When hunting with a day scope I use a FFP MILDOT Zeroed for PBR. I use reticle graduations instead of spinning the turrets like when target shooting. After PBR I have to hold over the target to resolve the extra Projectile drop. The MILDOT affords me a ranging option to the target. It's not as accurate as modern Lazer rangefinders, but since I've been doing it since 1970 I've become a fair hand at estimating range. Not to mention I don't need to remove my eye from the scope. It's an Old system, but it still works as well as the days of the Leatherwood ART. Hope that resolves some of the confusion. Probably really Old technology, folks under 70 or those without military precision shooting training may want to use Google? YMMV.
What is long range hunting and what is hunted?
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For those wondering about the acronyms, I googled them.
YMMV= Your Mileage May Vary
PBR= Professional Bull**** Repeater
YMMV= Your Mileage May Vary
PBR= Professional Bull**** Repeater
Now about that ART, the Navy didn't have all the nomenclature that the Army used. The X21 was simply an M14NM. Yet M118LR was the preferred ammunition for both of them when Long Range Shooting. Just a bit of nostalgia.For those wondering about the acronyms, I googled them.
YMMV= Your Mileage May Vary
PBR= Professional Bull**** Repeater
BamaMike63
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Well, long range here in Alabama??? I've shot crows at 420 yards and deer out to 514. It's all relative.
I've breasted a lot of birds, but it's been 50 years since I've hunted crows. A crow on the wing at 420 yards is quite the shot. Grandpa Stover used to harvest Canadian Geese with a .22 Short pistol floating on the Mississippi for me to swim out and fetch. But X-Mas dinner had to go a lot further back in those days.
BamaMike63
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On the ground, not flying...
The other shot was way more impressive.
Now that 72 inch tall figure that fills 5 miles, and there are even dust clouds to give you the most critical windage at target distance when your Projectile is at its slowest and most vulnerable. Instantaneous shooting resolution. Hope this clears up some of the confusion, or do I need to go step by step???????
Theelkgetter
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For me right now 300 yards, my brother in-law has a 338 lapua magnum he lives in Montana and shoots elk out to 800 yards with it. For me at first I thought that's insane but I think that would be pretty cool to shoot one at that range. Might be time for me to get something like this or a custom build for an occasion like that.
Expend a few thousand rounds from your .338 Lap at 800 yards from the prone position and annotate how many land within a 10 inch circle. If you put at least 90 % of them in the circle, perhaps then you can attempt the shot under field conditions. JMHO YMMV.
Theelkgetter
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He has the scope and range finder combo point the range finder at the elk and it then dials in the scope to the exact range without having to raise your crosshairs or dial turrets, I know nothing about it other than what he has told me, most all of my elk I have killed here in Washington State have been under 100 yards, This is illegal in Washington State, so I will deffinetley need practice to get good for sure.
