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Boone and Crocket reticle range test.
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<blockquote data-quote="nottoofar" data-source="post: 45590" data-attributes="member: 2160"><p>goodgrouper,</p><p>Not a problem. Of course you think your way is best cause it works for you and you have confidence it is the best way, for you.</p><p></p><p>Since I don't trust clicks, there is no way I could use your method. I agree that if indeed clicks are accurate and adjust to the exact place you think they went when you clicked it there your method is better especially for past 600 yards as other posters have noted.</p><p></p><p>For me if I end up between the aim points on my scope I end up estimating. Just like I did when I just had a regular duplex.</p><p>Lets use an example.</p><p>I used to sight in at 300 yards, leaving me vulnerable to the overshot at 200 yards or especially on an angle shot. If I saw a deer at 400 yards, I know a deer is 18 inches wide and my bullet drop at that distance is 7 inches so I hold just under the back line and dead deer.</p><p>Now with the Boone and Crocket reticle I have the same options. If I see a bear at 305 yards I know he is exactly midway between my first two aim lines (250 and 350).</p><p>I center the bear and shoot, dead bear.(see the pictures I posted of my bear a couple weeks ago on long range hunting).</p><p>My biggest range between aim points is from the 350 to the 500 mark. Here is where the rangefinder and a flat shooting rifle is critical. If I know the exact yardage it is easy to go either from the 350 or 425(halfway point) or the 500 yard aim points and adjust for a slight holdover or holdunder. Or if there is the option to move to adjust the distance to get closer to one of the aimpoints that is good also.</p><p>I have been using holdover out to 500 yards on animals for years and been very successful on animals as small as coyotes so the Boone and Crocket reticle is just a more precise method. I practice a lot out in the desert out to 600 yards so have it down pretty well.</p><p>I grant you that a person who did not put in the range time and just went out and thought the reticle was going to work great and was not prepared with knowledge of his bullet drop and bullet impacts at the different aimpoints and for inbetween distances may be in for some surprises.</p><p>Sorry for the long explanation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nottoofar, post: 45590, member: 2160"] goodgrouper, Not a problem. Of course you think your way is best cause it works for you and you have confidence it is the best way, for you. Since I don't trust clicks, there is no way I could use your method. I agree that if indeed clicks are accurate and adjust to the exact place you think they went when you clicked it there your method is better especially for past 600 yards as other posters have noted. For me if I end up between the aim points on my scope I end up estimating. Just like I did when I just had a regular duplex. Lets use an example. I used to sight in at 300 yards, leaving me vulnerable to the overshot at 200 yards or especially on an angle shot. If I saw a deer at 400 yards, I know a deer is 18 inches wide and my bullet drop at that distance is 7 inches so I hold just under the back line and dead deer. Now with the Boone and Crocket reticle I have the same options. If I see a bear at 305 yards I know he is exactly midway between my first two aim lines (250 and 350). I center the bear and shoot, dead bear.(see the pictures I posted of my bear a couple weeks ago on long range hunting). My biggest range between aim points is from the 350 to the 500 mark. Here is where the rangefinder and a flat shooting rifle is critical. If I know the exact yardage it is easy to go either from the 350 or 425(halfway point) or the 500 yard aim points and adjust for a slight holdover or holdunder. Or if there is the option to move to adjust the distance to get closer to one of the aimpoints that is good also. I have been using holdover out to 500 yards on animals for years and been very successful on animals as small as coyotes so the Boone and Crocket reticle is just a more precise method. I practice a lot out in the desert out to 600 yards so have it down pretty well. I grant you that a person who did not put in the range time and just went out and thought the reticle was going to work great and was not prepared with knowledge of his bullet drop and bullet impacts at the different aimpoints and for inbetween distances may be in for some surprises. Sorry for the long explanation. [/QUOTE]
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