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This may be true however, what has not changed with time is Mother Nature. There is still only so much blood in a given turnip yet some want more than what that one turnip has to offer. In my opinion, one piece of technology that assists with determining “how much blood” is in the turnip is a...

Blinders heck, that’s nothing. Try pulling long anchor in 100+ degree weather in a small craft with the anchor retrieval button sitting in an odd position on the deck in rough water. Just because comfortable boots are made for cold weather and rough country, they are not the ticket for this...

With a long time of flight, accuracy is mind driven. Precision is assisted by equipment. Most precise out of box? Cheers, SK

There are some good points brought up with the antelope hunt. Establishing honest and realistic confidence levels are a must with an effective range. From your example, 300 to 400 plus with practice was identified as the maximum for range with confidence to make a good shot. Is energy the...

I wish I could. I have ‘leashed’ teenagers that want to come out and play. They want off the leash. Almost all of them have been able to consistently shoot vital sized targets at a mile or longer, many 2K+ with around four shots or less. I keep preaching accuracy but I’m constantly reminded...

Why is ethics a slippery conversation? All sorts of LRH members discuss how much they practice, the thousands of rounds and countless hours of shooting and improving skills. This sounds like a profession doesn’t it? To be recognized as a profession in the US the profession requires a code of...

Guys (and possibly Gals) the person behind this post is smart! He has thrown out a red herring, at least this is the way I read it. Using a 300 Win with Partition bullet, can anyone prove this post is indeed a herring?.....assuming realism in the proof with maximum effective range being a quick...

Outside of energy, what about accuracy? Did you have first round accuracy to achieve the 1300 ftlbs of killing power at 931 yards? If so, were you near the limit of maximum effective range or could the situation allowed for greater range? If not first round accuracy, at what range would you...

An effective range is any range at which a shooter/weapon/ammunition combination will achieve a desired effect. Maximum effective range is the maximum range at which a shooter/weapon/ammunition combination will achieve this effect. One desired effect with big game hunting is a quick and...

I hear ya, sort of like the hunter that saddles up 300 horses in 1.5 seconds to ride to his favorite hunting grounds. What happened to the old days? Heck, if a hunter had to saddle up 300 Kentucky horses a day just to hunt, there wouldn’t be any time left in a day to complain about anything.

Effective range is condition and uncertainty based. There are too many combinations to state a specific effective range for various calibers and conditions. If dropping the $’s for a high end rifle, spend the $’s on the Applied Ballistics Analytics package. Read the book and use the program...

Sorry, fat fingered thinking ahead, 2 MPH would be 95% of the time with 3 MPH 99%. This sort of reminds me why I use range cards as backup to verify computed data. Garbage in garbage out. Consideration should be made to use an alternate method to check firing solution data......and others that...

Using a hit probability analyzer: 10” square target 97% chance of hit Standard atmosphere 1MOA rifle/ammo/shooter precision potential (optimistic precision potential for factory ammunition with a hunter with limited practice) Wind uncertainty 1 MPH (estimate a full value crosswind within 1...

To get things right in preparation for a hunt, sometimes practice including calibration needs to take place well beyond the limits of range anticipated to be encountered during the hunt. The DVD mentioned with the preparatory work during the tall target test and calibration example with the 338...

You already have this and it won’t cost you a dime. True accuracy lies between the ears. Feed knowledge first. Money can’t replace this.