I finished wrapping and adding new vanes to my arrows. Brad suggested Brakekleen to get the adhesive residue off. It took a little bit of work with a rag, but it removed all of the adhesive - thanks! I couldn\'t find a mousepad, so I used the rifle targets I was going to use the next day to sight in my rifle as a base with some give. I am trying the NAP Quick Spin vanes, rather than my standard strait blazer vanes. I use a jo-jan 6 arrow fletcher and the product came out pretty good. I\'ll have to look for some more, but I was able to find the same elk arrow wraps on line, so that they match my exisitng finished arrows.
The next day I woke up early and headed to the hills to sight in my 300 win mag. One of my brother\'s will be borrowing my rifle for their early rifle buck hunt, and I will use it first rifle season for elk in CO. I use Barnes VorTex 180 gr factory ammo. I picked a spot to shoot at treeline, but I should have brought my hunting backpack, as I had to hike a bit more than I thought to get to a good spot to sight in. All I had was a duffle bag (that had shoulder straps only - no wasit belt) carrying all my ammo, spotting scope, hammer, sand bags, clothes, etc. Oh well, it was a good workout! I started at 300yds to establish my zero. First three shots were in the lower left group in the photo below, but my point of aim was the center of the target. Then I adjusted my scope and the 4th round hit dead on in the center of the target.
After that, I set my target out at 400yds and then at 500 yds. At each yardage I shot 5 rounds and measured my actual bullet drop to complete my drop chart based on the average drop on the 5 shot groups. I will put the drops at the respective yardages in a spreadsheet and then tape it to my stock along with the MOA adjustment needed, so there is no quick panic laden calculations when we find deer/elk - even simple math can seem like calculus once an animal comes in range! When I was done and hiked down to the truck on the main road, I looked across the valley and saw 5 bulls in the willows between the pine trees. The pictures didn\'t turn out, but there was a 6x6, 5x5, 4x4 and two 3x3\'s. Was a pretty good day and then it got better when I went with my wife to a pig roast back in Denver for dinner and a couple drinks.
The next day I woke up early and headed to the hills to sight in my 300 win mag. One of my brother\'s will be borrowing my rifle for their early rifle buck hunt, and I will use it first rifle season for elk in CO. I use Barnes VorTex 180 gr factory ammo. I picked a spot to shoot at treeline, but I should have brought my hunting backpack, as I had to hike a bit more than I thought to get to a good spot to sight in. All I had was a duffle bag (that had shoulder straps only - no wasit belt) carrying all my ammo, spotting scope, hammer, sand bags, clothes, etc. Oh well, it was a good workout! I started at 300yds to establish my zero. First three shots were in the lower left group in the photo below, but my point of aim was the center of the target. Then I adjusted my scope and the 4th round hit dead on in the center of the target.
After that, I set my target out at 400yds and then at 500 yds. At each yardage I shot 5 rounds and measured my actual bullet drop to complete my drop chart based on the average drop on the 5 shot groups. I will put the drops at the respective yardages in a spreadsheet and then tape it to my stock along with the MOA adjustment needed, so there is no quick panic laden calculations when we find deer/elk - even simple math can seem like calculus once an animal comes in range! When I was done and hiked down to the truck on the main road, I looked across the valley and saw 5 bulls in the willows between the pine trees. The pictures didn\'t turn out, but there was a 6x6, 5x5, 4x4 and two 3x3\'s. Was a pretty good day and then it got better when I went with my wife to a pig roast back in Denver for dinner and a couple drinks.
A significant change in altitude or temperature can have some drastic changes on bullet drop the farther you shoot.
