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Zero at 100 Yards and Leave Turret at 200 Yards for Hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Matteson" data-source="post: 2023502" data-attributes="member: 101791"><p>500 yds should be a fairly easy shot if rested, and you know your rifle. Beyond that it's a different story. I never had a scope that I could dial in the range with the scope yet. I have missed more at 300 yards or there about. That was because I was shooting over the animal. I use to set my scope at 3.5" high at 100yds. At that time there wasn't many range finders on the market. So now I set my rifles up at 1" high at a 100 yds. That took care of that problem. With today range finder telling what your yards is, it make it easier to elevate your rifle up some to take care of the drop. Shooting uphill or downhill and depending on the angle it's now becomes a problem of how much to hold down on the animal. That where I really had the problem remembering to hold lower on the animal especially with my sightin @ 3.5" at 100yds. I found it was easier to raise my rifle a little than to remember to lower it. Most of my rifles are set at the 1" high at a 100yds, and the velocity is at about 3200fps. If you look at the bullet path with almost any spitzer boat tail going at the same velocity you will see that the drop is almost the same out the first 500yds with different calibers. I also do a print out in excel noting drops and windage tape to the butt of the stock on my rifles showing bullet drop distances, and windage. I changed a very long time ago to shooting rifles that the velocity is about the same. Bullet path is almost the same. I don't know if that help any or not, but lowering your sight in will help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Matteson, post: 2023502, member: 101791"] 500 yds should be a fairly easy shot if rested, and you know your rifle. Beyond that it's a different story. I never had a scope that I could dial in the range with the scope yet. I have missed more at 300 yards or there about. That was because I was shooting over the animal. I use to set my scope at 3.5" high at 100yds. At that time there wasn't many range finders on the market. So now I set my rifles up at 1" high at a 100 yds. That took care of that problem. With today range finder telling what your yards is, it make it easier to elevate your rifle up some to take care of the drop. Shooting uphill or downhill and depending on the angle it's now becomes a problem of how much to hold down on the animal. That where I really had the problem remembering to hold lower on the animal especially with my sightin @ 3.5" at 100yds. I found it was easier to raise my rifle a little than to remember to lower it. Most of my rifles are set at the 1" high at a 100yds, and the velocity is at about 3200fps. If you look at the bullet path with almost any spitzer boat tail going at the same velocity you will see that the drop is almost the same out the first 500yds with different calibers. I also do a print out in excel noting drops and windage tape to the butt of the stock on my rifles showing bullet drop distances, and windage. I changed a very long time ago to shooting rifles that the velocity is about the same. Bullet path is almost the same. I don't know if that help any or not, but lowering your sight in will help. [/QUOTE]
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