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<blockquote data-quote="catorres1" data-source="post: 1380927" data-attributes="member: 80699"><p>CB...</p><p></p><p>Went back and looked at your original post, you mention 700 being your max shot on game. </p><p></p><p>From what I have experienced with RF's....definitely get all the power you can afford. Have played with 2 sigs and my Leica all at the same time...conditions seriously degrade distance performance (bright sunlight, haze, misty or dusty conditions etc.)...also, I liked being able to use my friend's sig to figure out how far things were (like observation points etc.) so we could plan hikes and stalks etc. IIRC, the longest I have ranged a cow with my 1600 is maybe 1200 yards? And that was under great conditions. Deer, I think I got right at 1k IIRC, and it was not easy in a wide open flat field. Coulda been me, but that's what I could do that day. I think more power would make that possible at even longer ranges.</p><p></p><p>Last thought, when I got my Leica, I said I would never shoot game past 500...and just hoped to be able to hit at 1k on steel. Both my son and I have surpassed those marks to where we are comfortable taking longer shots than we expected. Nice to have the extra headroom in an RF. </p><p></p><p>An example of my misjudgement...I bought my son a Kilo 850 a year or two ago because he'll not be shooting over 300 yards anytime soon so the 850 is more than enough. Wrong...his training has allowed him to way surpass that already. Obviously his Kilo ranges much more than 300, but does not go as far as we need on game for example, which can make it hard to use on long shots down an open sendero or across a canyon. </p><p></p><p>Just a thought, hth!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catorres1, post: 1380927, member: 80699"] CB... Went back and looked at your original post, you mention 700 being your max shot on game. From what I have experienced with RF's....definitely get all the power you can afford. Have played with 2 sigs and my Leica all at the same time...conditions seriously degrade distance performance (bright sunlight, haze, misty or dusty conditions etc.)...also, I liked being able to use my friend's sig to figure out how far things were (like observation points etc.) so we could plan hikes and stalks etc. IIRC, the longest I have ranged a cow with my 1600 is maybe 1200 yards? And that was under great conditions. Deer, I think I got right at 1k IIRC, and it was not easy in a wide open flat field. Coulda been me, but that's what I could do that day. I think more power would make that possible at even longer ranges. Last thought, when I got my Leica, I said I would never shoot game past 500...and just hoped to be able to hit at 1k on steel. Both my son and I have surpassed those marks to where we are comfortable taking longer shots than we expected. Nice to have the extra headroom in an RF. An example of my misjudgement...I bought my son a Kilo 850 a year or two ago because he'll not be shooting over 300 yards anytime soon so the 850 is more than enough. Wrong...his training has allowed him to way surpass that already. Obviously his Kilo ranges much more than 300, but does not go as far as we need on game for example, which can make it hard to use on long shots down an open sendero or across a canyon. Just a thought, hth! [/QUOTE]
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