Mildot ranging for Whitetails,

[mongoosesnipe]

MGS:

Nope. I didn't confuse mils with minutes and my table is giving come ups (elevation changes) like yours does. In fact, the two are almost identical.

Your table shows a come up between 100 and 200 as 1.6 Minutes. Mine is 1.5 minutes. Yours shows a come up between 200 and 300 as being 2 1/2 minutes. Mine is 2 1/2 minutes. Yours from 300 to 400 as 3.4 minutes and mine as 3.5. Yours from 400 - 500 as 4 1/2 and mine as 4 minutes.

Mine is based on a BC of about .5 at about 2550 which is a decent mean when a guy is using a relatively well designed bullet at a relatively slow speed. As I said before, all decent small arms have close to the same trajectory to 300 and once you get to 500 you start seeing some differences. Past 500 and you see much bigger differences.

I would not use a cheat sheet in this situation. It isn't necessary. And, the table that MGS produced showed how easy it is to mistake things like come ups with bullet drop, minutes with mils, etc.

Memorize one or two key pieces of information and practice them on a range to make sure they are workable when you are under stress. You would be amazed at how complex some brilliant ideas are when a guy tries to implement them! I will always test a 'brilliant idea' first. And by doing so, I normally find out it wasn't so brilliant after all.

LR1955

gotcha drop vs come ups but the column wher our numbers match is actually windage the copy and pasted chart gets a little confusing i estimated the velocity based on hornady factory stated velocity from a 16 inch barrel as he is using an 18 inch barrel