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Typical ES & SD in hunting loads
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<blockquote data-quote="supercrossbmx69" data-source="post: 933600" data-attributes="member: 29593"><p>In my opinion, it all boils down to how far of a distance you plan on shooting an animal.</p><p></p><p>I try not to get caught up on numbers and shoot at longer distances because you never know, maybe your crony is a little off.</p><p></p><p>If your getting good accuracy and plan on staying in the 100-400 yard range I wouldn't worry about numbers too much, I'd just shoot at the farthest distance I plan to hunt on paper and see how it shoots. If it's in the 1 MOA range I would consider that fine. Just don't shoot farther in the field then your maximum effective range as you may get yourself in a bad situation.</p><p></p><p>But to answer your question, I like to keep my ES for 3 shots in the 10-15 fps for my long range rigs where I could take an animal past 1000 yards. I know a lot of people that say your ES needs to be in the 10-15 fps range for 10 shots, but I only shoot multiple, 3 shot groups from cold bore because I'd never take 10 shots at an animal. So if I shoot multiple 3 shots strings from cold bore that are in the 10-15 fps range, I call it good and then test at 1000-1600 yards for accuracy and if it's in the 1/2-3/4 MOA range, it's good to go in my mind.</p><p></p><p>Instead of getting caught up on numbers, just shoot on paper at the farthest range you intend to hunt, and go from there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="supercrossbmx69, post: 933600, member: 29593"] In my opinion, it all boils down to how far of a distance you plan on shooting an animal. I try not to get caught up on numbers and shoot at longer distances because you never know, maybe your crony is a little off. If your getting good accuracy and plan on staying in the 100-400 yard range I wouldn't worry about numbers too much, I'd just shoot at the farthest distance I plan to hunt on paper and see how it shoots. If it's in the 1 MOA range I would consider that fine. Just don't shoot farther in the field then your maximum effective range as you may get yourself in a bad situation. But to answer your question, I like to keep my ES for 3 shots in the 10-15 fps for my long range rigs where I could take an animal past 1000 yards. I know a lot of people that say your ES needs to be in the 10-15 fps range for 10 shots, but I only shoot multiple, 3 shot groups from cold bore because I'd never take 10 shots at an animal. So if I shoot multiple 3 shots strings from cold bore that are in the 10-15 fps range, I call it good and then test at 1000-1600 yards for accuracy and if it's in the 1/2-3/4 MOA range, it's good to go in my mind. Instead of getting caught up on numbers, just shoot on paper at the farthest range you intend to hunt, and go from there. [/QUOTE]
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