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<blockquote data-quote="wildcat westerner" data-source="post: 1548134" data-attributes="member: 21361"><p>Hello Everyone,</p><p></p><p>There is a lot of technical aspects being espoused here. Might I add some practical aspects? I have my own range to 800 yards here at 6,446 feet in the Rockies. If the question is applied to a hunting rifle, think of how small the heart/lung of an elk/deer is at 700-800 yards. Add in these variables: winds, which allways comes "free" at high altitudes and is a constant factor; the limited amount of time for a shot at an animal, even though he may be lying in the brush; the lack of a stable, level baseofsupport in the field ( I am assuming not Hunting off the top of a concrete benchrest) and the excitement of the situation.</p><p>The answer for me is sighing in closely using the "tall target" of Brian Litz, and then tweaking that scope vertical crosshairs by shooting it at long distance. When you know it's perfect and your scope level is exactly correct,you would be amazed at how far a bullet can really drift at longer distances, despite what any program in a I phone or calculator that I have ever encountered. When dealing with the fact you are depriving an animal of its very existence, you owe it the most accurate shot you can take. The time spent to get the vertical crosshair exactly correct is time well spent!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wildcat westerner, post: 1548134, member: 21361"] Hello Everyone, There is a lot of technical aspects being espoused here. Might I add some practical aspects? I have my own range to 800 yards here at 6,446 feet in the Rockies. If the question is applied to a hunting rifle, think of how small the heart/lung of an elk/deer is at 700-800 yards. Add in these variables: winds, which allways comes "free" at high altitudes and is a constant factor; the limited amount of time for a shot at an animal, even though he may be lying in the brush; the lack of a stable, level baseofsupport in the field ( I am assuming not Hunting off the top of a concrete benchrest) and the excitement of the situation. The answer for me is sighing in closely using the "tall target" of Brian Litz, and then tweaking that scope vertical crosshairs by shooting it at long distance. When you know it's perfect and your scope level is exactly correct,you would be amazed at how far a bullet can really drift at longer distances, despite what any program in a I phone or calculator that I have ever encountered. When dealing with the fact you are depriving an animal of its very existence, you owe it the most accurate shot you can take. The time spent to get the vertical crosshair exactly correct is time well spent! [/QUOTE]
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