Posted on 12/28/2018 5:05:37 AM PST by w1n1
monts = months.
Had cataract surgery in my left (non-shooting) eye and they screwed it up with a smudge on the replacement lens, so I have permanent blur in upper left periphery.
Wow. I salute you! Well done! A man-sized target at 400 yards is excellent with a military rifle, iron sights and military ammo! Very few can do that. I probably wouldn’t do it at 300 yards with iron sights now (old eyes).
A 20” barrel on a .338 Lapua?!
No way they stabilize a 250 grain bullet with a 20”
Fail
I used to hit silhouettes often at 300 meters on Army ranges—better than most. Not now, though. Too blurry. :-)
Actually it is not hard at all although I will admit to being a bit surprised when my Nephew also hit it regularly.
I think the key was the sights were dead on at 400.
“Read and see more of precision shooting.”
This article may be about the subject of precision shooting, but this blog needs a precise writer.
Buy a rangefinder and a ART scope.Then you can do some serious work.Sounds like you are already an excellent marksman.
The first thing I teach new shooters is the fundamentals of marksmanship.You don’t need a fancy high dollar rifle.A 1MOA rifle in the hands of an expert will do nicely.
All bullets “drop” the same. Time of flight to the target is the difference. There are several factors that affect this of course.
Accuracy and velocity are independent and not necessarily related.
I live in an area that is full of hunters. And a bunch of them actually think a bullet “rises” when it leaves the barrel. Bullet starts “dropping” the minute it leaves the barrel. Of course you know this. Just expanding a little.
Trajectory would be the more correct term(s)?
The primary armament of an Iowa-class battleship consisted of nine breech-loading 16 inch (406 mm)/50-caliber Mark 7 naval guns,[1] which were housed in three 3-gun turrets: two forward and one aft in a configuration known as “2-A-1”. The guns were 66 feet (20 m) long (50 times their 16-inch (410 mm) bore, or 50 calibers, from breechface to muzzle).[2]About 43 feet (13 m) protruded from the gun house. Each gun weighed about 239,000 pounds (108 000 kg) without the breech, or 267,900 pounds with the breech.[3][4] They fired 2,700 pounds (1,225 kg) armor-piercing projectiles at a muzzle velocity of 2,500 ft/s (762 m/s), or 1,900 pounds (862 kg) high-capacity projectiles at 2,690 ft/s (820 m/s), up to 24 miles (21 nmi; 39 km).
1900 lb. projectile at 2690 fps? Just Wow!!!
Learning and then repeating basics every time is always a good idea, especially in shooting, as is learning to appreciate and to use what one HAS.
BTW it's nice to see you posting here right after Christmas, I hope you're doing well.
“Somebody needs an editor. That’s some pretty poor English. Decent information, though.”
Here you go:
>> While the article in question provides nominal information it is presented in a manner that is less than satisfactory in the application of the common vernacular. Clearly the author could benefit from having his work previewed by a skilled and capable editor. <<
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I think the information was far better than ‘nominal’. Quite useful, actually! I wanted a .338 Lap, but just going to stick with the 300 Winnie for now.
“Same goes for an accurate handgun and beer cans at 100 yards.”
I can hit a 2 liter bottle at 120 yards with my Kimber 1911. Of course I can drink a cup of coffee by the time the bullet gets there. LOL
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If the rigging wire is more than 10-15 years old (it probably is) you might consider just replacing it all at one time.
It’s brand new, as in stored and never used as is the boat itself. Been sitting in storage for the last 30 years. Thinking about replacing the Universal Atomic 2 with an onboard electric motor.
Sounds good about the wire. If the Atomic works, keep it. Most electric solutions are complex and short range. Sometimes the wind is on the nose, and you just want to go straight ahead 100 miles.
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