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Old November 29, 2018, 09:29 AM   #8
603Country
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Join Date: January 6, 2011
Location: Thornton, Texas
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All but one of my hunting rifles have set and forget scopes. The one with the turreted scope is for shots of up to 500 yards on coyotes and pigs, since I can be a bit more precise at that range with turret adjustment.

For the set and forget scopes, specifically the one on my 270, I sight it in at 200. Been doing it like that for decades, and it gives me the 7, 20, 40 trajectory. Down 7 inches at 300 (which is good for most long shots on deer that I’ll take), 20 inches at 400 (which is about all the hold over I can actually use), and 40 inches at 500 (which is a useless number for me). So, for the 400 to 500 yard shots, I got the turreted scope. For a while I was seeing hogs and coyotes working the far tree line at 500 yards, so I set up to do them harm. And they quit working the tree line after I shot one hog. Go figure. But they’ll be back....
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