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Help... Am I making long range shooting too hard?
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<blockquote data-quote="QuietTexan" data-source="post: 2255360" data-attributes="member: 116181"><p>Making it WAY too hard. Temp and DA and all the nitty gritty environmentals will make a difference if you're going from 100* to -25* or sea level to 10,000 feet, but if you run the app once you get where you're at even a 10-20* temp swing/ +/-1000' DA is going to make maybe a 0.1-0.2 mils difference. Most likely well inside the margin of error from your ability to shoot from a field position.</p><p></p><p>Wind and range are the variables that will make the biggest difference. Get a Kestrel, get a range finder, that's the fastest way to increase accuracy compared to estimating those two most crucial variables.</p><p></p><p>Field dope is all about brackets as previously mentioned.</p><p></p><p>One alternative since 500 yards is basically short range - zero at 100 and run two MBPR calcs (essentially elevation brackets). You'll end up with something like 50-300 yards +0.3mils, 300-500 yards +1.1 mils. Get into place, range the main places you expect to see the animals, dial the one you're most likely to use. Animal steps out, hold the center, shoot. I normally glass an animal for more than long enough to twist a knob a couple clicks. Or if you're dialed short, it's only one hold to memorize. Run a couple of wind brackets, and you're all set.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietTexan, post: 2255360, member: 116181"] Making it WAY too hard. Temp and DA and all the nitty gritty environmentals will make a difference if you're going from 100* to -25* or sea level to 10,000 feet, but if you run the app once you get where you're at even a 10-20* temp swing/ +/-1000' DA is going to make maybe a 0.1-0.2 mils difference. Most likely well inside the margin of error from your ability to shoot from a field position. Wind and range are the variables that will make the biggest difference. Get a Kestrel, get a range finder, that's the fastest way to increase accuracy compared to estimating those two most crucial variables. Field dope is all about brackets as previously mentioned. One alternative since 500 yards is basically short range - zero at 100 and run two MBPR calcs (essentially elevation brackets). You'll end up with something like 50-300 yards +0.3mils, 300-500 yards +1.1 mils. Get into place, range the main places you expect to see the animals, dial the one you're most likely to use. Animal steps out, hold the center, shoot. I normally glass an animal for more than long enough to twist a knob a couple clicks. Or if you're dialed short, it's only one hold to memorize. Run a couple of wind brackets, and you're all set. [/QUOTE]
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