Thread: Shooting with one of those long range scope thingamies...

I just have a common old rem 700 in common old 7mm-08. On top I have a 4 - 16 Nikon scope. The idea of shooting "Out there" is a bit foreign to me and previously 300 yards was considered a long shot. I would at least like to get to 400. Well my Nikon scope has got these circles below the cross hairs to held with hold over etc but which one was right for which distance etc and I had no bloody idea! So I hatched a cunning plan....

Instead of firing lots of rounds off to see which one was closest I set up a target at 400 yards. I then went and fired 3 shots and went back to check the target. I was rapt with the group as it was better than my usual 200 yard group, anyway all 3 shots were within 9cm of each other about 25 inches low and about 20cm off to the right. Anyway I marked the distance where they were below the bulls eye and went back to my rifle. When I put my crosshairs back on the bull I could see exactly what dot was bang on for the 400 yard range. I'm away now! Is that the usual way of doing things for non-flash harry scopes?

I didn't think to adjust the scope back to the left as there was a bit of wind about and I was shooting across a gully, and I know its bang on so 20cm out to one side seemed to be acceptable.