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How close is the cosign rule in slope shooting?
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<blockquote data-quote="73driver" data-source="post: 1986475" data-attributes="member: 36473"><p>Easy there cowboy. I get what you are saying, when I started hunting in 1970 it was with a SPFD receiver from between the wars, a barrel stamped spfd 9-44 a a lyman 4X scope older than I was. The second buck I shot was running at 250y and about 12deg down. It all happened fast and I took that buck right through the middle of the ribs. The next wildest shot was spooking a buck at 50y and swinging on it like shooting quail, I recall squeezing the shot off right before he disappeared behind the next clump of brush. That bullet blew off the top of his heart. My longest shot (now hunting with a new MOD 70 Classic 30-06 with fixed 6X leupold) was 370y on an elk using nothing but a Leupold duplex reticle to range with and memorized hold overs. Now I have refined my skills so that I glass up deer feeding or beded down, not many jump shots or shots on running game for this old curmudgeon. A Ballistic App on my phone is used to make up a drop card and hold over dope for my duplex Swaro on one 270 and my Zeiss BDC reticle on my other 270. Only "gadget" in the field is my range finder and it sure is handy to judge ranges usually between 250-350 yards. Yes I feel a little techno shooting bucks I glassed up in their beds but it is way more precise than my shots I wagged my holds on shooting at spooked game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="73driver, post: 1986475, member: 36473"] Easy there cowboy. I get what you are saying, when I started hunting in 1970 it was with a SPFD receiver from between the wars, a barrel stamped spfd 9-44 a a lyman 4X scope older than I was. The second buck I shot was running at 250y and about 12deg down. It all happened fast and I took that buck right through the middle of the ribs. The next wildest shot was spooking a buck at 50y and swinging on it like shooting quail, I recall squeezing the shot off right before he disappeared behind the next clump of brush. That bullet blew off the top of his heart. My longest shot (now hunting with a new MOD 70 Classic 30-06 with fixed 6X leupold) was 370y on an elk using nothing but a Leupold duplex reticle to range with and memorized hold overs. Now I have refined my skills so that I glass up deer feeding or beded down, not many jump shots or shots on running game for this old curmudgeon. A Ballistic App on my phone is used to make up a drop card and hold over dope for my duplex Swaro on one 270 and my Zeiss BDC reticle on my other 270. Only "gadget" in the field is my range finder and it sure is handy to judge ranges usually between 250-350 yards. Yes I feel a little techno shooting bucks I glassed up in their beds but it is way more precise than my shots I wagged my holds on shooting at spooked game. [/QUOTE]
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