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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 298329" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>1st off, the limits lay with the shooter and not the reticle. The math will not lie to you. Only miss-judgements of the shooter's eyes in relation to the object being sized up. </p><p></p><p>That said, the reliable distance will vary from shooter to shooter. For me, I do very well out to about 800 yards. I say well because I can typically get with in 25 yards at that range which sounds really good but even with my 338 Edge, 25 yards off is enough error for a 12" off the mark miss. At 1K it is really bad. A 12 yard error at 600 is managable but 25 yards at 800 is not.</p><p></p><p>My advice is to field practice this. you can take a peice of steel or any target backer, measure it, drive it out somewhere, mil range it and shoot it. Youll learn pretty quick what your limits are. </p><p></p><p>Once you are good at that, then you need to learn how to judge animal sizes. Knowing averages help but you need to see the game in question next to other critters to judge if they are smaller than average or larger than average.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 298329, member: 1007"] 1st off, the limits lay with the shooter and not the reticle. The math will not lie to you. Only miss-judgements of the shooter's eyes in relation to the object being sized up. That said, the reliable distance will vary from shooter to shooter. For me, I do very well out to about 800 yards. I say well because I can typically get with in 25 yards at that range which sounds really good but even with my 338 Edge, 25 yards off is enough error for a 12" off the mark miss. At 1K it is really bad. A 12 yard error at 600 is managable but 25 yards at 800 is not. My advice is to field practice this. you can take a peice of steel or any target backer, measure it, drive it out somewhere, mil range it and shoot it. Youll learn pretty quick what your limits are. Once you are good at that, then you need to learn how to judge animal sizes. Knowing averages help but you need to see the game in question next to other critters to judge if they are smaller than average or larger than average. [/QUOTE]
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