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Experienced Shooter with questions on First vs. Second FFP.
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 1075030" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>I guess if we just had more of them (targets of opportunity) and they were bold / stupid enough to come running in during the day, one could develop a reflexive "kentucky windage" for shooting coyotes at 300-450 yards. But unfortunately they are seldom seen during the day and mostly at night when we are limited to rimfire or shotgun (something less than buckshot and no slugs). So killing the coyotes here is a bear, officially sanctioned. At 320 yards, I know that my drop is 3.25moa with my 243 which comes out close to 10.5". Without a calibrated reticle, I would be trying to hold the plex reticle of my former Nikon scopes about half body height over center of mass. Its easy to screw that up, especially when the scope is on some random magnification and the distance is constantly changing and there are no reference marks on the reticle. Since I went with the FFP reticle, no coyotes have been lucky enough to escape once detected. Prior to that they got away more often than not....</p><p></p><p>Now none of my deer rifles have a FFP reticle on them, but that is because we are shooting pistol caliber rifles over 0.35" or shot gun slugs and deer behave in a completely different way than coyotes do. Coyotes just don't give you very much time to think about what you are going to do and how to take the shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 1075030, member: 35183"] I guess if we just had more of them (targets of opportunity) and they were bold / stupid enough to come running in during the day, one could develop a reflexive "kentucky windage" for shooting coyotes at 300-450 yards. But unfortunately they are seldom seen during the day and mostly at night when we are limited to rimfire or shotgun (something less than buckshot and no slugs). So killing the coyotes here is a bear, officially sanctioned. At 320 yards, I know that my drop is 3.25moa with my 243 which comes out close to 10.5". Without a calibrated reticle, I would be trying to hold the plex reticle of my former Nikon scopes about half body height over center of mass. Its easy to screw that up, especially when the scope is on some random magnification and the distance is constantly changing and there are no reference marks on the reticle. Since I went with the FFP reticle, no coyotes have been lucky enough to escape once detected. Prior to that they got away more often than not.... Now none of my deer rifles have a FFP reticle on them, but that is because we are shooting pistol caliber rifles over 0.35" or shot gun slugs and deer behave in a completely different way than coyotes do. Coyotes just don't give you very much time to think about what you are going to do and how to take the shot. [/QUOTE]
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