Clark
Member
Animals that spook at 1000 or 1200 yards at noon, often can't see me sneaking up on the me in dark 1/2 hour before sunrise.
There is typically no wind then.
If I can hit a kill zone sized target every time at 500 in daylight, then a 400 yard shot is easy in dim light.
My charts and turret are in moa. With a 200 yard zero, I don't want to adjust more than 8 moa.
There are guys in competition that make big changes in the elevation, but they get a lot of practice shots to dial in.
When hunting it is a cold bore single shot, and 8 moa or 500 yards is all I can do.
The long range is very non linear. 600 yards is 10 times harder than 500 yards.
I like to sight in my rifle windage early in the day when there is no wind. I do that at 100 yards. Then I turn around and shoot from where the target was, back to where I was lying down.
But the elevation I can test at long range when there is a little wind. The bullets may drift a little but the updates I make to my elevation chart are still good.
There is typically no wind then.
If I can hit a kill zone sized target every time at 500 in daylight, then a 400 yard shot is easy in dim light.
My charts and turret are in moa. With a 200 yard zero, I don't want to adjust more than 8 moa.
There are guys in competition that make big changes in the elevation, but they get a lot of practice shots to dial in.
When hunting it is a cold bore single shot, and 8 moa or 500 yards is all I can do.
The long range is very non linear. 600 yards is 10 times harder than 500 yards.
I like to sight in my rifle windage early in the day when there is no wind. I do that at 100 yards. Then I turn around and shoot from where the target was, back to where I was lying down.
But the elevation I can test at long range when there is a little wind. The bullets may drift a little but the updates I make to my elevation chart are still good.