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  1. 17-12-2022, 02:57 PM #33
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    Quote Originally Posted by SF90 View Post
    Fifty something years ago a bloke I knew by the name of Brian Arnoff took a shot at a deer half a mile away with his 7x57 and killed it.

    And that was wayyy back before rangefinders. So if we take the lowest height of a two-story house to be 4.7m (15.5ft), then that's about how high Brian would have been aiming above that 800yd deer
    (160gr Spitzer Accubond, BC-0.531, SD-0.283, 2650fps, zero @200yd).
    A good job and a good wife has been the ruin of many a good hunter.
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