Does anybody on here tape ballistics to their stock?
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I have thought about it but have never done it since almost any shot for me is limited to 200 yards and under due to terrain. My Ruger American came with a ballistics decal for Hornady Ammo. The thing with referring to ballistic charts is that I've never seen a deer stand still long enough for me to formulate a shot if I did check it.
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I have a table on my JC Higigns .22lr rifle I shoot silhouette with.
Most all hunting rifles I have are sighted in 1" or 1 1/2" high at 100yds, so, like 30-06 above, they shoot dead on for most game animals out to normal shooting ranges of 100 to 200yds.
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without trying to sound like a pompous donkey I forced myself to memorize what I need to know for a specific hunt or shooting scenario. So it's actually very limited the holds I need to memorize for given yardages in deer hunting situations. So I just memorize the distances and mil's associated with those for my round. It's served me well because I've had a scenario where a buck got kicked up while I was posted in a corner of a field. He ran by me flat out and didn't stop til he was 325 yards out but stopped broadside. I knew my drop was right at 20" at 300. 2 mils = 21 (approx.) at 300. I'm zero'd at 200 tho and so all I had to do was memorize differences between 200 ballistics on my round to 300, 400, etc. Being comfortable with mil conversions is really what it came down to. I'm sure a table for quick reference would actually be easier.. haha
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What I do is I go to www.hornady.com/ballistics-resource/ballistics-calculator and type in my bullet information(BC, MV, weight, sight in range, etc.) click "calculate", and at the bottom of the results it says "print". I print on a piece of paper, trim it down to make it fit on my stock, then tape it on.
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This isn't needed for rifles that are fast and flat shooting and hunting conditions where shots will be under 400 yards or so. For example, I zero my 25-06s at 200 yards and aim where I want to hit at 100 and 200. I level on the top of the back at 300 yards, eyes at 500 yards and top of the rack at 600 yards. I need to remember 10 mph windage for 500 and 600 but don't have to worry about wind short of that.
Long range shooting presents different issues though. I tape ballistics info on all rifles that will shoot out to 1000 yards or beyond. My long range rifles all have reticle hashes for precise holdover out to the ranges I intend to use them but I need help remembering drops and windage for a dozen or so ranges. If I don't remember it I take time to look. If I don't have time to do this, I don't take the shot.
If I think I have time, I prefer to dial come-ups and windage on the turrets when game is over 600 yards away.
I watch the wind and measure the wind continuously while I hunt or while stalking, checking my windage memory at various long ranges against what is on the stock.
For slower, limited range rifles like the 30-06 with 168g bullets, I just put windages on the stock for 400 yards and beyond. I use the scope's BDC reticle for holdover on all shots out to 700 yards.
For many years I only shot one fast rifle with only a couple loads (varmint and deer) and I shot that nearly every week. It was a lot easier to remember the drops and windage that way for sure.
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The young fella I took deer hunting last week had some ballistics stuff taped to his gun's butt stock. It was from the previous owner. Patrick was having a difficult time trying to peel the crap off without wrecking the finish on that hardly-used old Remington 700. I suggested rubbing alcohol. I should check to see how he made out. Frankly, I had never seen anything like that before. Must be something the range crowd does. I'm not much for the range scene.
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