Stuck on Quick Drop

[Q_Sertorius]

I don’t understand why someone would change the load or barrel length to align with some system. Why not just keep your dope on your rifle? What am I missing here?

 

[Wprinkle]

I don’t understand why someone would change the load or barrel length to align with some system. Why not just keep your dope on your rifle? What am I missing here?

Because its infinitely slower and and a decade or so behind the times. Why would I range something then look at a card and "get close" when I can hear a range and be with .1 mil within 1 second and never have to break position to dial or look at a card or phone? It is akin to dialing for wind or using MOA. Why do ten steps horribly when you can do 2 accurately.

 

[TimberHunter]

I don’t understand why someone would change the load or barrel length to align with some system. Why not just keep your dope on your rifle? What am I missing here?

You will learn young grasshopper. S2H will teach


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[Q_Sertorius]

Because its infinitely slower and and a decade or so behind the times. Why would I range something then look at a card and "get close" when I can hear a rance and be with .1 mil? It is akin to dialing for wind or using MOA. Why do ten steps horribly when you can do 2 accurately.

What ten steps am I doing? I am getting the range from my rangefinder and dialing to the number I have memorized with reference to the closest 50 yards. I already know automatically “300 yards means up 1.5 mils.” What’s faster than that? I’m certainly not plugging something into my phone for a shot at a real animal. That’s entirely impractical in a real hunting situation where I hunt.

The dope card in my pocket or on my rifle is just a backup for my memory. A refresher.

Are you getting the ballistic solution straight from your rangefinder? Or plugging the range into an app?

 

[HuntHarder]

What ten steps am I doing? I am getting the range from my rangefinder and dialing to the number I have memorized with reference to the closest 50 yards. I already know automatically “300 yards means up 1.5 mils.” What’s faster than that? I’m certainly not plugging something into my phone for a shot at a real animal. That’s entirely impractical in a real hunting situation where I hunt.

The dope card in my pocket or on my rifle is just a backup for my memory. A refresher.

Are you getting the ballistic solution straight from your rangefinder? Or plugging the range into an app?

At your S2H class coming up, Form will re-program you to "shoot on demand"

 

[Q_Sertorius]

At your S2H class coming up, Form will re-program you to "shoot on demand"

What does that mean?

 

[Wprinkle]

What ten steps am I doing? I am getting the range from my rangefinder and dialing to the number I have memorized with reference to the closest 50 yards. I already know automatically “300 yards means up 1.5 mils.” What’s faster than that? I’m certainly not plugging something into my phone for a shot at a real animal. That’s entirely impractical in a real hunting situation where I hunt.

The dope card in my pocket or on my rifle is just a backup for my memory. A refresher.

Are you getting the ballistic solution straight from your rangefinder? Or plugging the range into an app?well in the east where your blind is exactly x yards from your feeder

Well I’m sure you’re not aware of this but in The west we don’t have blinds set up at exact distances from the feeder where “300 yards” every time is a thing.. you have no clue what your hold is at 461 yards with a 12 mph full value wind.. quick drop gives you that in less than 2 seconds. No looking at a dope card or dialing.. I’m getting ballistic solutions from quick drop and wind brackets

 

[Wprinkle]

Since I learned about it a few years ago and really practiced it this summer/fall, I highly prefer a bullet/velocity that fits closely to QD. I rarely use my dope chart or phone when I’m practicing or hunting

For guys that are shooting really fast (think 6UM, 6PRC), etc), do you guys just rely on your phone/dope chart taped to the stock?


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its funny that you made a thread asking a specific question but there is always someone who knows absolutely friggin nothing about it has to chime in and give their ignorant and irrelevant input. like they do on EVERY SINGLE fn thread made..

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Well I’m sure you’re not aware of this but in The west we don’t have blinds set up at exact distances from the feeder where “300 yards” every time is a thing.. you have no clue what your hold is at 461 yards with a 12 mph full value wind.. quick drop gives you that in less than 2 seconds. No looking at a dope card or dialing.. I’m getting ballistic solutions from quick drop and wind brackets

Please stop making false assumptions and just answer the questions.

It’s illegal to hunt over a feeder in Virginia and I have never hunted from a blind or over bait. The only place I have ever seen anyone [legally] hunt that way was in Oklahoma. While that may not be *The West* to you, it is west of the Mississippi.

For your example, I would dial up 3.1 (or hold 3).

I have no clue how to tell that the wind is 10 or 12 mph. But I know that my hold for 10 mph at 450 is 1… and I wouldn’t be dialing it.

Again, “how are you getting the ballistic solution in two seconds?” And, “how does changing your powder charge or barrel length make it faster to do it your way?” They are honest questions and all you have to do is answer them.

 

[TimberHunter]

Please stop making false assumptions and just answer the questions.

It’s illegal to hunt over a feeder in Virginia and I have never hunted from a blind or over bait. The only place I have ever seen anyone [legally] hunt that way was in Oklahoma. While that may not be *The West* to you, it is west of the Mississippi.

For your example, I would dial up 3.1 (or hold 3).

I have no clue how to tell that the wind is 10 or 12 mph. But I know that my hold for 10 mph at 450 is 1… and I wouldn’t be dialing it.

Again, “how are you getting the ballistic solution in two seconds?” And, “how does changing your powder charge or barrel length make it faster to do it your way?” They are honest questions and all you have to do is answer them.

Answers:

Use quick drop. Example: 482 yards, dial 2.8 mil and shoot

Quick drop rule of thumb only lines up with certain BC bullets going between 2500-2700 ish. Hence the reason you tailor loads to fit those parameter so you are not reliant on dope cards, phones or electronics other than a range finding device

Again, you will learn young grasshopper


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