Originally Posted By: dan brothersIf I were a teacher, the MAIN thing I would demand my class to know... is the charts.
They better know their rifle, and how the BC of that rifle's favorite bullet is effected by wind... and at different ranges.
Once they learn and re-learn, the charts in the classroom...then it's range time.
The wind flags WOULD come into play... because they can't learn what wind looks like in a classroom... they have to see it, and the flags will show them what the wind looks like at different ranges. Once they see the wind in the flags... then they would learn to see it in the grass... mirages... etc, etc... until they could visualize the wind with a quicker glance... because they would know that some shots will be quicker than others.
So... there would be three parts to my school...
The Classroom.... a place to learn with understand in the mind.
The Range.... a place to practice what you learned.
The Fields... the place to prove what you learned and practiced...
AND... to develop skills above and beyond the charts to where it becomes natural...second nature.
AND... to develop two types of shots at long ranges....
calculated shots when time is available... and... when it's NOT.
That's about the best reply I have read on this post.Dan the charts are accurate the problem most people have with the charts is the information they plug into them if it isn't accurate the chart wont be accurate.Wind drift is the ONLY varable that isn't set in stone,thats why you see big game hunters going to the largest b.c. bullets they can find the new trend is .375 bullets for long range hunting, long range is 1000 yards plus. Everybody can determine b.c. for their bullet at their fps at their location it's pretty easy, a accurate chronograph is all that is needed sight your gun in @ 100 then shoot it at 500 ,20 shots and measure the drop then calculate from there, the more accurate your measurements are the more accurate you b.c. will be.The higher b.c. bullets help in guessing the wind a lot a bullet with a bc of .350 will drift of twice as much as a bullet with a bc of .700 its a lot easier to hold of for 20 inches than it is for 40 inches .when you start getting into the long pointy bullets like the vld bergers you need to switch from the g1 b.c. to the g7 b.c. chart it is a more accurate measurement.like you said once you know your charts then its time to go afield and put them to use I guarantee you will score more hits than the guy who just picks up the gun and goes without any knowledge of what the gun and load should be doing
They better know their rifle, and how the BC of that rifle's favorite bullet is effected by wind... and at different ranges.
Once they learn and re-learn, the charts in the classroom...then it's range time.
The wind flags WOULD come into play... because they can't learn what wind looks like in a classroom... they have to see it, and the flags will show them what the wind looks like at different ranges. Once they see the wind in the flags... then they would learn to see it in the grass... mirages... etc, etc... until they could visualize the wind with a quicker glance... because they would know that some shots will be quicker than others.
So... there would be three parts to my school...
The Classroom.... a place to learn with understand in the mind.
The Range.... a place to practice what you learned.
The Fields... the place to prove what you learned and practiced...
AND... to develop skills above and beyond the charts to where it becomes natural...second nature.
AND... to develop two types of shots at long ranges....
calculated shots when time is available... and... when it's NOT.
That's about the best reply I have read on this post.Dan the charts are accurate the problem most people have with the charts is the information they plug into them if it isn't accurate the chart wont be accurate.Wind drift is the ONLY varable that isn't set in stone,thats why you see big game hunters going to the largest b.c. bullets they can find the new trend is .375 bullets for long range hunting, long range is 1000 yards plus. Everybody can determine b.c. for their bullet at their fps at their location it's pretty easy, a accurate chronograph is all that is needed sight your gun in @ 100 then shoot it at 500 ,20 shots and measure the drop then calculate from there, the more accurate your measurements are the more accurate you b.c. will be.The higher b.c. bullets help in guessing the wind a lot a bullet with a bc of .350 will drift of twice as much as a bullet with a bc of .700 its a lot easier to hold of for 20 inches than it is for 40 inches .when you start getting into the long pointy bullets like the vld bergers you need to switch from the g1 b.c. to the g7 b.c. chart it is a more accurate measurement.like you said once you know your charts then its time to go afield and put them to use I guarantee you will score more hits than the guy who just picks up the gun and goes without any knowledge of what the gun and load should be doing