I never said dialing , I said holdover, Hold on hair just below the spine@ 500So now ur dialing? Not holding on hair?
What are Milliradians, or MILS?
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Creedmoor shooter
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4 moa at 500 will completely miss low if you hold dead on. Even at the top of the back your likely to either miss, or hit low and wound the animal. A average deer is probably no more than 20in in total depth at the chest if not less
It's still 20.3" low from point of aim though. That would be a really tall-bodied deer if you're referring to "hold on hair" as aiming at the crest of the back on the animal.
Creedmoor shooter
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I literally just measured the chest depth of a 10 pointer I shot that weighed 218 dressed weight and from spine to the brisket is 18 inches. So no your not holding hair at 500 yards
Ok, but you're likely to miss.
If I hold on hair at along the spine@500 I'm going to miss ?
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Theoretically, with the right wind u might blow a leg off lol
If you're not holding 1.1 mil or 3.9 moa on your reticle, or dialing for it, yes. If you have a reticle without proper holdovers, and you're running something like a duplex reticle, and just aim high like you're saying, I will stand by my claim that you'd mostly likely miss at 500 yards, especially if you're also not properly adjusting/holding for wind. I mean zero offense here. I'm only trying to help.
We are not talking about wind I'm asking solely about holdover
It's the same concept and it does also apply.
nealm66
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Man that's smoking fast. Have you shot anything with that load butterbean? I'm curious about bloodshot or meat damage. I've been really impressed with the hammers. This thread is very really good, let's try not to get off track
Creedmoor shooter
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You will miss. With 20in of drop your going right under
Creedmoor shooter
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It's not going off track. We're trying to prevent wounded deer from running around and clean quick kills is always #1 priority
I don't believe it's necessarily off track if it's one of his reasons for that bullet being better. Plus I'd hate for someone to miss a shot.
