Thread: Sighting in your hunting rifle

Originally Posted by sportco62

Where I grew up, the kill area on a deer was at least as big as a dinner plate - so 300-400mm across. I always sighted my hunting rifles in to be 50mm high at 100 metres - and the kill area on a deer at 100 meters is still the size of a dinner plate. If I cant hit a dinner plate at 100 - I should stay home . You guys overthink every thing these days ....

@sportco62 I watched a NZ deer hunting video a while back where the deer popped out at (ranged with a rangefinder) 200m. They took so long messing around dialing for 200m that they missed the shot. I just thought; that since the rifle was probably sighted in to be dead on at 100m if they were dialling it; just aim 2" or 3" higher at 200m! Not a tricky calculation.... I could understand them dialling if it was for a long shot though