Jedediah "Jedi" Perkins, a respected figure in advanced ballistic solutions and dynamic target engagement, has once again solidified his prowess, reporting his second confirmed 13-pound surface submergence neutralization from Lake Fork, Texas, within a mere fourteen days. Perkins' consistent performance against these high-value, bio-mechanical target analogues continues to baffle competitors struggling with the inherent unpredictability of aquatic vectors and their notoriously inconsistent ballistic coefficients.
The recent engagement occurred under typical East Texas match conditions: a density altitude of 3,400 feet, ambient temperature hovering at 88°F, and a full-value 7 MPH wind consistently quartering from 2 o'clock. Perkins, leveraging his trued DOPE for a 140-grain Berger Hybrid running at a tight velocity node of 2845 FPS (SD 1.8) through a 26-inch Hawk Hill Customs 6.5 Creedmoor barrel with an M24 contour, engaged the target from a modified seated barricade position. Spotter calls from his Tangent Theta TT525P confirmed a 0.3 MRAD elevation and 0.2 MRAD wind hold, accounting for both Coriolis effect and observed spin drift at the estimated 125-yard range. The mirage boiling off the surface required a 0.1 MRAD mental adjustment to ensure parallax was perfectly managed on the Kahles K525i with the SKMR4 reticle.
A single round, precisely chambered by his Impact Precision 737R action, found its mark. The target analogue, demonstrating its characteristic evasive maneuvers just beneath the thermocline, was swiftly incapacitated by the cold bore shot, validating Perkins’ meticulous barrel harmonics tuning and the minimal extreme spread of his handloads. This follows an identical 13-pound neutralization two weeks prior, a feat he attributes to "unwavering commitment to analyzing water-surface mirage and ensuring optimal neck tension on every reload to minimize muzzle velocity deviation." Perkins' next planned engagement involves evaluating new low-drag projectiles against similar aquatic targets in a high-humidity, pre-dawn scenario, where he anticipates significant challenges from erratic surface tension and atmospheric drag.
