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What is the the most flat shooting cartridge yall can think of?
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<blockquote data-quote="LRNut" data-source="post: 3091472" data-attributes="member: 3230"><p>I like your tight 2" plus or minus. Too many shooters ignore the fact that half your bullets are going to strike above your maximum trajectory ordinate (how much high depends on your rifle's accuracy and your holding ability). I see this a lot with big game discussions; people think a MPBR with a max bullet path ordinate of 4" is good to go. Generally, the max ordinate is about 180 yards or so, which means you need to shoot 1 MOA in order not to risk missing high.</p><p></p><p>Before laser rangefinders there was a period of time where I sighted my 7RM rifles dead on at 400 and then held the crosshairs at the bottom of the brisket, which is what tanks used to do before LRs. That worked well on caribou, sheep, and antelope, but I nearly blew it on a grizzly bear at 50 yards - caught myself aiming at the bottom of the brisket with my .338 WM.</p><p></p><p>These days, I zero dead on at 200 yards (actually, I zero my LR rifles at 500 on a calm morning in Phoenix, then correct my vertical adjustment to match what my SIG 10K says I should be at 500). But a week ago I was shooting PDs, and found that when they were "laid out flat" at around 140 yards, I did better aiming 1 MOA low.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LRNut, post: 3091472, member: 3230"] I like your tight 2" plus or minus. Too many shooters ignore the fact that half your bullets are going to strike above your maximum trajectory ordinate (how much high depends on your rifle's accuracy and your holding ability). I see this a lot with big game discussions; people think a MPBR with a max bullet path ordinate of 4" is good to go. Generally, the max ordinate is about 180 yards or so, which means you need to shoot 1 MOA in order not to risk missing high. Before laser rangefinders there was a period of time where I sighted my 7RM rifles dead on at 400 and then held the crosshairs at the bottom of the brisket, which is what tanks used to do before LRs. That worked well on caribou, sheep, and antelope, but I nearly blew it on a grizzly bear at 50 yards - caught myself aiming at the bottom of the brisket with my .338 WM. These days, I zero dead on at 200 yards (actually, I zero my LR rifles at 500 on a calm morning in Phoenix, then correct my vertical adjustment to match what my SIG 10K says I should be at 500). But a week ago I was shooting PDs, and found that when they were "laid out flat" at around 140 yards, I did better aiming 1 MOA low. [/QUOTE]
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