I reckon a small Fallow would make a good stand in for a Charlie.
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I reckon a small Fallow would make a good stand in for a Charlie.
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Sh*t, thought you said small fellow. Never joke about that.
That'd work too hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Cordite
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British Army Manual, for Lee Enfield front sight post: _|_
Post height = Height of standing man at 400 yards
Post height = height of kneeling man at 250 yards
... From which you can helpfully deduce that as an average man is 170cm tall,
... a fence post 125cm tall corresponds to height of L.E. front sight post at 300 yards
...and a fence post twice height of the sight post is = 150 yards.
A fence post half the height of the sight post is ~600 yards away... and you'll likely miss at that distance with iron sights.
Yes, it's Christmas, and yes, I'm at work on call.
Normal hunting range (out to about 200 metres or so) was never a problem but there are lots of hills and gullies here in central Otago that makes it more difficult so I have invested in a Leica 1500 range finder. Lots of surprises at first but I love it. The 8x magnification also makes it a good spotting scope.
According to my wife I can't judge the range from the end of my dick to the toilet bowl......
I bought a pair of Swarovski EL Range binos and use them for everything (except having a leak which evidently I still struggle with!)
Sit down! Steadies your binoculars too.Quote:
Originally Posted by duckdog
Practice, practice and a little more practice on a regular basis. That works for me. I'm pretty sure that I'm going to have to adjust my "gut feel" for distance as I've only recently moved to NZ. But I'm keen to join the guys on the range and in the field. It will be a hole new experiance for me and my boys.
Even if you are really really good at ranging using your eyes and reticle, in my would guestimate that you can do no better than within 20% margin of error on both side. That is, if you think the range is 400m, it can be anywhere between 320m to 480m.
If you are a soldier, you only need to hit your enemy and you want to hit your enemy before he hits you, then ranging using your eyes is fine. Even with the additional drop over extra 20% distance the bullet could still hit a human sized target. and if you miss you can always try again.
But as a hunter, you do not just want to hit the target. You want to - A, hit the killzone; and B, on the first shot. Estimating range using reticle is simply too unreliable. for soemone who lives in the city, each hunting trip is very valuable in terms of opportunity cost, petrol cost and accomodation cost. You are lucky if you have 1 opportunity to take a good shot at a deer on each trip. Why taking such a high risk missing?