Thread: longer range hunting

All good advice, i would add get realtime experience on gongs or paper out to what you think is your max comfortable range. I have gotton into the habit of shooting a ladder every time i change projectile or powder. I use a 1 metre piece of cardboard with an 8 inch diamond painted on, and starting at 100 go back to 300 firing 2 or more shots at each 100. After that i go back in 50s to 450 (as far as i can get at home). Using the same poa in every case and not dialling between strings i measure the drops and compare them with streloks figures, mostly they match if not i believe the shot result. First thing this taught me is wind is a bigger factor than drop and that while you can accurately compensate for distance wind is more a best guess and that more than distance decides if i shoot or not.