Thread: Sighting in your hunting rifle

Originally Posted by vulcannz

For my centerfires I go figure out the 2" square Point BlanC (<- note the C... it's french you heathen) range. That is a range from looking at the crosshairs the bullet will be within 1" vertically or horizontally. A PBR calculator will tell you what your zero should be.

For my rims fires that's a 1" square PB.

After that I use a BDC or mildot scope. I have it loaded it to strelok, and when I'm off for a hunt I right the drops in permanent marker on the inside of my arm. So for example my 300BLK PBR starts at 30m, ends at 110m. First drop mark is 160, second is 200, 3rd is 250. 17hmr is 35 to 100, first mark is 130, 2nd is 160, 3rd is 200.

What happens if you wash your arm, or get caught in the rain? Maybe a tattoo might be the go, but it would make changing loads or even rifles painful.