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Which Scope would you guys recommend?
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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 343710" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>If you wish to use either a BDC scope or a preprinted drop chart, the mechanics of making a 1000 yard shot are the same.</p><p></p><p>When I leave Washington DC to go elk hunting out west I do not take a printer with me. All my drop charts are preprinted with estimated conditions before I leave home and I am usually gone for 45-60 days before I return home and will hunt in several different states. Some days I will take my PDA with me hunting and some days I will leave it in the truck and just take a drop chart. To me there is no difference in which I take irregardless of whether I am hunting at 5000 feet one day or 9000 feet the next.</p><p></p><p>I spent some time trying to explain what it is that I do down in this thread. It involves knowing how to correct a BDC or drop chart for conditions.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f23/cabelas-brunton-summit-weather-station-50587/#post343707" target="_blank">http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f23/cabelas-brunton-summit-weather-station-50587/#post343707</a></p><p></p><p>Out to about 1500 yards this is about as accurate as any method.</p><p></p><p>If you are prone to get confused about the affects of altitude and temperature and do not want to do the math then you may want to get a PDA. When you add into it the correction for cosine you may find that you are keeping track of a lot of corrections. It is just up too you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 343710, member: 8"] If you wish to use either a BDC scope or a preprinted drop chart, the mechanics of making a 1000 yard shot are the same. When I leave Washington DC to go elk hunting out west I do not take a printer with me. All my drop charts are preprinted with estimated conditions before I leave home and I am usually gone for 45-60 days before I return home and will hunt in several different states. Some days I will take my PDA with me hunting and some days I will leave it in the truck and just take a drop chart. To me there is no difference in which I take irregardless of whether I am hunting at 5000 feet one day or 9000 feet the next. I spent some time trying to explain what it is that I do down in this thread. It involves knowing how to correct a BDC or drop chart for conditions. [URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f23/cabelas-brunton-summit-weather-station-50587/#post343707"]http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f23/cabelas-brunton-summit-weather-station-50587/#post343707[/URL] Out to about 1500 yards this is about as accurate as any method. If you are prone to get confused about the affects of altitude and temperature and do not want to do the math then you may want to get a PDA. When you add into it the correction for cosine you may find that you are keeping track of a lot of corrections. It is just up too you. [/QUOTE]
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