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#1 ehd

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 05:26 PM

on my way to feed my sheep and a coyote was in a meadow about a mile from my house. It took off before i could get the rifle out and hit the brushline. I had three dogs with me and got them to bark and ole coyote couldnt stand it ,and popped his head out of the brush and gave me a quartering shot. The wind was blowing real hard but I got lucky and connected, just not in the neck. the dogs found it in the ditch. about 300 yards with a 22-250 55 gr. Berger putting along 3586 fps ( crawling for Frank).

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 06:29 PM

Nice work! Beautiful dog too! :signgreatreport3kg:
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 07:14 PM

Nice shooting Eric.That was a long poke! Congrats on the Coyote.
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 07:15 PM

Atta boy Eric, ole Frank just likes buying new barrels every other year thats all, must be a southern cal thing I guess :signgreatreport3kg: Lee

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 07:21 PM

Nice Shot!
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 07:28 PM

Nice shot! Doesn't matter how you get them in my opinion. A dead coyote is a dead coyote

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 07:31 PM

The wind was blowing real hard but I got lucky and connected,... a 22-250 55 gr. Berger putting along 3586 fps ( crawling for Frank).

LOL, yeah it is, Eric... but it still managed to "buck the wind" anyhow. B) I personally do not put much stock in wind blowing bullets off target. I have made enough (300-500+) yard shots on deer &/or coyotes in (some VERY) windy conditions to make me a HUGE skeptic of that stat. But hey, I was wrong once before. LOLAnyway, :signs1180lq: :signgreatreport3kg: as usual p.s. and as Bronco stated, you're dog (not the coyote / lol) is sure a beauty

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 07:35 PM

Atta boy Eric, ole Frank just likes buying new barrels every other year thats all, must be a southern cal thing I guess :signs1180lq:

:signgreatreport3kg: Hey Lee, I was gonna say you have no idea how (almost) true that is (just not every yr). Then I realized you obviously DO! LOL

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 07:40 PM

Nice Eric. Very nice!
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 07:45 PM

Did you have to point the dog's in the right direction to find that coyote.... :signgreatreport3kg: Good work on the coyote I say the wind does play it's part on a bullet.

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 07:52 PM

As slow as I got those bergers going Frank you can stand out there and catch them with a catcher mitt!. Short story on those bergers. I bought them as factory loaded ammo. With high hopes ,I bought 5 boxes of them and they shot like crap in my gun. i pulled the bullets, dumped the powder and built a load for them with IMR4895, and with them pulled way out of the case, as they are extremely long bullet.Anyway ,I took something that shot 3" groups to touching with a little work.Attached File  IMG_0847_1.jpg   40.48K   2 downloads 55 grain berger vrs. a 55 grain v-max

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 08:08 PM

Amazing, Eric, what a little "work" will do with the handloads. What a difference between the two bullets. Pics do say a thousand words. The 250 is indeed an AWESOME predator round, for LOTS of reasons.Shoot-it, not saying the wind won't effect a bullet, as it sure can. However, under certain conditions (& proper handloads) it won't have as much effect, if any, on them. Especially at around 3 & 400 yd +/-.If you had been with me on any of my long(er) shots you may have a change of mind. MAYBE? But, there are lots of folks that will agree with you obviously, but I tend to believe my own lying eyes over anything else. I have witnesses on these shots, with one who is more convinced than myslef. If that's possible? LOL

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 08:49 PM

those dogs can smell the powder trail. I for sure had some wind drift going on. Like about 8" against my trigger pull. So I dont think it was me. There is a whole lot of factors that come into play. As I once was told "there is more air around them ,than in them,but things get interesting when there is lead in the air"

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 08:55 PM

What's the col on the loaded vmax bullet it sure looks seated to far in the case.

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Posted 27 March 2012 - 04:25 AM

I didnt measure the v-max,as it is factory loaded. the col on the berger is 2.500". My book shows 2.350" for 55 gr, stuff

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Posted 27 March 2012 - 05:52 AM

Good job.Tom
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Posted 27 March 2012 - 06:20 AM

Nice job!

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Posted 27 March 2012 - 06:25 AM

Shoot-it, not saying the wind won't effect a bullet, as it sure can. However, under certain conditions (& proper handloads) it won't have as much effect, if any, on them. Especially at around 3 & 400 yd +/-.

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Posted 27 March 2012 - 07:04 AM

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Posted 27 March 2012 - 07:29 AM

I thought you said you were quitting that stuff, Ed? Hmmm, well, no wonder then, when I think about it!

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Posted 27 March 2012 - 07:41 AM

By the sounds of it, you found my stash.... :smiley_green_with_envy:
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 12:16 PM

Good shot eric. You other guys are nuts!. :roflmao3[1]:
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