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<blockquote data-quote="excaliber" data-source="post: 1828867" data-attributes="member: 86034"><p>Thanks for the replies everyone. I don't plan on shooting past 600 yards at game. I only what to shoot out to 1200 yards for metal and paper. The farthest shot I've ever had to make on a deer is 250 yards and 80 yards is my longest rifle shot on an elk. </p><p> I'm a bow hunter first so I like to get close. My current CDS Leupold system is dead on when dialed out to 600 yards but it's not dependable in my eyes. 600 yards is just a chip shot I feel with my 300 Win Mag. </p><p></p><p> I'm no long range shooter but I want to have this dial accurate for banging metal out to 1000 yards.</p><p></p><p> Kenton makes the military dial that has both MOA and yardage. I'm leaning that way incase I actually want to learn how to use the MOA on the dial.</p><p></p><p>My plan is to use the Ballistic Calculator (Hornady) and shoot out to 800 yards to see how close their trajectory calculations are to what I'm seeing. I was hoping I could shoot at 300, 400,500,600 700 and 800 yards and if the drops matched the chart then go with it and order the dial with that info.. </p><p>I've run my data through 4 different calculators and they are all basically the same.</p><p></p><p>Kenton said they would not accept my tested drops unless I gave them drops for every 50 yards out to my max range. I'm not going to be able to do that. I don't know why I can't give them 100 yard drops out to 800 and have them figure out the rest.</p><p></p><p>If there is anyone here in SW Idaho who would be willing to help me shoot these distance and figure it all out. I'm ready when you are.</p><p></p><p>I was hoping that if I go with the Kenton Military dial with MOA on the bottom and yardage on top it would be perfect out to my max hunting range and allow me to mess with MOA should I want to stretch it out from there.</p><p></p><p>Looking at the Ballistic chart at 1000 yards I'm supposedly 152.8" low or 14.6 MOA Maybe I need to just use the factory dial and learn to dial moa instead? It seems like it's allot of work to figure out in the heat of the moment opposed to just dialing to yardage on the dial and shooting.</p><p></p><p>There's a ballistic chart that Kenton has that can be used to adjust the yardage of the dial in different conditions ie: elevation, temp, humidity, wind speed and direction. Isn't that an option too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="excaliber, post: 1828867, member: 86034"] Thanks for the replies everyone. I don't plan on shooting past 600 yards at game. I only what to shoot out to 1200 yards for metal and paper. The farthest shot I've ever had to make on a deer is 250 yards and 80 yards is my longest rifle shot on an elk. I'm a bow hunter first so I like to get close. My current CDS Leupold system is dead on when dialed out to 600 yards but it's not dependable in my eyes. 600 yards is just a chip shot I feel with my 300 Win Mag. I'm no long range shooter but I want to have this dial accurate for banging metal out to 1000 yards. Kenton makes the military dial that has both MOA and yardage. I'm leaning that way incase I actually want to learn how to use the MOA on the dial. My plan is to use the Ballistic Calculator (Hornady) and shoot out to 800 yards to see how close their trajectory calculations are to what I'm seeing. I was hoping I could shoot at 300, 400,500,600 700 and 800 yards and if the drops matched the chart then go with it and order the dial with that info.. I've run my data through 4 different calculators and they are all basically the same. Kenton said they would not accept my tested drops unless I gave them drops for every 50 yards out to my max range. I'm not going to be able to do that. I don't know why I can't give them 100 yard drops out to 800 and have them figure out the rest. If there is anyone here in SW Idaho who would be willing to help me shoot these distance and figure it all out. I'm ready when you are. I was hoping that if I go with the Kenton Military dial with MOA on the bottom and yardage on top it would be perfect out to my max hunting range and allow me to mess with MOA should I want to stretch it out from there. Looking at the Ballistic chart at 1000 yards I'm supposedly 152.8" low or 14.6 MOA Maybe I need to just use the factory dial and learn to dial moa instead? It seems like it's allot of work to figure out in the heat of the moment opposed to just dialing to yardage on the dial and shooting. There's a ballistic chart that Kenton has that can be used to adjust the yardage of the dial in different conditions ie: elevation, temp, humidity, wind speed and direction. Isn't that an option too. [/QUOTE]
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