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Author: harry p.
A Gen X mechanical engineer who values family, strength, discipline, self-reliance and freedom who is doing what he can to protect his family, belittle morons and be ready for the tough times ahead.
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My first thought was I wonder how many people don’t know what that means.
@ASIG: most. But the ones who do find it deliciously ironic.
@ ASIG:
Count me as #1 of people who don’t know that that means.
Sounds like it has do with planes. Or sighting in a gun.
Tim,
affirmative on the latter
i shared this with a group of friends and family, less than 30% needed it explained. i think that says a lot about who i associate myself with
@Tim: at rifle distances, bullets are moved by the wind, and you must compensate for that movement. This is called windage. Target ranges will set up large colored flags at various distances so the shooter can try to “read the wind” and compensate accordingly. This is one of the most important but difficult skills in longer range shooting.
2nd what persnickety said, windage is much more difficult to account for (especially moving targets). this is why if you are being shot at from distance be sure to move sideways a great deal instead of only moving vertically, you’ll be much harder to hit.
Tim ,don’t listen to these knuckleheads .What if they’re shooting SMART bullets.
From now on if you need to know anything about guns or bullets you ask me.
Who gave bb a thumbs up for that statement?
Unless of course the thumbs up means thumbs up their own asses.
bb, ive forgotten more about firearms today than you know comprehensively.
I don’t have to worry about windage. Anything that far away I am not hitting anyway.
David – you need more practice.
bb – I’ve shot a 192/4x at 600 yards. What’s your best?
“I don’t have to worry about windage. Anything that far away I am not hitting anyway.”
And the award for the most honest guy on the board goes to….
I cranked a black bear at 408 yards leaning over a tree stump with 139GR Hornady Interbond in a 280 Ackley Improved. There was no wind. He died. Not sure how to score that. Me one bear nothing?
@Francis: A 280 AI is almost cheating. Kinda like the new “26 Nosler” which is cheating, and probably offers about 500 rounds of barrel life. But yeah, Francis-1, Bear-0.
Most likely those rioters came in while George W Bush was president. I believe Obama just passed W in amounts of immigrants coming in. Early in Obama’s term very few aliens came in. After 19 aliens blew up NY city, Bush threw our borders open and flooded our country with illegals. Aliens kill a 9-11 a year here (3,000 according to rep King of Iowa) from a combination of murders and car wrecks. The ‘elite republicans’ have no problem with that kind of slaughter by foreigners visiting our country. We do.
Rainman……
I shot a bit as a country boy, gophers at maybe 50 yards with a bolt action 22 with a long heavy barrel and steel sights and also pistols in the barn and back yard. Then moved to NYC and environs for the last 30 years, just about nothing but very seldom trap and skeet since, at which I am also mediocre. Never had occasion for anything long range but i do miss shooting, lot of fun.
I can’t imagine hitting something with a fatal shot at 400 yards. Maybe if I had a machine gun.
My best shot (unbelievably lucky – that I shouldn’t even have taken in the first place!) was in Nevada. muley hunting. Topped a ridge and spooked a small herd of the tasty bounders down slope between me and the next ridgeback. The biggest deer started up the next ridge – and was about half way up. I had a 30-30 (brush gun), thought “up a bit and to the right” and popped it.
I mortared the poor deer through the _opposite_ flank with the bullet dropping like a rock?.
I also ate him.
MA
PS: After that, I only shot does and made sure I didn’t have to pack them out on horseback like that big bugger!
Snick,
280 AI is basically a seven mag. It was pushing that Hornady at just under 3200 fps out of the muzzle. It was stupid accurate too – which is why I like the AI’s (I’ve had 3 of them in that caliber and 2 of the 257’s) It would shoot the 139Lb’s to .25″ so long as I was doing my job. I built it on a pres 64 Win Model 70 action. It had a Wildcat fibreglass stock and a 25.5″ octagonal custom barrel built by a Canadian guy named King. I swore I’d never sell it so I did what I always do when I say those sorts of things. I sold it!