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<blockquote data-quote="rufous" data-source="post: 1197" data-attributes="member: 122"><p>Darryl, I use the same technique as you. I range the distance to target with laser and then adjust my scopes elevation for that yardage. My point with the Leupold scope was that they thought (and many other places I have read) that the average deer would be about 16" top to bottom. So I wonder how you come up with a 17" heart/lung kill zone on deer. I understand that at long range groups are generally more horizontal than vertical due to wind. If there were no wind then groups would be round. If the shooter were perfect in their wind estimation then groups would be round but as they are not groups would more likely have more horizontal dispersion than vertical. So are you saying that the 17" heart/lung kill zone is vertical or horizontal or round/spherical? Thanks for the clarification. I think for my hunting style and equipment limitations I will limit my shots to about 600 yards for big game. I have not shot my newly rebarreled 300 Win Mag at that distance yet but at 400 and 500 yards it seems to put all shots into 1.5 MOA. Rufous.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rufous, post: 1197, member: 122"] Darryl, I use the same technique as you. I range the distance to target with laser and then adjust my scopes elevation for that yardage. My point with the Leupold scope was that they thought (and many other places I have read) that the average deer would be about 16" top to bottom. So I wonder how you come up with a 17" heart/lung kill zone on deer. I understand that at long range groups are generally more horizontal than vertical due to wind. If there were no wind then groups would be round. If the shooter were perfect in their wind estimation then groups would be round but as they are not groups would more likely have more horizontal dispersion than vertical. So are you saying that the 17" heart/lung kill zone is vertical or horizontal or round/spherical? Thanks for the clarification. I think for my hunting style and equipment limitations I will limit my shots to about 600 yards for big game. I have not shot my newly rebarreled 300 Win Mag at that distance yet but at 400 and 500 yards it seems to put all shots into 1.5 MOA. Rufous. [/QUOTE]
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