Thread: Shooting at Medium Range

Before I had a range finder or dialy scope I sighted in bang on at 200m (217y)
With the 308 and factory 150gr soft points that put me a maximum of 2.5 inch high at 125y
Bang on at 30y and 217y
2 inches low at 250y
6 inches low at 300y
13 inches low at 350

So I knew I could aim straight at the neck if the shot was on with no allowance for trajectory out to 250y

If it looked farther than that I would hold high on shoulder and know I would either spine or engine room shoot 300-350.

It worked very well however my eyeometer ranging while pretty good out to 200-250 was pretty poor at 300-350....needless to say I got a range finder after a couple of cockups.

As long as you KNOW your trajectory and KNOW your range Kentucky windage is perfectly adequate with shoulder shots on deer sized game in a decent chambering until you are trying to guess/holdover more than 12 inches of drop.

You are just not going to guess 20+inches holdover at range accurately.

Then you need to go to a drop type reticle or a dial scope IMO