one piece MPA 35mm rings, 29" heavy palma match barrel from Mcgowen, Atlas bipod, cerakote, etc. My local range was shut down for renovations so I went to a county road and zeroed on some hot sandy BLM land with insane afternoon mirage. In my limited tenure, I have never really experienced much mirage since I am in the colder mountain regions and just worked through it. This last little friendly annual ELR get together on the fourth of July, I was missing high at 1.2 MOA consistently and for the life of me I couldn't figure out why my rifle lost zero. (I had heard bad things about vortex tracking and zero retention and I was not ready to call CS about my $1899 scope that wont hold zero...) It was embarrassing to have the spotter yell out "miss, over the top, miss, over the top" with my first six or so shots. I had to think long and hard about everything I had done in the last two weeks and it hit me. I had to come here to confirm my suspicion. It just goes to show that no matter how many of Bryan Litz' books you read, you have to experience failure every once in a while in order for things to really sink in. "shooting in mirage is like being married to the wrong woman" is something I will never forget. [/QUOTE]
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