Guy Miner
Master Loader
- Apr 6, 2006
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So, after laughing at our "Strelok App. for Android" discussion down in product review (no, not laughing at you wvchevy3, laughing mostly at us "old guys" trying hard to keep up) I thought it might be interesting to see who sights in their rifles/scopes/sights at what ranges, and how that works afield.
I like to keep it simple. That may reflect something of my simple mind, but it works for me. I do however engage in a couple of different methods:
A couple of my rifles have scopes with target turrets. Mostly I use the .308 Win with that setup. I keep that rifle sighted-in at 100 yards, and I know my "come ups" out to 600 yards. That's as far as I can regularly, easily practice, and hence my outside limit for field shots too.
I made a ballistic chart for it at one point. It's likely still around here somewhere, but I've gone through a couple of barrels on that rifle now, worn out enough brass to carpet the house in brass, and somewhere in there the "come ups" were pretty well memorized.
With that rifle, or the others with target turrets, I simply: Range It, Dial It, and Send It. One, two three. Bullet gone. Next? Very simple and pretty quick.
MOST of my rifles though have either a simple scope or a few have sights. Mostly I hunt with a simple fixed power, 6x scope, on my .25-06, and currently am using a 115 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip at 3120 fps. It's an accurate, reliable load.
I've quickly made kills with that rifle out to 400 yards, and a little farther, holding on hair. Love it. The flat trajectory and a good scope makes it so simple.
The rifle is sighted-in at 300 yards. That puts it a few inches high at shorter ranges. Zero at 300. About 10" low at 400 yards. Hold the horizontal crosshair right on the back of a mulie at that range and the bullet goes through the heart. Works for me. Worked on a coyote at 420 yards last fall. Worked on a pronghorn at 160 yards. It's incredibly simple and works great for me.
With a rifle that's not quite so flat shooting, like my .30-06 (and interestingly the .375 H&H shares a similar trajectory) I keep the rifle sighted in at 200 yards. Same principle applies as with the .25-06, but at only 2700ish fps, the bullet describes a more looping arc.
Zero at 200 yards. Down about 8"-10" at 300 yards and about two feet at 400 yards. It's not tough.
Made the bear at 306 yards a pretty easy shot with the .375 Number One. :grin:
I don't shoot standard "open" sights all that well, so if my rifle has them, like my .30-30 Glenfield, or the Ruger sights on the .375, they're sighted in no farther than 100 yards. Fifty makes sense too. At farther ranges, I simply pass on taking the shot.
That's not the case with good "peep" sights... I'll adjust as necessary and shoot them pretty well, though my eyes are not young anymore.
How 'bout you? What range and why?
Guy
I like to keep it simple. That may reflect something of my simple mind, but it works for me. I do however engage in a couple of different methods:
A couple of my rifles have scopes with target turrets. Mostly I use the .308 Win with that setup. I keep that rifle sighted-in at 100 yards, and I know my "come ups" out to 600 yards. That's as far as I can regularly, easily practice, and hence my outside limit for field shots too.
I made a ballistic chart for it at one point. It's likely still around here somewhere, but I've gone through a couple of barrels on that rifle now, worn out enough brass to carpet the house in brass, and somewhere in there the "come ups" were pretty well memorized.
With that rifle, or the others with target turrets, I simply: Range It, Dial It, and Send It. One, two three. Bullet gone. Next? Very simple and pretty quick.
MOST of my rifles though have either a simple scope or a few have sights. Mostly I hunt with a simple fixed power, 6x scope, on my .25-06, and currently am using a 115 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip at 3120 fps. It's an accurate, reliable load.
I've quickly made kills with that rifle out to 400 yards, and a little farther, holding on hair. Love it. The flat trajectory and a good scope makes it so simple.
The rifle is sighted-in at 300 yards. That puts it a few inches high at shorter ranges. Zero at 300. About 10" low at 400 yards. Hold the horizontal crosshair right on the back of a mulie at that range and the bullet goes through the heart. Works for me. Worked on a coyote at 420 yards last fall. Worked on a pronghorn at 160 yards. It's incredibly simple and works great for me.
With a rifle that's not quite so flat shooting, like my .30-06 (and interestingly the .375 H&H shares a similar trajectory) I keep the rifle sighted in at 200 yards. Same principle applies as with the .25-06, but at only 2700ish fps, the bullet describes a more looping arc.
Zero at 200 yards. Down about 8"-10" at 300 yards and about two feet at 400 yards. It's not tough.
Made the bear at 306 yards a pretty easy shot with the .375 Number One. :grin:
I don't shoot standard "open" sights all that well, so if my rifle has them, like my .30-30 Glenfield, or the Ruger sights on the .375, they're sighted in no farther than 100 yards. Fifty makes sense too. At farther ranges, I simply pass on taking the shot.
That's not the case with good "peep" sights... I'll adjust as necessary and shoot them pretty well, though my eyes are not young anymore.
How 'bout you? What range and why?
Guy
