Coriolis Effect

[mfllood3800]

Thx everyone

 

[Formidilosus]

Good advice there other than I don't feel a super light weapon is a good choice for learning long range precision shooting. Even if it is a 223. If you can shoot that well you can shoot anything well.

That's the reason to use the 223 as a trainer, especially in a LW gun. The Tikka T3 SL 223 with 1-8" twist is redicously accurate, has just enough weight with a good scope to learn how to group when prone, but is light enough and accurate enough to show when you fail to use correct technique. Everyone thinks they should go with a 15lb 300RUM, and what they really need is a 7lb .223 and actually learn what is happening.

why wouldn't my scope be working properly ?
I'm talking the NF scope?

It will be set by Fierce, with a custom turret. They have their shop 1 hr from me. It is suppose to come set up and ready to validate out to a 1000.

I was referring to the Vortex with the scope not working properly.

Not trying to rain on your parade- but your choices in how you are coming about learning to shoot long range is exactly opposite of the choices that you should be making.

There are three big negatives that I see everytime someone buys a "system"-

1) When something goes wrong with the system, and it will, you do not know how to diagnose or correct it.

2) When you miss, and you will, you do not know why and how to correct it.

And the biggest negative of all from a learning perspective...

3) When you hit you do not know why, and you do not know how to repeat it.



Actually those those three items are the things that lack in most people when it comes to all shooting, not just LR. There are no true shortcut to being able to consistently hit at medium to long range in the field.

As as I said- I'm not trying to poo-poo your gun or choices, just trying to give some perspective based on seeing just about every way to teach/learn LR and just about every "system" type used. There are very clear correlations to outcomes based on that. The vast majority of people are over cartridged, over barreled, over magnified, over gadgeted, under bulleted, under scoped, under knowledged and under practiced.

 

[mfllood3800]

I appreciate the insight.
I am excited to shoot long range.
It is NOT my purpose, it is going to be my option.

The reason I chose the 300 Rum, was for animals I will be hunting. Most well within the 300-500 range, which I am already fully capable of obtaining consistently.
I am not new to shooting or even shooting at distance. I just never got into the tech side of it.
I chose my weapon , not to learn to shoot LR, but to be able to have an accurate rifle, with repeatable results.
I chose to have a LR gun specialist set it up, to fill the voids of my inexperience.
Although I have already floated barrels, bedded stocks and installed after market triggers, to help my stock guns perform better.

Though I may not shoot a 1000 rounds a day, I do shoot every week, and go thru a ton of ammo.

I have no worries using my 300 RUM, it wasn't a "hey lets go LR shooting and get the biggest cal I can"
It was I want a gun to hunt with, that compliments the rest of my rifles I have used for 40 years.
It just happens to be a custom built LR set up, my current budget allowed me to utilize.
I personal consider LR to begin after 600 yards. I have already shot and consistently hit up to 500 with stock rifles well within the kill zones with certain guns/cartridge set ups.

My proficiency is well above the average "gun ho" hunter.

I do appreciate all the helpful info from many of you who shoot LR.

I don't want to come across as unteachable, yet I don't want to appear ignorant or unable.
I'm very capable of shooting and repeating the distances I am comfortable at, which is further than many.

I am excited to have my custom rifle here next week, and fully expect my groups to go smaller at my current distances, and hopefully with others guidance and help, take those distances and stretch them out even further.