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Winging it -
Posted by Brian Richardson on Aug 31 2005
Kind of a strange request for research...
most desired model high power American bolt rifle of the day was the Winchester Model 70 in .30-'06. 150 grainer soft points, 180 grainers and 220 round nose soft points... along with mil-spec FMJ
Lots of sporterized military bolt guns around as well.
More representative scopes would have been Weaver K tubes w/ fine cross-hairs, or cross-hairs w/ a target dot, or post reticles on weaver bases and rings.
Wing shooting is very possible w/ rifles (I have done in a few in younger days w/ bb guns .22 lr, and scoped rifles... flying and just up from stationary) (last one a year or 2 ago using a SAR3 - I clipped it in the rear, and it did make fine table eats) I will add not high percentage shooting and not done by a rancher type who may only get a few boxes of shells a year.
W/ a high power you are likely to have feather and foot even when hit in the head or neck or ass.
I'm sure the practiced trick shooters having all the time and ammo w/ audience in the world to do so were pretty darn good at hitting on the wing... A rancher would not have wased time and ammo on winging it.
Oh - PS leading shots depends on many factors like distance, speed, size, wind conditions, velocity of the projectile, trajectory, etc... to say there is a lead or no lead would be determined by all these factors not just the speed of the bullet.
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