Re: New Product! By Snipers for Snipers!
Watch out everyone, i'm climbing up on my soap box again!
Went out today to shoot a bit to work on my form, practice ranging, reading wind, ect. Today was a perfect day, partly cloudy, 73 degrees (gasp!), and 15-18mph of wind. What really made it was the wind was dropping to 6, and then up to 18, and just crazy, it was GREAT!
Started at 100 to shoot a 6x3, and a minor load development type deal, won't go into details, not very interesting. I then hopped in the car and drove up the road for a bit until I felt like it was 'far enough' and got out. Mil'd the target at 475, checked my DA @ +2K, checked the FDAC (2600fps card), dialed 11moa, dialed my wind (3x the charted amount for 15mph wind), fired and SMACK, first round hit just slightly high and right. I was giggling like a little girl. I then popped out my new Elite 1500 (a whole new giggly girl story) and range the target at 520yards. That puzzled me a bit. I dialed 11moa and hit right on. If I used 520yard data on the card I would have shot right over the top of the target. Hmm, scratching my head I started to think about it and compared the 2650 card, and then the 2700fps card and realized that my velocity must be higher than what I thought. Kinda explains some moments of confusion I had last time out. Popped in the 2700 and went and drove in the car again for a bit and got out and repeated. This time I mil'd the target at 653, having the right card in the FDAC, dialed 17moa up, and my wind, fired and SMACK, followed with 4 more, all on target, all perfectly, and I mean PERFECTLY centered on the target. Lasered at 668.
I'm doing the happy dance out in this huge field happy as a clam that i'm kickin' some butt gittin' 'er done. I drove down, painted the target, and decided I was going to test this thing, I mean really TEST it. There are a lot of factors that determine how much elevation is necessary for 1,000 yards. I haven't shot 175's are 1,000 at all, so I had no previous experience or data shooting these bullets that far. FDAC said 36moa, dialed 9.0moa of wind (I 'thought' the wind died down a bit), settled in and fired. I hit about 3' to the left but the elevation......PERFECT! Dialed 3.5moa more wind fired, a bit to the right, took 1/2 out and got my first hit. Seemed to me to be high (I apparently was high thinking that, later found out it really was only about 2" high over POA), dropped 1moa, and put 2 hits on the bottom edge of the steel, came back up after I realized I was inhaling too much powder smoke.
All I can say is if you are 'thinking' about getting one of these, just buy one. Once you use it, you will fall in love with the simplicity, the no fuss, ultra light, simple 'tard proof interface. I love not needing to carry multiple reference cards tethered to my scope for elevation and wind to deal with changing conditions. I need one thing, and one thing only, the FDAC. It will not fail you unless you lose it, forget it at home, or destroy it (in which case you will go to hell, it's a sin you know).
I've been running around telling my buddies that don't have one, that they have to get one. And the ones that shooting .338LM, I informed that they are coming out with a model for that, and once it's released, that they MUST get it!!
I'm taking a minimalist approach to my shooting now, want to make it easier to pack in someplace, and be able to shoot effectively without a ton of 'extras' that just add weight, and aren't necessary. I'm going to the Mammoth Sniper Match in January, and the FDAC will be there with me, kinda think I need several more as backups, and backups to the backup just in case. If you want to see it in action, just look for me, i'll be happy to demonstrate it for you.
Branden