Hoping to use the slugs for one of the long range field target night matches next week so I've been getting actual dope data on them. Everything prior with the slugs has been from Strelok, and was pretty close to actual, but as usual, not exact.
So that true dope data just became a new column on my bottle sticker.
It's smaller than it looks (size 6.5font).
Left column is distance, the rest are click values. Since I'm using a 1/10mil per click scope, the printed data is easily converted to holdovers. Furthermore, the scope allows a guy to zoom out and use a combo of holdovers and clicks to REALLY stretch it out.
The sub 20 column has been verified to 100 yards on paper. And the 15.89 and 18.9 columns have been verified on paper to 135 yards, and much further on pests.
The three columns are an amalgamation of shots taken on paper, at pests, and data from Strelok. While the wind is always the wildcard, I'm pretty confident in the vertical with most of this information. The main gray area is the 100-250 yards with the 13.73s, and that's also the combination that I may never even use, as 20fpe even out to 100yards is a stretch.
I don't love having two zeros for the 15.89 and 18.9 "tunes" but I DO love not needing to rezero the scope when I switch projectiles.
Kinda interesting to compare the three and how it shakes out as distance increases. BC of 0.044 with the 13.73, 0.048 with the 15.89, and 0.09 with the 18.9.
Having a physical dope sheet is much quicker than needing to open my phone to access Strelok. AND my dope sheet is more accurate than what Strelok gives me, since much of it has been verified and/or is based on real-world shooting.
Range em, smile and dial, then smile some more.