Originally Posted By: slanceychuck,
That's not fair right there, you posting your videos for all of us to see. I'm laughing so hard it hurts!
Seriously, that is fantastic footage. It looks like the 6.5 Creedmoor is the right round for that kind of shooting. Was that your experience?
Thanks for sharing.
Steve
The guy shooting the 6.5 Creedmoor and I have been chuck hunting for years. We have used just about ever rifle and caliber. 10 or 12 years ago, we started using the Leupold scopes with the varmint reticle for long range shooting. That improved our hits and We own 30 or so scopes like that now.
That helps with hold over, but the wind is ALWAYS an issue.
Now Leupold is producing a scope with a CDS dial calibrated for your load, bullet and powder you choose. They ask what the load speed and elevation above sea level to get the dial calibrated and set right for your load and where you live. My shooter bought one of the new scope to test. This was his first time using it.
He also got the model with the varmint reticle, but now he wishes he had also got the model that has the windage lines as well.
Using the heavier bullet, 123 gr, it was helping him to fight the wind. But you still need windage lines in the scope to use as an aiming point left or right for the wind.
To answer your question. Yes. I thought he was doing better then we usually do by just using stadia lines in the varmint reticle scopes. He said it's like RONCO.
Just set it and forget it. But wind is always the issue as you could see, he was still hitting slightly down wind.
CH