mag41uk wrote:It was very interesting!Strangely Brown wrote:Tony,
I just wondered how it went?
The crosswind was a sod! It got stronger as the morning went on. The flag poles were bending over.
My first couple of shots were off the target and I do know my zero for 900 and 1000.
Thanks to marker I found I was shooting high and off to the right.
Got on target and had a few V`s then next shot would be in the white to the right.
I was using my 260 AE3. Using 139gn scenars at 2800fps I had 9.8mrad ele and around 2.7mrad windage.
Using 130gn Norma at 2900 fps I had 8.8mrad ele and 2.3 windage. (This was earlier when the wind wasn't so bad.)
My two mates were using an AX and an AW in 308. One using 155gn Noslers and the other 155SMK`S and Lapua 170gn Lockbase.
He found the Lockbase to be much better in those conditions.
One of the chaps ran out of windage with his PM11! He reckoned the bullets drift was about 23 feet!
Some folk next to us were using F class in 308 with stout 200gn loads and doing pretty well.
Tony
That's interesting, as that's my load of choice, it would have been good to give it a go in those conditions, maybe next time.
Alan