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<blockquote data-quote="DJ Fergus" data-source="post: 1949808" data-attributes="member: 93895"><p>You may have got mixed up on your actual scope configuration, make & model. Check and see what you actually have and get back with us. How far do you actually think you will need to shoot while hunting? I ask this because: more times than not, ballistic hold overs rarely match up for every yardage mark to particular ammunition. You can use an app called strelok that will help you match yardage to your ammo. But that even is guessing if you don't actually verify your velocity with a chronograph. The easiest thing to do in your situation is to limit your shot on game to say: 400 yards or maybe just 300 yards, which ever you can actually set up a target for. If it's say 400 yards, go set your target up at 400. Zero your rifle with your 400 yard hold over on the 400 yard target. Then your maximum distance hold over of 400yds will be true. Your 200 & 300 yard hold overs may have the actual bullet impact an inch or two high or low if you use them at those perspective distances of 200 & 300 yards. But that's not going to cause you to miss a coyote, deer, or elk at those distances.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DJ Fergus, post: 1949808, member: 93895"] You may have got mixed up on your actual scope configuration, make & model. Check and see what you actually have and get back with us. How far do you actually think you will need to shoot while hunting? I ask this because: more times than not, ballistic hold overs rarely match up for every yardage mark to particular ammunition. You can use an app called strelok that will help you match yardage to your ammo. But that even is guessing if you don't actually verify your velocity with a chronograph. The easiest thing to do in your situation is to limit your shot on game to say: 400 yards or maybe just 300 yards, which ever you can actually set up a target for. If it's say 400 yards, go set your target up at 400. Zero your rifle with your 400 yard hold over on the 400 yard target. Then your maximum distance hold over of 400yds will be true. Your 200 & 300 yard hold overs may have the actual bullet impact an inch or two high or low if you use them at those perspective distances of 200 & 300 yards. But that's not going to cause you to miss a coyote, deer, or elk at those distances. [/QUOTE]
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