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<blockquote data-quote="Deputy819" data-source="post: 2958502" data-attributes="member: 98025"><p>No…..this guy just didn't/doesn't have a clue about 'ballistics'. I hated to do it (not really), but I told him that his 30-06 was perfectly capable of making that shot if he knew the "drops" and could either hold or dial appropriately. He asked me how he could possibly know "ALL" that ? (I was getting uncomfortable at this point and knew that he as the shooter COULDN'T make that shot <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤮" title="Face vomiting :face_vomiting:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f92e.png" data-shortname=":face_vomiting:" />) So, I told him to get a chronograph and establish his average muzzle velocity for the factory ammo he was using and then use a free ballistic app for the drops OR (and better still) actually shoot at the distances he might encounter and record the drops and make a chart. He replied by saying (and I quote) "Well, I'm NOT gonna do all that stuff!" It was right then and there that I told him "Then you wasted your money on a NEW 6.5 Creedmoor because THAT'S what you'd have to do with that rifle, too…..if you wanna actually hit what your aiming at….it's not a laser beam!" He shook his head and uttered a few curse words in my direction (I think) and simply walked away. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷♂️" title="Man shrugging :man_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" /> Very, very sad….but very, very true.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deputy819, post: 2958502, member: 98025"] No…..this guy just didn’t/doesn’t have a clue about ‘ballistics’. I hated to do it (not really), but I told him that his 30-06 was perfectly capable of making that shot if he knew the “drops” and could either hold or dial appropriately. He asked me how he could possibly know “ALL” that ? (I was getting uncomfortable at this point and knew that he as the shooter COULDN’T make that shot 🤮) So, I told him to get a chronograph and establish his average muzzle velocity for the factory ammo he was using and then use a free ballistic app for the drops OR (and better still) actually shoot at the distances he might encounter and record the drops and make a chart. He replied by saying (and I quote) “Well, I’m NOT gonna do all that stuff!” It was right then and there that I told him “Then you wasted your money on a NEW 6.5 Creedmoor because THAT’S what you’d have to do with that rifle, too…..if you wanna actually hit what your aiming at….it’s not a laser beam!” He shook his head and uttered a few curse words in my direction (I think) and simply walked away. 🤷♂️ Very, very sad….but very, very true. [/QUOTE]
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