300 win mag at 1845yds...

[LongRange]

so i got out today and shot some ELR...my buddy that usually spots for me was hunting today so i was on my own...which didnt work out so well LOL...i plowed a lot of dirt!! i tried to make a video but my video camera wont zoom that far...i did take a few Iphone vids and some pics that suck as you will see. anyway i went out to shoot 1760yds but couldnt get a range on anything at 1 mile but i could range a tree at 1845yds...i ranged it 10 times and all 10 were 1840 to 1845 so thats where i set my targets up. i used three different ballistics programs for drops to see which one would match my FPS from my old F-1 chrony and my new beta chrony which give about 50-90FPS differences and while i love the new beta the F-1 seems to be more accurate according to today. at 1760yds the G-7 ballistics called for 59.5 MOA,JMB ballistics called for 63.1 MOA and the shooter Iphone app(the worst)called for 43.6 MOA...which i knew was way off but started there...i shot 5 rounds at 43.5 MOA to foul the barrels as it was cleaned to metal on saturday and i was hopping to see some impacts in the dirt/snow which i didnt.so i set up my Iphone on my spotting scope and videoed 1 shot at a time after the first 5 so i could see where i was.
this video if you look just below the plywood target on the right about 90ft low you can barely see the impact in the brush...

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff515/LTT-/Mobile%20Uploads/th_IMG_0654.mp4 (http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff515/LTT-/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_0654.mp4)

this is from where i was shooting...you can see the cluster of trees just abouve the spotting scope on the left and then see the lone tree a little higher to the left my targets are about 50ft to the left of the lone tree...

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff515/LTT-/Mobile%20Uploads/photo1-35.jpg (http://s1239.photobucket.com/user/LTT-/media/Mobile%20Uploads/photo1-35.jpg.html)

this is an iphone pic through my spotting scope...

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff515/LTT-/Mobile%20Uploads/photo1-36.jpg (http://s1239.photobucket.com/user/LTT-/media/Mobile%20Uploads/photo1-36.jpg.html)

this is from the targets to where i was shooting from...the lower center ridge on the right(black mountains) was where i was set up at...

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff515/LTT-/Mobile%20Uploads/photo2-35.jpg (http://s1239.photobucket.com/user/LTT-/media/Mobile%20Uploads/photo2-35.jpg.html)

i shot 35 rounds and had 2 hits...IMHO not bad for having no spoter...changing winds from all directions from 0 to about 7MPH...these 2 hits were with a 5mph wind from left to right at shooter and looked to be the same at my targets...68.5MOA elevation and 7MOA left.

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff515/LTT-/Mobile%20Uploads/photo3-20.jpg (http://s1239.photobucket.com/user/LTT-/media/Mobile%20Uploads/photo3-20.jpg.html)

the JBM ballistics program was probably REALLY close calling for 63.1 MOA elevation at 1760yds and i ended up at 68.5 at 1845yds using 2900FPS as my velocity setting...my old F-1 chrony says this load is from 2911 to 2921...at 68.5 MOA elevation all shots were good it was the windage that was the factor as well as having no spotter...and 12/31/14 spilling into 1/4/15 wasnt a big help either LOL!!

[yobuck]

Would it be possible to set up in a location where you could be shooting at a hillside or bluff?
The steeper the better as its more like shooting at a picture hanging on a wall. Rock ledges work as well as targets.
Just pick a spot on the spot as your aiming point.
Its easier to pick up impacts and also easier to judge elevation/wind errors than it is on more level terrain.
One more thing that will no doubt get me in trouble. Would you be content covering one eye while you read a book?
Try using the best binnoculars with one eye covered. Yet were content using one eye while we attempt seeing a blip
of a hit a mile away. You saw the hit on the video because you played it over and over till you did. That dosent happen
on game day when the elk you want is chasing a cow around over there. Most hunters and especially western hunters
think its all about the gun and the rangefinder. Actually its all about optics and how to get them.

[LongRange]

Would it be possible to set up in a location where you could be shooting at a hillside or bluff?
The steeper the better as its more like shooting at a picture hanging on a wall. Rock ledges work as well as targets.
Just pick a spot on the spot as your aiming point.
Its easier to pick up impacts and also easier to judge elevation/wind errors than it is on more level terrain.
One more thing that will no doubt get me in trouble. Would you be content covering one eye while you read a book?
Try using the best binnoculars with one eye covered. Yet were content using one eye while we attempt seeing a blip
of a hit a mile away. You saw the hit on the video because you played it over and over till you did. That dosent happen
on game day when the elk you want is chasing a cow around over there. Most hunters and especially western hunters
think its all about the gun and the rangefinder. Actually its all about optics and how to get them.

i do have a better spot but the place was like a mall today....4wheelers and ppl every where...i do see better out of my left eye then my right but im right handed so i look out of my right through my scope(nightforce ATACR)also not making excuses but anyone that thinks there is no mirage on a 40deg day has never shot long ranges in the snow...i do get what your saying about keeping both eyes open and will try that next time out. im not a hunter im to lazy and like my bed to much LOL!!
i shoot on flat ground enough to judge distances of elevation and windages but where i shot today was brush covered and hard to see impacts in the brush...at my targets it was a 30'x30' clear area but at 1845yds that dident matter as it all just blended together.

[yobuck]

i do have a better spot but the place was like a mall today....4wheelers and ppl every where...i do see better out of my left eye then my right but im right handed so i look out of my right through my scope(nightforce ATACR)also not making excuses but anyone that thinks there is no mirage on a 40deg day has never shot long ranges in the snow...i do get what your saying about keeping both eyes open and will try that next time out. im not a hunter im to lazy and like my bed to much LOL!!
i shoot on flat ground enough to judge distances of elevation and windages but where i shot today was brush covered and hard to see impacts in the brush...at my targets it was a 30'x30' clear area but at 1845yds that dident matter as it all just blended together.

Im not talking about shooting with both eyes open although that works well also.
Im talking about seeing hits with that thing attached to the tripod. If you think you can see well with that while squinting with one eye,
think about reading the book with one eye, then think about how looking thru 2 of those things at the same time might look.

[LongRange]

gotcha...i tried PMing you back yobuck but you have to many PMs.

[yobuck]

Thats been fixed.

[barrel-nut]

That looks like so much fun. I know I've said it before on here, but I'm so jealous of you guys out west. Y'all not only seem to always have a one mile personal shooting range within walking distance of your back door; but it always seems to be a BEAUTIFUL personal one mile shooting range. That's just amazing. Only in America lol.

[LongRange]

That looks like so much fun. I know I've said it before on here, but I'm so jealous of you guys out west. Y'all not only seem to always have a one mile personal shooting range within walking distance of your back door; but it always seems to be a BEAUTIFUL personal one mile shooting range. That's just amazing. Only in America lol.

it takes me longer to go set up my targets and pick them up then it does to get to that spot...its right across the highway and about 2-3 miles into the hills...its funny because everyone here wants to live in the grassy wooded areas LOL!!

[Stockrex]

hey longrange, do you have a pic of the POA through the scope?
good shooting!

[scooterf79]

Thats awesome! I'm with yobuck...im jealous of you guys! Its tough just to find 500yds where I live.
Scooter

[LongRange]

hey longrange, do you have pick of the POA through the scope?
good shooting!

not through the riffle scope as the haze,glare and the mirage were bad enough that you could barely see the targets thats why i had the plywood target set up so that i could find them easier...the second pic is through a 15-45x65 vortex viper HD(which is a awesome spotter with nice glass)the riffle scope is a nightforce ATACR which is 5-25 power so about half the power of the spotter(the glass is very nice as well). also after a couple of shots the barrel heats up and creates is own mirage. you could see the impacts with your eye through the spotter but they were very hard to see through the scope...they looked like a small line drawn on the target with a sharpie.

[barrel-nut]

What's that white stuff all over the ground? Y'all even got white sand on your personal one-mile shooting range? Now I'm really jealous.

[barrel-nut]

We got a nice frost over here this morning. That's about as close as we get to the white stuff in a normal year lol.

[LongRange]

What's that white stuff all over the ground? Y'all even got white sand on your personal one-mile shooting range? Now I'm really jealous.


We got a nice frost over here this morning. That's about as close as we get to the white stuff in a normal year lol.

I wish it was white sand...we dont normally get snow that lasts longer than a day down in the valleys but its been single digits at night and 20-30 during the day...it was 57 today. When its cold like that here we get the inversions so its smoggy and hard to see long distances...ill get back out to that same spot and post a few pics when its clear...normally i can easily see that far through my scope.

[eddiesindian]

great shooting.
good old F1 chroni came thru I see.........
hell of long distance to say the least
Sure does make it easier to send to distance with tools such that of the F1
This "is" the reason I made my handy-dandy "hit alarm system".
Calling shots that are way out there becomes a challenge. Sure is a nice feeling when you send a round out that far and see the LED blinking letting you know that for a fact...you hit "target"!...............out past a mile no-less!
Good shooting dude!
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x88/eddies880/HItalarmsystem2014001_zps777d95cd.jpg
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x88/eddies880/HItalarmsystem2014002_zps10f508d0.jpg

[LongRange]

great shooting.
good old F1 chroni came thru I see.........
hell of long distance to say the least
Sure does make it easier to send to distance with tools such that of the F1
This "is" the reason I made my handy-dandy "hit alarm system".
Calling shots that are way out there becomes a challenge. Sure is a nice feeling when you send a round out that far and see the LED blinking letting you know that for a fact...you hit "target"!...............out past a mile no-less!
Good shooting dude!
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x88/eddies880/HItalarmsystem2014001_zps777d95cd.jpg
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x88/eddies880/HItalarmsystem2014002_zps10f508d0.jpg

thanks...do you mind breaking down the parts list for your hit light system?

[upSLIDEdown]

Yeah, details on that setup would be awesome!

[Starfighter_F104X]

Does it work with an accelerator / g-sensor ?

[yobuck]

So if im gettin all this right, the alarm goes off when you hit the intended target?
And if you miss, im also guessing nothing happens? If the alarm dosent go off, i guess its just assumed
you missed the target? I suppose its not yet perfected to the point it can tell you what you did hit, just what you didnt hit?
And maybe what you might need do to hit what you would really like to hit?

[Stockrex]

not through the riffle scope as the haze,glare and the mirage were bad enough that you could barely see the targets thats why i had the plywood target set up so that i could find them easier...the second pic is through a 15-45x65 vortex viper HD(which is a awesome spotter with nice glass)the riffle scope is a nightforce ATACR which is 5-25 power so about half the power of the spotter(the glass is very nice as well). also after a couple of shots the barrel heats up and creates is own mirage. you could see the impacts with your eye through the spotter but they were very hard to see through the scope...they looked like a small line drawn on the target with a sharpie.

I am speechless, I can barely see at 300 yards,
how much of the plate is covered by the reticle?