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#72869 - 07/30/10 03:43 PM

Confirming Drops

Ernie
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Went out this morning to Chuck's (Mac's Gunworks) today to confirm my drops out to 1200 yards.
Chuck has steel targets every 100 yards, from 200-1200 yards.
He has some 8", 10" and 12" circle targets and then some square ones.
Using my center-grip XP-100, chambered in 7mm SAUM, with 162 A-Max's @ 2759 fps.
Shooting was prone off of a bi-pod.
Optic is Leupold's Mark 4 FFP 6.5-20 with ART reticle.
I started at 300 yards and made all first shot connections except at two distances. I missed at 1200 yards (wind) and at 800 (I think). Had a weird wind going on at 800. Found out later there was a stream bed that was fooling me.
My main goal was to confirm my drops for the International Tactical Riflemans Championship.
Most pleasing shot of the morning was at 1100 yards, where I made a center hit-first shot.
Target is a 8" circle.
I plan to go out a couple more times and make sure everything is fine tuned.
Match is 3 weeks from today.

Should have the two uppers for the AR-Pistol running this afternoon as well.
One is an 8" barrel while the other is 16"

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#72870 - 07/30/10 03:58 PM

Re: Confirming Drops [Re: Ernie]

KRal
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That's awesome shoot'n, Ernie! Good luck on you competition.

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#72872 - 07/30/10 04:42 PM

Re: Confirming Drops [Re: KRal]

Tigger
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GREAT!!

Good luck on the match!

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#72884 - 07/30/10 10:10 PM

Re: Confirming Drops [Re: Tigger]

JeremyT
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So jealous of you right now!

$\:D$

Great shooting, good luck at the match.

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#72895 - 07/31/10 11:32 AM

Re: Confirming Drops [Re: JeremyT]

TCTex.
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I think it is awesome! There are WAY too many people who don't do their home work. Compared to the average shooter, you have taken it to a new extreme!!

Bravo Zulu!!!!

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#72899 - 07/31/10 12:02 PM

Re: Confirming Drops [Re: TCTex.]

SChunter
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I want a range like that close to me!

Congrats Ernie, and good luck at the ITRC!

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#72910 - 07/31/10 06:15 PM

Re: Confirming Drops [Re: SChunter]

Ernie
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Went out again today. Wind and mirage was not nearly as friendly.
In other words-more misses.
I was able to see the impact difference between sunny and cloudy though.
There will be a POI change from cloudy to sunny or sunny to cloudy.
Feeling pretty confident out to 700 even with goofy wind.
Did okay at 1K too.
I was spotting for myself, so that was more challenging, as I cannot get back on target to see impacts when I miss.
I knew I was hitting at 1k, but couldn't see where because of the mirage. I assumed I didn't have enough wind. Corrected for more wind then shot one more time. When I went down range, my first two shots were perfect for wind (more vertical than I wanted though) and my third one was toward the left edge.

Also got to shoot the AR pistol some today also.
Here is the pic of the AR-pistol.
It will rarely have a bi-pod on it as it is for the high volume day. We getting it sighted in.