Second Runnings - predicting gravity?

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Is there a way to accurately (or at least in the ball park) predict the gravity of second runnings on a big beer?

I am brewing a BDSA with a friend today - around a 6 gallon batch to allow for leaving trub behind in boil kettle.

We have a grain bill that includes 13 lbs pils and 3 lbs munich, plus a few pounds of various other malts - aromatic, wheat, cara, etc.

Expecting OG of about 1.1 ish.

We are going to do a second sparge and collect runnings for a smaller beer. Just wondering what we can expect. Does not need to be precise -
1.03-1.04?
1.04-1.05 ? Just something like that.

We have extract on hand to boost if necessary.
 
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