Thread: Any neat tricks?

Originally Posted by R93

I am still a bit confused as for argument sake you have a 26" drop at 300 with 100 yrd zero?
And you went a few full turns in the heat of the moment to get 7 moa?

He must have been a big fella to get you so flustered.
Shit happens tho. I know your pain.
I missed my only chance at a huge trophy red by hitting a small tree in line with his leg, dead center after watching him for a good 5 mins in pretty open Bush.
Could have neck shot the bugger 100 times over and should have on reflection.
My only suggestion is to get a suitable scope to allow a quick shot at those ranges without needing to dial.
Or go a lighter bullet with a 200 yrd zero and hold top of the back.




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I didn't wind on too much elevation in a panic, I had obviously either done at least one full rotation at some point previously and not known, or not retuned it to its actual zero after shooting long range last time.

Thinking I was on the actual zero tried to dial 7moa but ran out of elevation meaning I probably already had at least 12moa dialled when I thought I was on zero... this caused me to get flustered and try to find my mechanical zero stop without realizing I didn't have one, and ending up totally lost.

I have a rifle perfectly set up for that kind of shot but took my light gun because lots of where I was hunting was high tussock and I thought an off hand shot was quite likely and I know I can reliably shoot that gun to 400 +.