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Poor accuracy at 300y, great at 400
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<blockquote data-quote="marksman1941" data-source="post: 2929164" data-attributes="member: 68542"><p>I may have missed this, but have you done the test dialing at 300 instead of holding over? I know your goal is use holdovers at 300, but that would be a good method of testing whether it's a scope issue. I have found that dialing and shooting with the crosshair center tends to be more inherently reliable than doing holdover. I know time and components are a consideration, but I would really recommend going back out and dialing to 100, 200, 300, 400, and then dial back down and shoot the same ranges with holdover and see if you have deviation. </p><p></p><p>Theoretically speaking it should not matter assuming the gun is level every shot. BUT if you're slightly angling the rifle when you're making that 300 yard holdover shot, it could cause the impact to walk back and forth a bit. Now this could still happen with a dial, but it seems to me that it's easier to verify you're crosshairs are square when you're holding dead on the target. Does that make sense?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marksman1941, post: 2929164, member: 68542"] I may have missed this, but have you done the test dialing at 300 instead of holding over? I know your goal is use holdovers at 300, but that would be a good method of testing whether it’s a scope issue. I have found that dialing and shooting with the crosshair center tends to be more inherently reliable than doing holdover. I know time and components are a consideration, but I would really recommend going back out and dialing to 100, 200, 300, 400, and then dial back down and shoot the same ranges with holdover and see if you have deviation. Theoretically speaking it should not matter assuming the gun is level every shot. BUT if you’re slightly angling the rifle when you’re making that 300 yard holdover shot, it could cause the impact to walk back and forth a bit. Now this could still happen with a dial, but it seems to me that it’s easier to verify you’re crosshairs are square when you’re holding dead on the target. Does that make sense? [/QUOTE]
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