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<blockquote data-quote="B-LOT Banga" data-source="post: 1498141" data-attributes="member: 106734"><p>Hi fellow shooters... I'm new to this long range shooting and from the comments I've read, I basically have a lot to learn. Two years ago I went to NZ to hunt a chamois buck. I had a Vortex 4-16x diamond back HP with a ballistic reticle and hash marks that work only on 16x power. The chamois was 456 yds and walking. I practiced from 100 yds up to 500 yds and beyond months before I went hunting. Shooting a total of about 800-850 rounds out of my Sauer 101 in 308 Winchester, berger 165 grain VLD's. Now anyone who hunts chamois know they don't stand long, are hard to see especially when they are in the shadows with their winter coats. I had a hard time picking him up so my mate turned my scope down against my protest. I kept turning it back up and he was scolding me to leave it down. In the chaos he turned it down and I got a very nice broadside shot at 497 yds. Using my 500 yd hash mark I missed!! In disbelief because I made that shot hundreds of times before. I sent another round and a third before the buck decided to run away. My spotter was telling me I'm super high like a meter or 2 high which at that time I couldn't comprehend to aim low. All this took less than 10 seconds from the 1st and 3rd shot. It bothered me for weeks and I couldn't actually sleep because I knew I did everything correct!! But a month later after editing the video he sent me a copy. Watching it over and over I noticed my scope was on 14x!!!!! From that day on I only have exposed dial turrets or plex reticles and NOBODY touches my rifle or scope, not even to shoulder it. I now know what went wrong and I will be back to get that chamois buck. But this time with a Fierce Edge in 26 Nosler, a nightforce 5-22x NXS firing 143 ELD-X... I chose that round because it gives me an advantage with the wind. I tried shooting a 160 gr Matrix hunting VLD but I can't get it to shoot better than 1.5" at a 100 yds. But now at least I know what went wrong... sorry for the long story.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="B-LOT Banga, post: 1498141, member: 106734"] Hi fellow shooters... I’m new to this long range shooting and from the comments I’ve read, I basically have a lot to learn. Two years ago I went to NZ to hunt a chamois buck. I had a Vortex 4-16x diamond back HP with a ballistic reticle and hash marks that work only on 16x power. The chamois was 456 yds and walking. I practiced from 100 yds up to 500 yds and beyond months before I went hunting. Shooting a total of about 800-850 rounds out of my Sauer 101 in 308 Winchester, berger 165 grain VLD’s. Now anyone who hunts chamois know they don’t stand long, are hard to see especially when they are in the shadows with their winter coats. I had a hard time picking him up so my mate turned my scope down against my protest. I kept turning it back up and he was scolding me to leave it down. In the chaos he turned it down and I got a very nice broadside shot at 497 yds. Using my 500 yd hash mark I missed!! In disbelief because I made that shot hundreds of times before. I sent another round and a third before the buck decided to run away. My spotter was telling me I’m super high like a meter or 2 high which at that time I couldn’t comprehend to aim low. All this took less than 10 seconds from the 1st and 3rd shot. It bothered me for weeks and I couldn’t actually sleep because I knew I did everything correct!! But a month later after editing the video he sent me a copy. Watching it over and over I noticed my scope was on 14x!!!!! From that day on I only have exposed dial turrets or plex reticles and NOBODY touches my rifle or scope, not even to shoulder it. I now know what went wrong and I will be back to get that chamois buck. But this time with a Fierce Edge in 26 Nosler, a nightforce 5-22x NXS firing 143 ELD-X... I chose that round because it gives me an advantage with the wind. I tried shooting a 160 gr Matrix hunting VLD but I can’t get it to shoot better than 1.5” at a 100 yds. But now at least I know what went wrong... sorry for the long story. [/QUOTE]
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