Your First Shot on a Cold Bore is the most important.

[roadrunner]

Look it up.

Based on its mass, the sun's gravitational attraction to the Earth is more than 177 times greater than that of the moon to the Earth.

Gotta pay particular attention to moon cycles too, as gravitational pull is additive.

And who knows what kind of violence that does to a bullet!




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But a bullet is hardly the same mass as the planet Earth...

 

[Article 4]

@Article 4
Nah it seems he made it pretty clear how to read on the subject. He provided research to his hypothesis.

All you said was false. Again do you have anything to say to actually back up and support your false statement or are you just making unsubstantiated claims?

I refer you to the answer I gave before.

 

[Article 4]

But a bullet is hardly the same mass as the planet Earth...

Yup. I already addressed that

 

[RobHazmat89]

You guys never stop lol

 

[roadrunner]

Yup. I already addressed that

Yeah, I saw.

 

[wapitibob]

The Sun doesn't have a gravitational attraction towards the Earth; the opposite actually.

 

[RobHazmat89]

The Sun doesn't have a gravitational attraction towards the Earth; the opposite actually.

It's both actually

 

[id_jon]

I put exactly as much thought into my "cold bore" as I do into how much the moon is affecting my shot.

 

[wind gypsy]

 

[wapitibob]

I put exactly as much thought into my "cold bore" as I do into how much the moon is affecting my shot.

none is too much

 

[Pharmseller]

I’m just having fun with you guys.

I don’t buy any of that stuff, I was just seeing who bit.




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[Pharmseller]

Depending on which time zone your in, then the moon can have a much much greater influence.

That‘s what I was looking for.




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[id_jon]

I’m just having fun with you guys.

I don’t buy any of that stuff, I was just seeing who bit.




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That's what I figured at first, but then you went deeper and I second guessed myself

 

[Pharmseller]

My apologies. I didn’t get enough attention as a child.




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[Pharmseller]

Plus, some of you guys take this stuff waaaaay too seriously.




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[dan33]

To me it would depend on the difference from the cold bore and the warm bore shot. If the cold bore is 4” from a 1/2” warm bore group. The warm bore group is worthless. I’d either switch ammo or figure out a load that brings that cold bore closer to the warm bore groups. Vice versa.

Unless the cold bore impact is consistent every time. Then zero and hope that one is all you need.

I haven't seen a difference in my rifles between cold bore and hot. My dad however has one that with certain loads will have a poi shift. Not much maybe 1.25 to 1.5 moa for the first group them the next group will be sub moa. It all depends on what the rifle likes

 

[Pacific_Fork]

I’m just having fun with you guys.

I don’t buy any of that stuff, I was just seeing who bit.




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That was great hahaha. Rifle and bow hunters a like think wayyyyyyyy too much.

 

[KenLee]

I never hunt with a clean bore.




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Amen!
My first centerfile rifle, a well used Remington 742, took 5 shots after a good cleaning to "walk" back to zero. Taught me a valuable lesson 45 yrs ago.

 

[Pharmseller]

That was great hahaha. Rifle and bow hunters a like think wayyyyyyyy too much.

I gotta wonder how many guys actually Googled tidal stress and coriolis effect.

That idea tickles the hell out of me.




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[Article 4]

I gotta wonder how many guys actually Googled tidal stress and coriolis effect.

That idea tickles the hell out of me.




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Tidal stress - zero for me
Coriolis - nope, if you were at direct East and West to the meridian and were getting full affect, it is somewhere around 2 1/2 to 3 inches for the first 1000 yards. 97% of hunters and shooters wouldn't need to think about that. Ever