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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: 2023690" data-attributes="member: 101791"><p>With a bullet velocity @ about 3200fps set 1" high @ 100yds is about zero at 200yds. It's about 5.5" low at 300yds. So if the deer or elk at 300yds holding at center mass is dead. Deer which is the smallest is about 16" from bottom of brisket to top of back. How simple is that? If your velocity is greater than that, it's less. About 4 years back in Africa hunting with a group. One hunter with a Nightforce scope on his rifle. He was changing it's aiming point for distance constancly. He wounded an animal at 50yds, and couldn't make the second shot @ 125yds. The animal ran off, and was lost. The whole time he was adjusting his scope for elevation. He stated he couldn't shot because he didn't have his scope set at the correct elevation. I realize that some rifles shot slower than that. That why I use rifles that give me about 3200 fps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Matteson, post: 2023690, member: 101791"] With a bullet velocity @ about 3200fps set 1" high @ 100yds is about zero at 200yds. It's about 5.5" low at 300yds. So if the deer or elk at 300yds holding at center mass is dead. Deer which is the smallest is about 16" from bottom of brisket to top of back. How simple is that? If your velocity is greater than that, it's less. About 4 years back in Africa hunting with a group. One hunter with a Nightforce scope on his rifle. He was changing it's aiming point for distance constancly. He wounded an animal at 50yds, and couldn't make the second shot @ 125yds. The animal ran off, and was lost. The whole time he was adjusting his scope for elevation. He stated he couldn't shot because he didn't have his scope set at the correct elevation. I realize that some rifles shot slower than that. That why I use rifles that give me about 3200 fps. [/QUOTE]
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