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Why would you not sight in at 100 yards?
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<blockquote data-quote="Gcan" data-source="post: 1636363" data-attributes="member: 102867"><p>This has been my exact point in several posts on this subject. </p><p></p><p>Know your gun. Know your quarry. Know your point blank distance and swim be free. For many ppl that first 400" elk or 200" Whitetail is a humbling experience. I'm sure this story has repeated itself many times over the years, but I witnessed it once. A bull moose stepped out. My friend ejected every round in rifle without ever pulling the trigger and was so disconnected he then turned and asked where he hit it. The guide pointed to the live rounds all over the place. Poor guy didn't know whether he walked to work or carried a lunch. </p><p></p><p>And he was a seasoned hunter. I'll give those who insist on cranking knobs that it is potentially more accurate than point blank but not in any hunting situation I have ever witnessed. The more you have to think about when the adrenaline kicks in the less you are thinking bout the shot. </p><p></p><p>On a caribou hunt my buddy Larry with the big scope with turrets gets so excited he forgets to turn the knobs. The Boo is at 350. His gun is sighted at 100. Damned if he couldn't hit bottle caps at 300 from a bench with a rest and X number of up clicks. </p><p></p><p>Sadly he was so dependent on the CRANKS he had no idea how low he would be with his hundred zero at 350 because he was used to turning the knob. So he held a foot over the back when a few inches would have been fine. He missed his first three shots so badly the Boo just turned end for end every time a bullet zip over. With every miss Larry raised his aim till he was holding two feet over the Boo. On his 3rd shot the guide tells him he's missing high. With his next and last shot he gut shoots the poor beast. It runs 30 yards straight left. </p><p>I dropped to a knee, put my crosshairs high lung and dropped it when it stopped. Point Blank. </p><p></p><p>All anyone needs to do to understand Point Blank is to think bout the millions of trophies shot from the pre-turret days 25-years ago back to the advent of screw-on capped scopes. I hunted then and until I put a military Unertl Marine Sniper scope on a 40bx 300 win mag and began shooting deer at 600-900 yards Id never turned a elevation adjuster on a hunt in my life. </p><p></p><p>The End.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gcan, post: 1636363, member: 102867"] This has been my exact point in several posts on this subject. Know your gun. Know your quarry. Know your point blank distance and swim be free. For many ppl that first 400” elk or 200” Whitetail is a humbling experience. I’m sure this story has repeated itself many times over the years, but I witnessed it once. A bull moose stepped out. My friend ejected every round in rifle without ever pulling the trigger and was so disconnected he then turned and asked where he hit it. The guide pointed to the live rounds all over the place. Poor guy didn’t know whether he walked to work or carried a lunch. And he was a seasoned hunter. I’ll give those who insist on cranking knobs that it is potentially more accurate than point blank but not in any hunting situation I have ever witnessed. The more you have to think about when the adrenaline kicks in the less you are thinking bout the shot. On a caribou hunt my buddy Larry with the big scope with turrets gets so excited he forgets to turn the knobs. The Boo is at 350. His gun is sighted at 100. Damned if he couldn’t hit bottle caps at 300 from a bench with a rest and X number of up clicks. Sadly he was so dependent on the CRANKS he had no idea how low he would be with his hundred zero at 350 because he was used to turning the knob. So he held a foot over the back when a few inches would have been fine. He missed his first three shots so badly the Boo just turned end for end every time a bullet zip over. With every miss Larry raised his aim till he was holding two feet over the Boo. On his 3rd shot the guide tells him he’s missing high. With his next and last shot he gut shoots the poor beast. It runs 30 yards straight left. I dropped to a knee, put my crosshairs high lung and dropped it when it stopped. Point Blank. All anyone needs to do to understand Point Blank is to think bout the millions of trophies shot from the pre-turret days 25-years ago back to the advent of screw-on capped scopes. I hunted then and until I put a military Unertl Marine Sniper scope on a 40bx 300 win mag and began shooting deer at 600-900 yards Id never turned a elevation adjuster on a hunt in my life. The End. [/QUOTE]
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