05-22-2020, 05:07 PM
nuthead Wrote:At 400 odd metres I wouldn't expect the elevation to be off by much... It's not really far enough for atmospheric changes to affect it too much other than wind
It's a good distance to practice at though - I reckon it's about the maximum effective range of the grendel for hunting medium sized animals
For my grendel load it's 500 yards for me on velocity for hunting..
That's the point of this though... if you have bad data then this will show that. The point isn't to try to hit the huge steel plate, the point is to try to hit the tiny center dot at whatever range you're at. Every shot I shoot I want in that 6" circle I painted to represent vitals of our small coues deer/javelina, but I'm trying to hit that small center dot.
It's nice here b/c in the winter I can do this below 30*. Then in the summer I can do it when it's over 100* and high gusty winds. Bad load data numbers in the ballistic program will show themselves when the conditions can vary so much.
My max range is the range where I can no longer guarantee that vitals shot on a cold bore.