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I did some ballistics and used the little booklet that comes with every box of Great Plains Conicals and got it almost perfect. With 105gr of powder it said 1400fps so I kept it like that because It would not change much. I also adjusted the temperature to my average hunting temerature and the elevation to my average. (you get better ballistics at higher elevations). I also calculated the BC because I knew the diameter. I think these ballistics are good and accurate. How do I post them??

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Thanks again to cayugad for teaching me how to do this.

1. When you have the ballistics page where you want it, press the <Prt Scrn> (the print screen key). This save the screen to a clipboard.

2. Open Paint, and Paste it in.

3. You can cut the ballistics out by left clicking at the upper left corner and dragging to the lower right, release the left mouse button and you should have the section outlined. Now cut (control X).

4. close Paint without saving, and reopen.

5. Now paste and save to your desktop as a jpg file (this is important, a bmp file is to big to upload to the forum).

6. Attach this image to your next post

Happy Hunting, Phil

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I have this Shareware program called:

PrintKey 2000

it lets you sellect the parts of the screen you want, you can crop what you need. Works GREAT.

Do a search, and learn to use it. Siomple and works very well.

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Alt + Print Screen will only get the window in front. Sometimes that's pretty useful. Some versions of Paint (ie XP version) also allow saving as a jpg directly.

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I adjusted the elevation to 5000 feet because you get better ballistics at higher elevation and that is where I will be hunting. I also adjusted the temperature down to 20 because that is where the temp should be for deer hunting (you actually get better ballistics with higher temperatures). I used that little piece of paper that comes in ever box of Great Plains to get the correct velocity. With 105gr of FFG it says 1400fps so I just left it at that. I also put in the correct BC so these ballistics should be good and accurate.

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Hey sharpshooter,

If you reference the BC in the hornady manual, it is .160. Not much different. With high-powered rifle they say minimum 1200 ft-lbs at impact for elk. You beat that at 100 yards. You really don't even need that muchenergy with .54 cal and that heavy a projectile. Way more than enough for elk.Its my sensethat the velocities in the manual are conservative. I suspect you will get at least 1400 fps with 100 grains FF.

Happy Hunting, Phil

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I do not think I will use this conical on elk. This will be my deer conical. Elk are really big animals and you need maximum penetration. For elk I will use a 435gr RN-HB Buffalo Bullet Co. Conical.

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Here is my elk load. Notice how the elevation is higher. When I wen't from sea level to 8000ft it changed the ballistics and they got better.

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It'll do the job!

Happy

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Should be a fine choice.

Enjoy your hunt!