.17 WSM is a "climber".

[12ring]

New scope came in today for the Savage 17 WSM. Nikon 4-12x40 BDC.


Sighted it in @ 50 yds. Target is 1/2" x maybe 3/4" electric tape. 4 shots 1/4 to 3/4" high.


Moved to 100 yards and even higher. 1 & 1/4" high.


Set a lighter fluid bttl @ 150 yds and put crosshairs at top of "kingsford" circle in the neck of the bttl. Hit the lid. Still 1" high! Couldn't shoot for group - bttl fell.


It fell broadside so I shot at bottom of lid. Hit maybe 1" left.


30 min later a crow @ 142 yds. Close nuff!


Can't wait to catch a yote bout that distance.

Gonna shoot 200 yds tomorrow to see if this thing ever flattens out, lol.

[onetondodge]

What ammo you running in it.

[Randy]

Vertical stringing is usually lack of powder.

[dustoffer]

It is never going to "flatten out" as a bullet's or arrow's trajectory is a rainbow. The difference is how high the top of the rainbow is going to be at mid-point.

If you know the bullet's "numbers" and the MV, you can go to the interweb and figure out the mid-range "climb" for any given load/zero.

[Cajun Blake]

if your bullet is impacting 1/2" high at 50 yds, your ZERO is approx. 170 yds.

with a 100 yd zero, bullet will impact -4.2" (low) at 200 yds

use the ballistics calculator below to get you close

velocity = 3000 fps
b.c. = .185
bullet weight = 20 grs
sight ht. = 1.5"

http://www.handloads.com/calc/index.html

[12ring]

Bullets are 20gr American Eagle, I think. The $14 box at Wal-Mart.

I will prob sight it in dead on at 150 yds (fdr in pasture below the house is 142 yds). That should have me covered 0-200 yds. And a 150 yd 0 will be devastating on the coons!

Thanks for the info.

[catslayer]

which rifle is that? bolt doesn't look right for the savage

[12ring]

It's the Savage Bmag. $252.00 at local gun shop.

[TacticalCowboy]

if your bullet is impacting 1/2" high at 50 yds, your ZERO is approx. 170 yds.

with a 100 yd zero, bullet will impact -4.2" (low) at 200 yds

use the ballistics calculator below to get you close

velocity = 3000 fps
b.c. = .185
bullet weight = 20 grs
sight ht. = 1.5"

http://www.handloads.com/calc/index.html

This. As soon as that bullet leaves the barrel, it's falling. Bullets don't defy gravity.

[meltingfeather]

This. As soon as that bullet leaves the barrel, it's falling. Bullets don't defy gravity.

They do go up before they go down.

[Drycreek3189]

They do go up before they go down.

No. They fall ( as does any object ). They do however, have a trajectory that rises ABOVE YOUR LINE OF SIGHT making it seem like the bullet rises. But it doesn't.

[TacticalCowboy]

They do go up before they go down.

If you shoot them at an incline. Shoot a bullet perfectly level, and it will NOT go up.

[meltingfeather]

No. They fall ( as does any object ). They do however, have a trajectory that rises ABOVE YOUR LINE OF SIGHT making it seem like the bullet rises. But it doesn't.

So if I throw a baseball up in the air it falls up until it starts falling down?
lol

If you shoot them at an incline. Shoot a bullet perfectly level, and it will NOT go up.

who shoots bullets level with a scoped rifle?


thanks for the lesson on gravity... I'm sure nobody here gets it.

[TacticalCowboy]

So if I throw a baseball up in the air it falls up until it starts falling down?
lol


who shoots bullets level with a scoped rifle?


thanks for the lesson on gravity... I'm sure nobody here gets it.

It's apparent nobody does get it. What keeps your baseball from continuing to go up? Gravity. The bullet does the same thing. If you shoot a bullet at an incline, it surely does go up. This is not because the bullet "rises" or "climbs," but because it was launched at an incline.

[RJH1]

It's apparent nobody does get it. What keeps your baseball from continuing to go up? Gravity. The bullet does the same thing. If you shoot a bullet at an incline, it surely does go up. This is not because the bullet "rises" or "climbs," but because it was launched at an incline.

What if it was filled with helium?