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<blockquote data-quote="Swamplord" data-source="post: 1205983" data-attributes="member: 2460"><p>Some folks will have a different opinion and either less or a lot more experience , but this is the way I see it ......</p><p></p><p> Short to usual range ...... Typical hunting scenarios that utilize PBR (Point Blank Range) where you sight in your reticle at a predermined height at 100 yards to where it impacts on target inside the kill zone at a known and verified distance that does not require holdover or dialed in corrections for drop and wind, this can be easily accomplished with standard riflescopes with a simple cross reticle and cartridges matched to the game you are hunting, PBR out to 400 yards can be established for most factory produced big game cartridges with a common sense approach to cartridge and bullet selection, some bigger magnums can stretch the PBR out further and the handloader has an advantage by way of higher bc bullets and suitable powders to scrape up the highest possible velocity coupled with extreme accuracy</p><p></p><p>Once you get into where you need to start dialing in your shots with specialized turret scopes for impact at yardages that exceed your rifle/cartridges PBR then you will encounter long range shooting ! Every cartridge and shooter has limitations and the minimum yardage will vary, some shooters are capable of 1000 yard shots with a 308 Win and some would be hard pressed to put 3 rounds into the kill zone at 500 yards</p><p></p><p>Depending on the equipment and shooter, long range hunting can start at 500-600 yards and out to 1000 yards , </p><p>From 1000 yards to a mile it gets a bit more complicated and most consider it ELR </p><p></p><p>This may not apply to hunting but past the 1 mile mark can only be described as Far, Far Away ! </p><p> (FFA ?)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swamplord, post: 1205983, member: 2460"] Some folks will have a different opinion and either less or a lot more experience , but this is the way I see it ...... Short to usual range ...... Typical hunting scenarios that utilize PBR (Point Blank Range) where you sight in your reticle at a predermined height at 100 yards to where it impacts on target inside the kill zone at a known and verified distance that does not require holdover or dialed in corrections for drop and wind, this can be easily accomplished with standard riflescopes with a simple cross reticle and cartridges matched to the game you are hunting, PBR out to 400 yards can be established for most factory produced big game cartridges with a common sense approach to cartridge and bullet selection, some bigger magnums can stretch the PBR out further and the handloader has an advantage by way of higher bc bullets and suitable powders to scrape up the highest possible velocity coupled with extreme accuracy Once you get into where you need to start dialing in your shots with specialized turret scopes for impact at yardages that exceed your rifle/cartridges PBR then you will encounter long range shooting ! Every cartridge and shooter has limitations and the minimum yardage will vary, some shooters are capable of 1000 yard shots with a 308 Win and some would be hard pressed to put 3 rounds into the kill zone at 500 yards Depending on the equipment and shooter, long range hunting can start at 500-600 yards and out to 1000 yards , From 1000 yards to a mile it gets a bit more complicated and most consider it ELR This may not apply to hunting but past the 1 mile mark can only be described as Far, Far Away ! (FFA ?) [/QUOTE]
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