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The Basics, Starting Out
What distance to sight in?
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<blockquote data-quote="Timber338" data-source="post: 1093831" data-attributes="member: 33822"><p>I personally zero my rifles at 200 yards and mentally categorize shots into 3 categories.</p><p></p><p>250 yard shots and shorter tend to provide the least amount of time with animals moving in and out of frame very quickly. A 200 yard zero let's me quickly aim and shoot as we are all very capable in quickly determining a sub 250 yard shot with nothing more than the naked eye.</p><p></p><p>For the 300 to about the 700 range I'll use my MOA reticle and a printed out drop chart. I am not as concerned about small deviations in altitude or temperature or even a slight shooting angle. I can just range-find the animal, read the correct MOA hold from my drop chart and hold to the correct moa location in my reticle. This also assumes mild environmental conditions such as wind and shooting angle and within a reasonable elevation (pressure) range for the drop chart that I created.</p><p></p><p>For 700+ yards shots that take more thought and time I'll use my iPhone and Shooter app to generate a shooting solution. This obviously takes the most time with inputting absolute pressure and temperature that I read off my Kestrel, reading shooting angle from my phone as well as dialing for wind.</p><p></p><p>And of course I practice all three methods throughout the year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timber338, post: 1093831, member: 33822"] I personally zero my rifles at 200 yards and mentally categorize shots into 3 categories. 250 yard shots and shorter tend to provide the least amount of time with animals moving in and out of frame very quickly. A 200 yard zero let's me quickly aim and shoot as we are all very capable in quickly determining a sub 250 yard shot with nothing more than the naked eye. For the 300 to about the 700 range I'll use my MOA reticle and a printed out drop chart. I am not as concerned about small deviations in altitude or temperature or even a slight shooting angle. I can just range-find the animal, read the correct MOA hold from my drop chart and hold to the correct moa location in my reticle. This also assumes mild environmental conditions such as wind and shooting angle and within a reasonable elevation (pressure) range for the drop chart that I created. For 700+ yards shots that take more thought and time I'll use my iPhone and Shooter app to generate a shooting solution. This obviously takes the most time with inputting absolute pressure and temperature that I read off my Kestrel, reading shooting angle from my phone as well as dialing for wind. And of course I practice all three methods throughout the year. [/QUOTE]
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