id you know that the distance from Orange, Texas,
heading west across the entire state to El Paso is
762 miles? That’s about 30 miles farther than the
distance from El Paso straight west to San Diego’s coast.
The point is, Texas stretches seemingly forever, and its
many huge-acreage ranches provide perfect ground for
ultra-long-range shooting and testing new equipment.
“Gimme three left, then wait for me,” said Chip Beaman,
who sat behind me with his eye welded to the spotting
scope. I responded by shifting the third stadia line on theright side of the m.o.a.-style crosshair to the center of the
36" square steel target.
“On it,” I mumbled as a prelude to zenning-out to the
rhythm of my own pulse while we both waited for the
legendary West Texas wind to give us a window. Moments
before, I’d received a humbling lesson on how a slight gust
could push my bullet off by more than 8 ft. if it wasn’t
called right or if I didn’t adjust accordingly. With my nger
resting on the Sabatti’s 2-lb. trigger, I waited.
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