At 400 Yard
03-02-2015, 03:04 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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At 400 Yard
The target is a laundry jug filled with water. There is a portable shooting bench about 25' behind the truck on the far ridge. The next photo shows the smoke from the rifle the instant the powder ignites....the next photo shows the smoke dissipating after about 1/2 second, and the bullet is in the air on the way to the target
The next photo was taken a tad over a second after the rifle was fired, and shows the bullet hitting the ground by the jug
It turned out raising the elevation 33 moa was too much; 31 moa worked more better. Another problem i had was holding too far into the wind. The wind moved the bullet quite a bit less than i thought it would. The previous stills were taken from this VIDEO. After the battery in the camera ran out of energy, i finally managed to hit the jug at the lower left.
03-02-2015, 05:32 PM
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The camera is called compact super zoom. It fits in my shirt pocket, or vest pocket. It makes HD video. No remote; i manually started the video when i left the site. It ran for 21 minute, then the battery ran out of energy.
03-02-2015, 10:45 PM
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How many shots before you hit it?
Are you getting it mounted?
When did you do this? Bronko and i live in Pa. and we are covered in snow with zero temps! I would asume your area at this time is very cold and lots of snow?
Are you getting it mounted?
When did you do this? Bronko and i live in Pa. and we are covered in snow with zero temps! I would asume your area at this time is very cold and lots of snow?
03-03-2015, 02:56 AM
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Nice work Ron! 
Mounting Man, pretty sure he just did it yesterday. He's been prepping to do it. Yep the east is getting hammered this year, cold and snow non stop. I'm in VA. Maybe next year it will be the west turn again.
Ron, with no backer, how did you know your scope was too high and you were holding too wide?
I wonder if the elevation you were shooting at compared to the jug had any effect on the 33vs31? I have no clue if it would, just a thought from looking at the picture.
Mounting Man, pretty sure he just did it yesterday. He's been prepping to do it. Yep the east is getting hammered this year, cold and snow non stop. I'm in VA. Maybe next year it will be the west turn again.
Ron, with no backer, how did you know your scope was too high and you were holding too wide?
I wonder if the elevation you were shooting at compared to the jug had any effect on the 33vs31? I have no clue if it would, just a thought from looking at the picture.
03-03-2015, 03:35 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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Ron it looks as though the 31.36 moa I calculated in the "ready" post was very close with your posted ballistics.
Do you have a guess about your hold into the wind? I used a 90° 10mph crosswind, which would have been 12.9moa and 54".
How close was it?
Do you have a guess about your hold into the wind? I used a 90° 10mph crosswind, which would have been 12.9moa and 54".
How close was it?
03-03-2015, 03:38 AM
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The jug will be donated to the city' recycling.
The shooting started with 8 preloaded vials of powder that were loaded at home. NO hits in these first 8 shots. Then i began throwing loads at the truck. Don't have a real good count on those, but i will guess i hit the jug with the 13th shot. This shooting was done yesterday. This morning we are having a mild blizzard.
The bullet took a little over a second to fly to the target. 32 frames in the video is the time of flight; the camera shoots 30 frames/sec. This gave me ample time to recover from the slight recoil, and spot the shots hitting the ground. Elevation differences could have played a role, but i believe the target, and the gun were near the same elevation; about 4900'.
The shooting started with 8 preloaded vials of powder that were loaded at home. NO hits in these first 8 shots. Then i began throwing loads at the truck. Don't have a real good count on those, but i will guess i hit the jug with the 13th shot. This shooting was done yesterday. This morning we are having a mild blizzard.
The bullet took a little over a second to fly to the target. 32 frames in the video is the time of flight; the camera shoots 30 frames/sec. This gave me ample time to recover from the slight recoil, and spot the shots hitting the ground. Elevation differences could have played a role, but i believe the target, and the gun were near the same elevation; about 4900'.