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Ernie Bishop
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Drop confirmations out to 1440 yards today
Finally did drop confirmations beyond 1K today with the rear-grip 7mm LRM.
Only picture I took of steel was at 500 yards which was of a 3-shot group using my trusty bi-pod and small field bag.
Just under 1.5"
When I was shooting at 1440 yards the conditions were switchy, so nothing real tight, but about an hour later I shot at 1350 yards and had two not quite on top of one but the splashes were overlapping and then with a double at the very center.
I wish I could do the tight shots I did at 1350 yards at will:silly::jester:
All in all a good day and now all of my brass has been once fired and annealed. Want to get a calm time for one more drop confirmation before WTRC.
Dan also did drop confirmation out to 500 yards with the AR-Pistol (223 Remmy)

Only picture I took of steel was at 500 yards which was of a 3-shot group using my trusty bi-pod and small field bag.
Just under 1.5"
When I was shooting at 1440 yards the conditions were switchy, so nothing real tight, but about an hour later I shot at 1350 yards and had two not quite on top of one but the splashes were overlapping and then with a double at the very center.
I wish I could do the tight shots I did at 1350 yards at will:silly::jester:
All in all a good day and now all of my brass has been once fired and annealed. Want to get a calm time for one more drop confirmation before WTRC.
Dan also did drop confirmation out to 500 yards with the AR-Pistol (223 Remmy)


Ernie
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This.
Dad 5-31-13
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Too bad Wambli moved North. Just think of the targets we could mount on top of his boats T-Top while it is anchored over 3/4 of a mile from the beach.
Heck, he could have towed a backer for moving target practice!!
Paddle faster!!! I hear banjos.
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Brux 8T barrel. A reamer designed by Darrell Holland, action work by him as well, Holland Radial Baffle brake, Jewell trigger, skim bedded McRee chassis. BR dies, the 180 Hybrids have a BC of .674, and it was throated close to far as it would go and still work in a long action. The Kahles 624i is simply the best scope I have ever used to date. Even better than the S&B's, and they are light for what they are compared to other scopes in it class. Then you have the chump on the trigger.
Huge in LR shooting and in ELR shooting is conditions, conditions, conditions and the ability of the shooter/spotter to read them.
That being said, even on my best wind reading days in nasty conditions, I can never shoot tight groups at 1K or beyond compared to what I can do in good conditions.
But when conditions hold and get nice you can get some stupid good groups if everything else is in play like it should be.
Plus there are just some days that it is your day to look good (And the opposite is true as well:tooth:).
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Paddle faster!!! I hear banjos.
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Did this since I didn't have calipers or a tape measure with me.
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Come to Colorado and I'll make sure you'll get your chance.
Being proficient at LR shooting is more a matter of opportunity than skill. Growing up in Louisiana, someone that could consistently connect on a 300 yard shot was the Daniel Boone of those parts. Here, that's barely breaking point-blank. The difference? In Louisiana it was hard to even have the opportunity for a 300 yard shot. Here.....you pray for them.
Mike
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Just in a SP.
It will run about 75 fps slower than a 7mm Dakota
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That looks very similar to a contraption that ScooterTrash built a few years back. It worked very well. I think I have the build drawings on my computer at work. Since I'm now the worlds oldest toolmaker apprentice, I may have to revisit those drawings.:tooth:
Mike
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