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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1017980" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>When I first started shooting long range I used Mildots to range deer successfully out to 500-600 yards. Firstly, since there will be a degree of error using Mildots to range game I quickly realized that I could reduce this error radically by using a flat shooting caliber. With my 308 at 500 yards on deer I had to accurately range to within 25 yards. With my 270 SM I could take that error to 50 yards. The simple formula I used to develop a range chart was to multiply the chest area in inches of my game by 27.8. This would give me the range of that animal using 1 Mil. An 18"</p><p>Chest of a deer woul be 1 mil=500 yards. At this point you can use simple arithmetic to build your chart. 500 yards divided by Mildots</p><p>1 mil - 500 yards (28" deer chest X 27.8)</p><p>1.5 mil - 333 yards (500 yards/1.5)</p><p>2 mil - 250 yards (500 yards/2)</p><p>3 mil - 167 yards (500 yards/3)</p><p>.8 mil - 625 yards (500 yard/.8)</p><p>You can build your chart with as many multiples of a mil as you desire.</p><p>Elk wouldl be easier to range as the larger the target the easier the ranging,given equal distances. In the case of a 30" chest of an elk the 1 mil distance would be 834 yards (30x 27.8). 2mils would be 417 yards.......</p><p></p><p>Pretty easy, fast, and with practice, it works well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1017980, member: 10291"] When I first started shooting long range I used Mildots to range deer successfully out to 500-600 yards. Firstly, since there will be a degree of error using Mildots to range game I quickly realized that I could reduce this error radically by using a flat shooting caliber. With my 308 at 500 yards on deer I had to accurately range to within 25 yards. With my 270 SM I could take that error to 50 yards. The simple formula I used to develop a range chart was to multiply the chest area in inches of my game by 27.8. This would give me the range of that animal using 1 Mil. An 18" Chest of a deer woul be 1 mil=500 yards. At this point you can use simple arithmetic to build your chart. 500 yards divided by Mildots 1 mil - 500 yards (28" deer chest X 27.8) 1.5 mil - 333 yards (500 yards/1.5) 2 mil - 250 yards (500 yards/2) 3 mil - 167 yards (500 yards/3) .8 mil - 625 yards (500 yard/.8) You can build your chart with as many multiples of a mil as you desire. Elk wouldl be easier to range as the larger the target the easier the ranging,given equal distances. In the case of a 30" chest of an elk the 1 mil distance would be 834 yards (30x 27.8). 2mils would be 417 yards....... Pretty easy, fast, and with practice, it works well. [/QUOTE]
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