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<blockquote data-quote="ss7mm" data-source="post: 166192" data-attributes="member: 5"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">That would depend on what you're shooting and what you'll accept as the maximum allowable distance for a hit above and below your point of aim. Theoretically an elk would allow you to have a much greater point blank range than a rabbit.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">If you've determined that you will accept a hit anywhere in a 10" circle then you will accept a hit from 5" above to 5" below your point of aim and that would let you figure "your" acceptable point blank range. Do your ballistics figures and see at what ranges you will never be more than 5" above, or below your point of aim, and that will give you your maximum point blank range. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">This is one of the reasons I sight all of my big game rifles in to be zeroed at 300 yards instead of 100 yards. If I'm presented with a quick shot out to may maximum point blank range then I can take that shot without sight adjustments and know where it will hit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">My thoughts are that even though some people may say that an animal may have a "kill zone" of a certain size, I never use that in figuring my pbr. I've heard people say that an elk has a kill zone of anywhere from 18-24" and I would never use those numbers for my pbr. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">On my 7mm AM I figure my pbr on a 6" (+- 3") circle for big game. That gets me out to almost 500 yards. However, given the time to do so, I'd still dial for anything if I could. I've killed 4 big game animals so far with my 7mm AM and all have been dialed, even though I could have used my pbr on one.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ss7mm, post: 166192, member: 5"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]That would depend on what you're shooting and what you'll accept as the maximum allowable distance for a hit above and below your point of aim. Theoretically an elk would allow you to have a much greater point blank range than a rabbit.:) If you've determined that you will accept a hit anywhere in a 10" circle then you will accept a hit from 5" above to 5" below your point of aim and that would let you figure "your" acceptable point blank range. Do your ballistics figures and see at what ranges you will never be more than 5" above, or below your point of aim, and that will give you your maximum point blank range. This is one of the reasons I sight all of my big game rifles in to be zeroed at 300 yards instead of 100 yards. If I'm presented with a quick shot out to may maximum point blank range then I can take that shot without sight adjustments and know where it will hit. My thoughts are that even though some people may say that an animal may have a "kill zone" of a certain size, I never use that in figuring my pbr. I've heard people say that an elk has a kill zone of anywhere from 18-24" and I would never use those numbers for my pbr. On my 7mm AM I figure my pbr on a 6" (+- 3") circle for big game. That gets me out to almost 500 yards. However, given the time to do so, I'd still dial for anything if I could. I've killed 4 big game animals so far with my 7mm AM and all have been dialed, even though I could have used my pbr on one.;) [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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