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<blockquote data-quote="Sami" data-source="post: 613242" data-attributes="member: 40444"><p>No, you are actually misunderstanding the intent of my posts. I am not against long range hunting but believe that LR shooters should and <strong>DO TAKE</strong> a lot of care in picking their shots. If one is competent in range estimation using other than laser equipment and feels that the shot should not be taken, it is <strong>MY PERSONAL</strong> belief that it would not change the shot criteria whether the distance was measured with a reticle or laser.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Scot, like you I'm not here to pick a fight, just have a discussion on the subject but this kind of favours the MRAD equipment. In your earlier post you were using IPHY as MOA calculation and that's kind of opposite of being anal LR shooter. Use a 10-base system and you will have LESS error margin.</p><p></p><p>I unfortunately don't get to do a lot of long range hunting, other than on small game so most of my shots are either misses or kills and hardly any wounded animals. FMJ through a goose is usually a kill. My military training was all about trajectory calculations and while we did get to use lasers most of the time they were only allowed to verify manual calculations. Things might have changed but I was taught to not rely on anything electronic. I do realize things are quite different between a battlefield and hunting grounds where on the latter you have a choice of not having to take a shot. What can I say, old habits die hard.</p><p></p><p>Again, all these are just my personal feelings and/or preferences. I am not against the use of a rangefinder but feel it should not be a deal breaker. I don't actually remember ever using it to verify range to game. If I use it, I use it like I did in the military, verify my calculations/estimates <strong>prior </strong>to starting hunting. One of the best ways to use it <strong>IMHO</strong> is to try to memorize the area where you are hunting. Maybe I am being anal here, I don't know but the intention is not to try to force my views on others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sami, post: 613242, member: 40444"] No, you are actually misunderstanding the intent of my posts. I am not against long range hunting but believe that LR shooters should and [B]DO TAKE[/B] a lot of care in picking their shots. If one is competent in range estimation using other than laser equipment and feels that the shot should not be taken, it is [B]MY PERSONAL[/B] belief that it would not change the shot criteria whether the distance was measured with a reticle or laser. Scot, like you I'm not here to pick a fight, just have a discussion on the subject but this kind of favours the MRAD equipment. In your earlier post you were using IPHY as MOA calculation and that's kind of opposite of being anal LR shooter. Use a 10-base system and you will have LESS error margin. I unfortunately don't get to do a lot of long range hunting, other than on small game so most of my shots are either misses or kills and hardly any wounded animals. FMJ through a goose is usually a kill. My military training was all about trajectory calculations and while we did get to use lasers most of the time they were only allowed to verify manual calculations. Things might have changed but I was taught to not rely on anything electronic. I do realize things are quite different between a battlefield and hunting grounds where on the latter you have a choice of not having to take a shot. What can I say, old habits die hard. Again, all these are just my personal feelings and/or preferences. I am not against the use of a rangefinder but feel it should not be a deal breaker. I don't actually remember ever using it to verify range to game. If I use it, I use it like I did in the military, verify my calculations/estimates [B]prior [/B]to starting hunting. One of the best ways to use it [B]IMHO[/B] is to try to memorize the area where you are hunting. Maybe I am being anal here, I don't know but the intention is not to try to force my views on others. [/QUOTE]
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