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"God I love to shoot!"Yes I can hear the hits! Nice shooting, especially in the wind conditions your up against and a ten inch gong, well done.
from the descriptions of the doping your using you seem like you pretty much have it together. Nice job. As 'just shoot' states, sticking may be an issue. And as Lang 22250 and orygun state (trust oryguns advice, he's an old sage) + he loves the -06,, got just to trust anyone that loves the -06, if everything's good at 100, you know your good to go. The rise due to thermal lift is often overlooked when distance shots are taken. It will cause hair (22250) to be pulled out at a later date after you know damn good and well you just had her doped at a certain distance but didn't factor in thermals. As a side note, that sure looks just like the terrain that I live in where your video was shot. Coast range.
Please keep us posted as to the results you come up with, Thanks.
God I love to shoot!
Air density does change quickly depending where you are. When I was in OR for training, I was easily banging 700 yards.. Guy who doing okay in class couldn't figure out why he was missing his targets. I told him the current density altitude and he was banging metal again. He didn't double check between morning and afternoon which had a large shift enough to make him miss. Long range shooting definitely can be challenging but that's fun.For some reason I was thinking just now about your question. And although I already wrote a lengthy response, I have some additional empirical information that might be of interest to you.
While there are variations in MV caused by cartridge temperature - this is of relative little concern compared to the difference in air density that different temperatures bring, when long distance shooting.
I remember a couple of winters ago I had a gong set up at 500 yards. The temperature was usually in the low 40's. I used 9.5 to 10 inches of elevation off my 100 yard zero, an would bang the gong all day long. I remembered taking a picture of my turret setting, and will post it below.
I went back to the same place the following summer when it was in the high 80's. I fired off a dozen shots and did not hit the gong. I know I'm not that bad of a shot, so I put on my thinking cap. I decided the air was going to be less dense and therefore would require less elevation adjustment of my turret. I slowly walked my elevation turret numbers down one click (1/4 MOA) at a time and took a shot. When I got down to 7.5 minutes, I hit the gong, and continued to do so using 6.75 to 7.5 minutes. I will also post a link of me at that very location shooting the gong in question at 500 yards in the summer.
Imagine my discovery. Over 10 inches change in point of impact just because the temperature was about 40 degrees different. It's hard to believe until you experience it.
I am aware that you probably already know of such things. Still, It really amazes me. Empirical evidence as such.
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Finally someone puts this simply. Gee... Your 'a saying there's a reason the 6-6.5mm is so dominant in long range competition?...6.5/.264(rem .260) is a whole lot less susceptible to wind than the .30 cal rounds...arrows compared to cabbages!
Most competitors are shooting 6mm or 6.5s in a variety of flavors- it's
Really hard to beat the ballistics and less recoil. I've never seen any advantage to going up in caliber for competition. You may get some extra energy onto the target but you feel like you've been kicked in the head and shoulder at the end of a 150+ round-day.
As a comparison, I once shot.30 cal, 175gr match kings competitively. At 800+ yards I would have to dial in 1-2 mils of windage to keep on target in a 10 mph full value right or left cross wind...with my .260, shooting 142 gr SMKs I'm holding the edge of target into the wind.
It's pretty insane.