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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 882598" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>You not only need to sight in the gun, but verify the drop at any range you want to shoot at !!! </p><p></p><p>I last year had a shot at any of 4 bucks in a field when we reached legal shooting light on Nov 15. I ranged the biggest buck at 200 yards with my Nikon Monarch rangefinder.. Big mistake, because it was a bad range, the buck was in fact at 125 yards. I then proceeded to shoot over its back - 3 times... Slid a 4th shell into the chamber by hand and held dead on (I was zeroed at 100 yards) on the only buck left in the field (he wanted to fight !!) and scored a head shot, right where I aimed.</p><p></p><p>Of course that *** rangefinder got immediately retired and I want back to my much cheaper Rifleman rangefinder that has always ranged correctly.</p><p></p><p>I was shooting a Savage 20ga bolt action slug gun. I had sighted it in myself (at fairly considerable expense, since I couldn't get more than 2 boxes of ammo of any given type so I had several to test.) I ended up with the Hornady SST load. But with this type of weapon, if it is more than 75 yards, it is essential to get a good range. Otherwise it is better to not take the shot. The same rules apply to muzzle loaders and I would even say that the edge may go to the muzzle loader, since the bullet is already engaged in the rifling after loading.</p><p></p><p>Never go out in the field with a rifle you have not sighted in... Its immoral.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 882598, member: 35183"] You not only need to sight in the gun, but verify the drop at any range you want to shoot at !!! I last year had a shot at any of 4 bucks in a field when we reached legal shooting light on Nov 15. I ranged the biggest buck at 200 yards with my Nikon Monarch rangefinder.. Big mistake, because it was a bad range, the buck was in fact at 125 yards. I then proceeded to shoot over its back - 3 times... Slid a 4th shell into the chamber by hand and held dead on (I was zeroed at 100 yards) on the only buck left in the field (he wanted to fight !!) and scored a head shot, right where I aimed. Of course that *** rangefinder got immediately retired and I want back to my much cheaper Rifleman rangefinder that has always ranged correctly. I was shooting a Savage 20ga bolt action slug gun. I had sighted it in myself (at fairly considerable expense, since I couldn't get more than 2 boxes of ammo of any given type so I had several to test.) I ended up with the Hornady SST load. But with this type of weapon, if it is more than 75 yards, it is essential to get a good range. Otherwise it is better to not take the shot. The same rules apply to muzzle loaders and I would even say that the edge may go to the muzzle loader, since the bullet is already engaged in the rifling after loading. Never go out in the field with a rifle you have not sighted in... Its immoral. [/QUOTE]
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