Getting sighted without a spotter
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Getting sighted without a spotter
Any tricks for getting your sightings for the different animals without a spotter? If I miss the paper, which is pretty dammed easy with a new load past chicken distance, I have no idea which way to go as the recoil moves me off the target preventing me from seeing the impact.
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Carl,
Start by sighting-in at 25 or 50 yards or meters, using a small dot on a white paper. At these distances, any deviation from your point of aim will be minimized. Also, once you are horizontally zeroed-in at this short distance, you will be at true zero, since there will be minimal cross-wind effects on the flight of your bullets.
Once you are sighted-in at 50, you will be no more than 2 or 3 inches off, vertically of your target at 200 meters, and whatever windage affects your horizontal. Then the fine-tuning begins.
Once you are zeroed-in at 200 meters, 3 or 4 minutes up will be required for pigs, 5 to 7 for turkeys, and close to 11 for the rams, depending on caliber/velocity.
Happy New Year,
JB
Start by sighting-in at 25 or 50 yards or meters, using a small dot on a white paper. At these distances, any deviation from your point of aim will be minimized. Also, once you are horizontally zeroed-in at this short distance, you will be at true zero, since there will be minimal cross-wind effects on the flight of your bullets.
Once you are sighted-in at 50, you will be no more than 2 or 3 inches off, vertically of your target at 200 meters, and whatever windage affects your horizontal. Then the fine-tuning begins.
Once you are zeroed-in at 200 meters, 3 or 4 minutes up will be required for pigs, 5 to 7 for turkeys, and close to 11 for the rams, depending on caliber/velocity.
Happy New Year,
JB
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You really need to do some paperwork before sighting in. It will decrease your frustration and number of rounds to get sighted in.
Need to work out your ballistic tables: www.eskimo.com/~jbm/ballistics/traj/traj.html
George
Need to work out your ballistic tables: www.eskimo.com/~jbm/ballistics/traj/traj.html
George
George
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