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You've got it figured out OP. I bet you had fun
How did the 6.5C do at one mile? Do you think having the wind in your favor helped a lot? Typically you hear more 1000-1200 range reports but 1,700+ is a different animal. I assume you were shooting hand loads?
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We had a great time.
At a mile, Shannon's 5 out of 10 is the best we've ever done. Usually it's more like 10% to 30% hit rate. It's still supersonic at a mile (in our atmospherics), but getting the wind left/right can be a crapshoot. The tail wind may have saved us a few clicks, but the key was that it was straight to the target. If you need to hold more than 6 or 7 minutes left or right, expect to miss 95%. At 1200, we can reliably hit the target. At 1500, hit falls to about 50%, even with little wind (predictably, missing left and right is the main issue). At a mile, you can hit the target if you shoot at it enough. Targets are 20"X40" steel silhouettes.
I am a reloader, but we were shooting factory Hornady 147gr ELDM.