quarter mile cold bore challenge

[imaguy3]

Alright, let's see who has good data, notes, and 1st shot hit ability. I like to constantly test my cold bore skills. No walking the gun in or fine tuning poi/poa. This is solely a test of your data, ability to read conditions, and quickly place a precise shot the first try (think medium/long range hunting).

I had a couple hours right at sunrise this morning so I took advantage of it to go and figured I'd document it in case it wasn't a terrible result. This doesn't have to be done at a quarter mile, the further the better. I just happened to be at 461 yrds, which was the furthest I could shoot in this location, and thought it was a catchy name.

Here are some pictures of my "range" and the conditions I was working with. I was shooting directly into the sun, luckily it hadn't risen above the horizon yet. Due to this my video quality isn't the best b/c of the combo of low light/high zoom of my spotting scope with the phone on it.

at the target looking back at my truck.. zoomed in a little so you could see it



walking to the target a few minutes after the shot, you can see it's starting to get lighter out (the little white square right above the right hand vehicle path is the target)


and the shot, I dialed 9.5moa for elevation. It was 65* out at 1800ft elevation.





I finished it up with a 5 shot group. The group center was only 1" above the aiming dot.

Here's video through my cheap spotting scope. It's long and most of it is the dead time b/t hitting record and getting into position. The shot actually breaks around 41 seconds, so I have it starting a few seconds before. I left the video unedited for posterity and good faith. The dead time b/t me hitting record and breaking the shot I'm literally loading the gun and finding the target. I didn't even have the shot setup before hitting record. I was even cold and trying to set everything up as quick as I could. lol

You can see in the above pics how the shot hit in the dark paint, I couldn't resolve where my hit was at the truck. But on the video, at the moment of impact, you can see it slightly change if you watch where the shot is.

https://youtu.be/4Ps-RYJ8HLc?t=36