The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Looking for DOPE for R-25 308

bigghoss · January 8, 2013, 09:58 AM

DOPE=Data On Previous Engagements. Your DOPE is going to be specific to your rifle/scope/ammo and can vary with a multitude of factors. The ballistic calculators mentioned earlier will get you close (close being a relative term at 1000yds) but you'll actually have to put rounds on target to know how your system behaves.

Out to 400 yards it should be a simple matter of compensating for wind and bullet drop, much past that and things start to get complicated.

January 8, 2013, 09:58 AM	#4
bigghoss Senior Member Join Date: September 15, 2006 Location: Pueblo, Colorado Posts: 2,664	DOPE=Data On Previous Engagements. Your DOPE is going to be specific to your rifle/scope/ammo and can vary with a multitude of factors. The ballistic calculators mentioned earlier will get you close (close being a relative term at 1000yds) but you'll actually have to put rounds on target to know how your system behaves. Out to 400 yards it should be a simple matter of compensating for wind and bullet drop, much past that and things start to get complicated. __________________ I don't collect guns, I accumulate them.