Have not shot the 45-70 in 6 or 7 months and then it was only 100 yards.
Today I met a friend at the 500-yard range to see if I could hit any steel. The black steel was 300-yards and I was aiming at the steel plate behind it at 500-yards. We figured the drop was about 65". Took 8 rounds before I started hitting the plate.
Next, we stepped out to the 500-yard steel. The berm is about 20 feet high behind the plate. I was using a Burris 3 x 9 scope with plain crosshairs. I started out with the horizontal crosshair on top of the berm and was hitting about 40 feet short. I raised the scope to where the horizontal crosshair was about 3/4 of the way down on top of the berm. Managed a hit on my last shot. We are figuring about a 25-foot drop.
I was shooting a 405 grn Missouri SWC above some 32.0 grns of Shooter's World Buffalo Rifle powder.
The last picture is from the 500-yard steel looking back at the shooting benches.
Today I met a friend at the 500-yard range to see if I could hit any steel. The black steel was 300-yards and I was aiming at the steel plate behind it at 500-yards. We figured the drop was about 65". Took 8 rounds before I started hitting the plate.
Next, we stepped out to the 500-yard steel. The berm is about 20 feet high behind the plate. I was using a Burris 3 x 9 scope with plain crosshairs. I started out with the horizontal crosshair on top of the berm and was hitting about 40 feet short. I raised the scope to where the horizontal crosshair was about 3/4 of the way down on top of the berm. Managed a hit on my last shot. We are figuring about a 25-foot drop.
I was shooting a 405 grn Missouri SWC above some 32.0 grns of Shooter's World Buffalo Rifle powder.
The last picture is from the 500-yard steel looking back at the shooting benches.
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