hunter686

140 ELDM or 143 ELDX?

Is it free? 

If you're not reloading I'd go to my local gun shop and see what they have most of In terms of ammo. The usual suspects will be 223, 22-250, 243 and so on. If you are only going to lamping ranges anything more than a cumshot will be sufficient. I'm a big advocate of the .204 but you will get far more offerings in .223 and it will give you a chance to diversify your rifle if you want to go bigger or smaller in terms of grain weight or game. Maby look into 1-8 or a 1-10 twist if you can get it. Gives you the option to stretch the legs if you start to get the notion for longer ranges.

On 18/02/2018 at 11:41 AM, srvet said:

Has anyone tried the 10 round load development method as in this YouTube video? 

https://youtu.be/ACyfeeBHVOA

 

 

 

I use this method to great effect. My current match round was picked up in the very first test (about 10 rounds) and I havn't changed it 700 shots. Apart from to chase the lands. I'm looking for to 1/3 MOA out that gun to 1000 yards 

I have mine on my .204 so I'm only going out to 500yrds. Upto that point there is only 1/4 of a click in it at any weather extreme for me. At the start of a day I'll either fire a test shot at a known distance then adjust accordingly for the rest of they day. Option 2: I'll rig up my ballistics app as normal and compare data with my turret and and make a mental note on what to do for the day i.e 10°c warmer .25 of a click less than turret suggests. If I'm missing at that it's usually my fault instead of the 1.25 inches vertical i was out at 500yrds

True, and plenty left over for spare turrets!

I wanted to do my next set as white on black, I wonder how the vinyl would take to being printed black... need to order some and play

Stuff in my previous pics was matte vinyl. I left a buggered one in a glass of of water over night and it was still sticky with zero colour run.

Where did you order from if I may be so bold?

Sounds a bit nicer than £20!

I'll look back through my invoices and find the company.

Someone suggested printing directly on to vinyl so I am going to order some of this to try out

A4 Inkjet Gloss Vinyl Self Adhesive Sticker Paper x20 sheets https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000W4H63S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_MNQcxbGBXJKJD

I bought a sample pack from a company and it only cost 97p and you get 3 A4 sheets with adhesive backing.

I am thinking its something strange about the grid spacing?

 

Its almost as if its an error with the spacing/sizing of the grid coordinates...very frustrating!

 

Here's a couple of screen shots of mine, different scope but might help out.

 

Just realised you can't see my hash marks on the screen shot. But you can see them from that view.

Cannot get it to work for me!

 

Using an NXS scope 0.250MOA, my measurements are

 

29.972mm diameter therefore circumference is 94.112mm

40 clicks per turret which gives me 2.352mm hash spacing

available label height is 10.16mm

 

When i enter the coordinates into QCAD, the length of the "X" axis only allows me to enter 17 hash marks???

 

I must be missing something?

 

Any ideas anyone?

Try zooming RIGHT in. You have to get really close to see the correct division's

Ok thanks, so how did you arrive at the number for the x and y grid spacing?

Diameter of the turrets X 3.14 then divide that number by how many moa in a revolution (clicks) in my case 80 for the NF and that will give you the exact spacing for your hash marks

Great tutorial but how do you get the hash marks in qcad to line up exactly with the ones on your turrets?

I've managed to do it via trial, error and printing half a rain forest just by slightly adjusting the x and y settings in drawing preference / grid until they line up but there must be an easier way? My scopes are March and NF .125 MOA

I found doing the pie to 3 decimal places worked best. Same goes for your grid spacing. Remember Nf are American so they will be dealing in imperial so if you take a metric measurement and its a wierd number like 32.98 then double check and go with it, don't round it no matter how close it seems to a whole number because if you check the imperial measurement it most likely will be a whole number.

 

My first attempt i missed the 3 decimal ie. 0.008 of a mm and i ended up .16 out over the length of the wrap, enough to throw it out.

 

Best of luck

Im not sure what you mean? If I try to hatch a section it tells me there is no boundary selected?

Draw the box the required size. Select the box (Lines go burgundy) then hatch it the colour you want.

Ok. Got to a point where ive mastered the wrap and spacing but how on earth do you change the background colour? I've got black numbers on a white back ground and want vice a versa?

You have to separate the background and ballistics info by setting them on separate layers. You have to make sure the black box is the first layer followed by the writing there after. Best way is draw the sqaure then hatch it with a solid colour. Hatching option is in the menu on the left hand side.

Hunter686, which method / programmedid you use to create these? The one from the original post? These wraps are great.....gona have to do some for my nxs

Yeh, i just downloaded QCAD after reading the OP and set to work. Took me a while to to get the white on black tbh but I'm glad i did!

I wonder if its possible to buy turret caps for nightforce scopes and have a few different caps calibrated to different atmospheric conditions?

 

That would be ideal!

Could also do if lives on two different rifles. Write down the new zero, set the turrets, add new turrets set to zero. Ready to be fitted to the other rifle

Mk2

 

Made a couple of alterations and we now have the final version!

Right on the money!

 

Just finished mine for the NXS.

 

Cheers for taking the time to write it all down

Stickie!

Have a look on the Field Sports Britain channel on YouTube, they did a pretty good test on subs.