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Zero at 100 Yards and Leave Turret at 200 Yards for Hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="greenejc" data-source="post: 2023352" data-attributes="member: 60453"><p>I do that with rifles with no or generic bullet drop points in the scope. This leaves me with an easy shot into vitals out to about 260 or 275 yards when a quick shot is required, and keeps the flight of the round within the kill area of the animal from the muzzle out to that distance. I tend to shoot center mass for quick shots, so 1.5/1.75 yards still will kill a deer or an antelope out to 260 or so yards with my 30-06 using a standard scope. Most of my hunting rifles, however, use the Shepherd scope system and have the bullet drop built into them. If the game animal is farther than 250 or so, and I have time, I use the appropriate reticule aimpoint for the bullet drop and dial in any wind. You might want to check out the Shepherd and Salvo lines of scopes for bullet drop and range-finding reticules at: <a href="https://shepherdscopes.com/" target="_blank">https://shepherdscopes.com/</a>. They have a new DRS scope now that would work for both quick shots and long range shots. It is a 3.5 to 15 power scope, giving a low enough power for easy use inside 100 yards and fast pick-up, and enough power at the high end for precision shooting out to 1,000 yards, while giving a large choice of reticules for ranging and bullet drop in calibers from the 300 Ultramag/338 Ultramag down to the . 308 in 30 cal, and all caliber families both below and above up to the fast .375s. They can probably match the 404, 416 and 458 families as well, out to around 500 yards. By the way, once you've sighted in at 100 yards, go to 200 and 250 and fire at each range so you can verify group center. You might also fire at 300 just to see how far it drops at that range, which will give you a good idea of bullet path for that distance at a 200 yard zero. And of course, if you're low at 200 it lets you adjust for a dead on impact at 200, with an idea of how low it will be between 200 and 300 yards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenejc, post: 2023352, member: 60453"] I do that with rifles with no or generic bullet drop points in the scope. This leaves me with an easy shot into vitals out to about 260 or 275 yards when a quick shot is required, and keeps the flight of the round within the kill area of the animal from the muzzle out to that distance. I tend to shoot center mass for quick shots, so 1.5/1.75 yards still will kill a deer or an antelope out to 260 or so yards with my 30-06 using a standard scope. Most of my hunting rifles, however, use the Shepherd scope system and have the bullet drop built into them. If the game animal is farther than 250 or so, and I have time, I use the appropriate reticule aimpoint for the bullet drop and dial in any wind. You might want to check out the Shepherd and Salvo lines of scopes for bullet drop and range-finding reticules at: [URL]https://shepherdscopes.com/[/URL]. They have a new DRS scope now that would work for both quick shots and long range shots. It is a 3.5 to 15 power scope, giving a low enough power for easy use inside 100 yards and fast pick-up, and enough power at the high end for precision shooting out to 1,000 yards, while giving a large choice of reticules for ranging and bullet drop in calibers from the 300 Ultramag/338 Ultramag down to the . 308 in 30 cal, and all caliber families both below and above up to the fast .375s. They can probably match the 404, 416 and 458 families as well, out to around 500 yards. By the way, once you've sighted in at 100 yards, go to 200 and 250 and fire at each range so you can verify group center. You might also fire at 300 just to see how far it drops at that range, which will give you a good idea of bullet path for that distance at a 200 yard zero. And of course, if you're low at 200 it lets you adjust for a dead on impact at 200, with an idea of how low it will be between 200 and 300 yards. [/QUOTE]
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