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<blockquote data-quote="Song Dogger" data-source="post: 1496612" data-attributes="member: 101648"><p>I stated earlier that I appreciate new views. That applies here, your concept was communicated much better than you think. Considering the effort and passion you put into it, not to mention the 50+ years of experience, I won't discount the effects of uplift. And, honestly, I think that's all you're asking since it's so difficult to recreate and prove.</p><p></p><p>So, the first and easiest thing to verify is the difference in my shooting techniques when sighting in versus shooting at the bull. Here's what I'm thinking:</p><p></p><p>1. Shoot from the Lead Sled to verify the zero I used when elk hunting. This is <em><u>only</u></em> to validate and prove base case conditions, that the gun maintained what I <em><u>then</u></em> considered zero.</p><p>2. Shoot like I shot the elk – prone, with a bipod, not leaning into it, butt barely touching my shoulder, elbow on the ground, no rear support.</p><p>3. Shoot prone, leaning into the bipod, with a rear support.</p><p></p><p>If points-of-impact account for the misses, then I'll re-zero and practice as I plan to hunt. If not, then I'll consider the harder to verify explanations – like uplift, grass affecting flight path, my sanity, etc.</p><p></p><p>I will maintain that the difference between a 450-yard true horizontal line and the line-of-sight on a 1-degree angle is less than a foot. At that small angle, even a parabolic flight path adds an insignificant increment to consider additional effects of wind resistance, uplift, temperature, pressure, etc. – at least in relation to the magnitude of my misses…</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Song Dogger, post: 1496612, member: 101648"] I stated earlier that I appreciate new views. That applies here, your concept was communicated much better than you think. Considering the effort and passion you put into it, not to mention the 50+ years of experience, I won’t discount the effects of uplift. And, honestly, I think that’s all you’re asking since it’s so difficult to recreate and prove. So, the first and easiest thing to verify is the difference in my shooting techniques when sighting in versus shooting at the bull. Here’s what I’m thinking: 1. Shoot from the Lead Sled to verify the zero I used when elk hunting. This is [I][U]only[/U][/I] to validate and prove base case conditions, that the gun maintained what I [I][U]then[/U][/I] considered zero. 2. Shoot like I shot the elk – prone, with a bipod, not leaning into it, butt barely touching my shoulder, elbow on the ground, no rear support. 3. Shoot prone, leaning into the bipod, with a rear support. If points-of-impact account for the misses, then I’ll re-zero and practice as I plan to hunt. If not, then I’ll consider the harder to verify explanations – like uplift, grass affecting flight path, my sanity, etc. I will maintain that the difference between a 450-yard true horizontal line and the line-of-sight on a 1-degree angle is less than a foot. At that small angle, even a parabolic flight path adds an insignificant increment to consider additional effects of wind resistance, uplift, temperature, pressure, etc. – at least in relation to the magnitude of my misses… [/QUOTE]
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