I headed out with Stone842 to the desert yesterday to get some practice in with our Creedmoors. We had planned on shooting some angled shots and some other drills.
That plan went out the window when we decided to set up for a mile shot.
We set up two targets and measured out to where we needed to shoot from. After calculating soft dope we made several shots to see where the shots were impacting. It was difficult to tell with the rocks behind the targets. We eventually dialed in to where we could see impacts. There was no way to tell hits other than the lack of impact in the sand around the targets. It was definitely a fun time and we will take the .50 out next time.
Conditions:
82 degrees F at the start
DA 4400
Elev 2200
Humidity 27%
Baro 27.03 inHG
I was shooting factory Hornady 140 A-max, and I was very impressed with its performance. It took me 20.3 mils elevation and 1.5 mils windage to hit steel.
Our Targets: (In hindsight we should have put them closer together)
My Target:
Stone842's target:
My stick:
Next time out we will take more pics.
That plan went out the window when we decided to set up for a mile shot.
We set up two targets and measured out to where we needed to shoot from. After calculating soft dope we made several shots to see where the shots were impacting. It was difficult to tell with the rocks behind the targets. We eventually dialed in to where we could see impacts. There was no way to tell hits other than the lack of impact in the sand around the targets. It was definitely a fun time and we will take the .50 out next time.
Conditions:
82 degrees F at the start
DA 4400
Elev 2200
Humidity 27%
Baro 27.03 inHG
I was shooting factory Hornady 140 A-max, and I was very impressed with its performance. It took me 20.3 mils elevation and 1.5 mils windage to hit steel.
Our Targets: (In hindsight we should have put them closer together)
My Target:
Stone842's target:
My stick:
Next time out we will take more pics.
