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Question for the ballistic guys out there...
What would the drop be at exactly 200 yards in perfect conditons with a 20 inch barrel SPS Tactical, firing a 168 grain Winchester Ballistic Silvertip .308? I missed a shot on a good buck on my hunting trip at about exactly 200 yards (used a range finder). I was prone, using a sturdy backpack as a rest and my crosshairs were dead still, holding about 5 inches above the center of the vitals. It was low-light conditions and I was using a crappy Simmons 3X9X50 with cheap Weaver rings, but I'd spent a good deal of time sighting it in the week before at 100 yards, shooting slightly under 1 inch groups, in the dead center of the bullseye. There was no wind. My question is, in perfect conditions, what should the drop have been? We spent 3 hours looking for blood or any sign of a hit, I was that sure of my shot, despite the low light. I would not have missed left or right, and without the scope having been knocked around (I took great care not to do anything like that) I'm trying to figure out what went wrong. I have the empty casing on my work desk, and it stares at me... mocking me...
What would the drop be at exactly 200 yards in perfect conditons with a 20 inch barrel SPS Tactical, firing a 168 grain Winchester Ballistic Silvertip .308? I missed a shot on a good buck on my hunting trip at about exactly 200 yards (used a range finder). I was prone, using a sturdy backpack as a rest and my crosshairs were dead still, holding about 5 inches above the center of the vitals. It was low-light conditions and I was using a crappy Simmons 3X9X50 with cheap Weaver rings, but I'd spent a good deal of time sighting it in the week before at 100 yards, shooting slightly under 1 inch groups, in the dead center of the bullseye. There was no wind. My question is, in perfect conditions, what should the drop have been? We spent 3 hours looking for blood or any sign of a hit, I was that sure of my shot, despite the low light. I would not have missed left or right, and without the scope having been knocked around (I took great care not to do anything like that) I'm trying to figure out what went wrong. I have the empty casing on my work desk, and it stares at me... mocking me...