Re: Headshots? Take them or no?
Actually, in that scenario, at 3500’ elevation and 10*C you would be 2.3” of drift and a 0.36 second TOF with a 10.6mph full value wind at 300 yards.... Just sayin’.
Kodiak, sincerely no disrespect intended, but not sure where you are getting your numbers.....using Brian Litz's BC's for the 180 accubond, two different ballistics calculators are giving me 5.6" and 6.0".....
anyway.... the actual numbers aren't important here, it was just an example to try and illustrate that to a shooter uneducated to the effect "environmentals" can have on bullet flight, a 300 yd broadside shot could be just as risky as a 50 yd head shot where environmental effects will be almost nil.
also to try and illustrate that as distance increases, and "field conditions" are factored in, shooter error and group size is very often not a linear relationship, just because a shooter can do 1" @100yds from the bench, that almost never translates to 3" @ 300 in the field....more likely 6" or more.
Point still being, you need to KNOW what your load will do under different conditions and at different distances to minimize your margin for error when the critters in the scope and your bloods runnin hot! Its amazing how many folks seem to think their rifle is a lazer death ray that just magically hits where the crosshairs are regardless of conditions, distance, uphiil/downhill etc, etc
again, not advocating one way or another as far as headshots go....but in some ways, there are less variables that can bite an inexperienced shooter when trying to hit the 3" 50 yd target vs the 12" 300 yd target
JMO
"Do not go where the path may lead,
go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Emerson