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<blockquote data-quote="Strider" data-source="post: 500786" data-attributes="member: 25695"><p>Your reason for shooting the 1k sounds exactly like mine.</p><p> </p><p>Regardless of what you have, if you can get it adjusted properly for 1k the scope should work. Magnification isn't a huge issue if hitting paper is what you are after, but at 12 and 16 power, that target looks small at 1k to me. What you have should work though. </p><p> </p><p>The hi-BC bullets are really important IMHO. If you have some ballistic software, try running a hunting bullet and a berger at 1k and look at the difference in drift. It is amazing at that distance. Where I shoot, the winds are shifty and tough to read. But even at 5 mph in shifting winds, hitting paper at 1k is a challenge with my Barnes. If you can't or don't want to do the hi-BC load change, I would try and shoot on a really calm day. </p><p> </p><p>I encourage you to go for it though. It paid off for me this past year. I was able to drop and make a 538 shot with about 15 seconds to deploy the bipod, prep, calc, and fire. I was less then an inch off my POI. I could have never done that without all the practice and confidence the 1k gave me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Strider, post: 500786, member: 25695"] Your reason for shooting the 1k sounds exactly like mine. Regardless of what you have, if you can get it adjusted properly for 1k the scope should work. Magnification isn't a huge issue if hitting paper is what you are after, but at 12 and 16 power, that target looks small at 1k to me. What you have should work though. The hi-BC bullets are really important IMHO. If you have some ballistic software, try running a hunting bullet and a berger at 1k and look at the difference in drift. It is amazing at that distance. Where I shoot, the winds are shifty and tough to read. But even at 5 mph in shifting winds, hitting paper at 1k is a challenge with my Barnes. If you can't or don't want to do the hi-BC load change, I would try and shoot on a really calm day. I encourage you to go for it though. It paid off for me this past year. I was able to drop and make a 538 shot with about 15 seconds to deploy the bipod, prep, calc, and fire. I was less then an inch off my POI. I could have never done that without all the practice and confidence the 1k gave me. [/QUOTE]
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