SIGHTING IN
02-10-2007, 08:52 AM
#11
Join Date: Nov 2006
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RE: SIGHTING IN
Does anyone know if changing your ammo, you would have to sight it in to the ammo? thats what my dad said but i dont know if he's just saying that because he doesnt want to change (he wants us both using the same ammo and i want to change from 130 grains to 150)
02-10-2007, 02:41 PM
#12
Giant Nontypical
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Location: Saskatchewan Canada
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RE: SIGHTING IN
ORIGINAL: Riffer
Does anyone know if changing your ammo, you would have to sight it in to the ammo? thats what my dad said but i dont know if he's just saying that because he doesnt want to change (he wants us both using the same ammo and i want to change from 130 grains to 150)
Does anyone know if changing your ammo, you would have to sight it in to the ammo? thats what my dad said but i dont know if he's just saying that because he doesnt want to change (he wants us both using the same ammo and i want to change from 130 grains to 150)
02-10-2007, 02:50 PM
#14
Join Date: Dec 2006
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RE: SIGHTING IN
ORIGINAL: Riffer
Does anyone know if changing your ammo, you would have to sight it in to the ammo? thats what my dad said but i dont know if he's just saying that because he doesnt want to change (he wants us both using the same ammo and i want to change from 130 grains to 150)
Does anyone know if changing your ammo, you would have to sight it in to the ammo? thats what my dad said but i dont know if he's just saying that because he doesnt want to change (he wants us both using the same ammo and i want to change from 130 grains to 150)
02-10-2007, 06:45 PM
#15
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RE: SIGHTING IN
ORIGINAL: Don Fischer
Try the figures I gave you above, I'll bet they are awful close. With the figure's Winchester gave you, you have a 100 yd zero and50 fps more velocity, that won't make much difference over 300 yds.
The price of that ammo, I sure hope you have a lot of money or are taking up reloading! 30-06 ammo cost's about 1/4 the price and kill's animals only a bit less dead. I hadn't realized that stuff cost that much!
If you can find someone with a cronograph, you'll probally find out the vevocity Winchester gives is not quite right. To many different thing's effecting it.
Try the figures I gave you above, I'll bet they are awful close. With the figure's Winchester gave you, you have a 100 yd zero and50 fps more velocity, that won't make much difference over 300 yds.
The price of that ammo, I sure hope you have a lot of money or are taking up reloading! 30-06 ammo cost's about 1/4 the price and kill's animals only a bit less dead. I hadn't realized that stuff cost that much!
If you can find someone with a cronograph, you'll probally find out the vevocity Winchester gives is not quite right. To many different thing's effecting it.
02-10-2007, 07:29 PM
#16
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RE: SIGHTING IN
ORIGINAL: thegamehunter
You were speaking of .30-06 ammo being 1/4 the cost of 300 WSM lead me to this question... I was looking at that balistics chart on the Winchester page and I noticed that with either the Accubond, Ballistic Silvertip, and XP3 barely differ in almost every aspect. Is this really going to make a difference when hunting? It seems like they would all work the same to me? Should I just save $10 and buy the Ballistic Silvertips? My whole idea of using the XP3 was that I could use tem on whitetails and Elk both...
ORIGINAL: Don Fischer
Try the figures I gave you above, I'll bet they are awful close. With the figure's Winchester gave you, you have a 100 yd zero and50 fps more velocity, that won't make much difference over 300 yds.
The price of that ammo, I sure hope you have a lot of money or are taking up reloading! 30-06 ammo cost's about 1/4 the price and kill's animals only a bit less dead. I hadn't realized that stuff cost that much!
If you can find someone with a cronograph, you'll probally find out the vevocity Winchester gives is not quite right. To many different thing's effecting it.
Try the figures I gave you above, I'll bet they are awful close. With the figure's Winchester gave you, you have a 100 yd zero and50 fps more velocity, that won't make much difference over 300 yds.
The price of that ammo, I sure hope you have a lot of money or are taking up reloading! 30-06 ammo cost's about 1/4 the price and kill's animals only a bit less dead. I hadn't realized that stuff cost that much!
If you can find someone with a cronograph, you'll probally find out the vevocity Winchester gives is not quite right. To many different thing's effecting it.
I wouldn't reccomend the BT anything larger then deer, it just isn't built for reliable performance on heavier skinned/boned and muscle animals. For deer it will work fine though.
In terms of the the Accubond; designed to retain 60% of its original mass. I have used it personally for deer, elk and moose, reccomended for such usage.
The XP3 I have not used but based on what I have read it is designed to retain near 90% and is suitable for deer and elk usage.
02-14-2007, 02:10 PM
#18
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RE: SIGHTING IN
Don Fisher,
I have a couple of questions;
1. How did you figure "max" point blank range?
2. Did you mean to say "zero" or does "point blank zero" actually mean something? As far as I know they are two different things.
I'm not trying to be confrontational, just asking.
KP
I have a couple of questions;
1. How did you figure "max" point blank range?
2. Did you mean to say "zero" or does "point blank zero" actually mean something? As far as I know they are two different things.
I'm not trying to be confrontational, just asking.
KP
02-14-2007, 04:22 PM
#19
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RE: SIGHTING IN
ORIGINAL: huntboy3181
where do you get the software for finding out the trajectory and everything? can i get the same software?
where do you get the software for finding out the trajectory and everything? can i get the same software?
http://www.handloads.com/calc/
http://www.biggameinfo.com/
02-14-2007, 04:41 PM
#20
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RE: SIGHTING IN
ORIGINAL: Killer_Primate
Don Fisher,
I have a couple of questions;
1. How did you figure "max" point blank range?
2. Did you mean to say "zero" or does "point blank zero" actually mean something? As far as I know they are two different things.
I'm not trying to be confrontational, just asking.
KP
Don Fisher,
I have a couple of questions;
1. How did you figure "max" point blank range?
2. Did you mean to say "zero" or does "point blank zero" actually mean something? As far as I know they are two different things.
I'm not trying to be confrontational, just asking.
KP
Zero is the point where the bullet pathand line of site intersect.