As some of you saw, I shot at a hog at 250 yards last week and a black coyote at 215. The coyote I know I missed as I saw dust fly, the hog I am not so sure about now.
I am shooting a Dtech 20 inch 1/8 twist running Black Hills 60 grain V-max loads. This rifle is topped with a Burris FFII 3-9x40 with the Ballistic Plex recticle. I knew it was on at 100, and figured the second recticle mark was 200. Venatic seemed to think I was high if I shot the second mark.
The hog I shot at was right at 250 in an open pasture, but I though he was more like 150 so I held dead on. He ran off, and no blood was found.
The black coyote was 215 we ranged later, but I though he was 200 and I was shooting down hill. I saw the dust fly so close to him I could tell where it hit, but I was holding the second mark in my scope.
Anyway after trying to figure it out, I went to the range today to find out.
I also carried my other AR a Rock River 18 inch A4 varmint shooting some of Venatics reloads with 55 grain Hornady softpoints. This rifle is topped with a Burris FFII 4.5-14x42 with ballisticplex recticle.
So here are the results, and I need some input on what they mean.
The first thing I did was shot a 3 shot group at 200 with the 60 v-max holding the second mark in the scope. here are the results:
A 2.2" group about 3 inches high. That tells me I did indeed shoot just over the back of that black coyote.
No here is the confusing part. This picture shows the 3 shot group (left side) I shot with the other rifle and the 4.5-14 and also holding the second mark. It was pretty much right there and shot a 2.2 inch group.
The right hand group was still at 200 but holding dead on with the 60 grains. They were about the same size group, but a little low and 2.5 inches left.
You can see the same thing on the one shot on the right of the first picture. So, why is is shooting left when holding dead on at 200?
Here are the groups for both rifles at 100.
So, good 100 yard groups, and pretty good I thought at 200. But why are those 200 yard dead on shots left but not at 100?
Looks like if I had aimed dead on that black coyote, I would have got him. Assuming I could shot these same type groups off of shooting sticks which may not be good assumption.
By the way, what little wind there was, was quarting a little left to right if anything.
I am shooting a Dtech 20 inch 1/8 twist running Black Hills 60 grain V-max loads. This rifle is topped with a Burris FFII 3-9x40 with the Ballistic Plex recticle. I knew it was on at 100, and figured the second recticle mark was 200. Venatic seemed to think I was high if I shot the second mark.
The hog I shot at was right at 250 in an open pasture, but I though he was more like 150 so I held dead on. He ran off, and no blood was found.
The black coyote was 215 we ranged later, but I though he was 200 and I was shooting down hill. I saw the dust fly so close to him I could tell where it hit, but I was holding the second mark in my scope.
Anyway after trying to figure it out, I went to the range today to find out.
I also carried my other AR a Rock River 18 inch A4 varmint shooting some of Venatics reloads with 55 grain Hornady softpoints. This rifle is topped with a Burris FFII 4.5-14x42 with ballisticplex recticle.
So here are the results, and I need some input on what they mean.
The first thing I did was shot a 3 shot group at 200 with the 60 v-max holding the second mark in the scope. here are the results:
A 2.2" group about 3 inches high. That tells me I did indeed shoot just over the back of that black coyote.
No here is the confusing part. This picture shows the 3 shot group (left side) I shot with the other rifle and the 4.5-14 and also holding the second mark. It was pretty much right there and shot a 2.2 inch group.
The right hand group was still at 200 but holding dead on with the 60 grains. They were about the same size group, but a little low and 2.5 inches left.
You can see the same thing on the one shot on the right of the first picture. So, why is is shooting left when holding dead on at 200?
Here are the groups for both rifles at 100.
So, good 100 yard groups, and pretty good I thought at 200. But why are those 200 yard dead on shots left but not at 100?
Looks like if I had aimed dead on that black coyote, I would have got him. Assuming I could shot these same type groups off of shooting sticks which may not be good assumption.
By the way, what little wind there was, was quarting a little left to right if anything.