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Art Eatman · February 9, 2000, 11:02 AM

I guesstimate football fields. I pick a point about 100 yards out; then another 100 yards, and so on. This works out to around 400 yards.

My '06, zeroed at 200, is about 6" low at 300 and call it 24" low at 400. Now, almost four feet low at 500 yards means that after 400, you get in trouble with a 50-yard error. That's an easy error to make at that sort of distance. After 300 to 400 yards, you're praying, not at all sure...

Coyote hunting with a Swift or one of the middle-magnums gives you an effective point blank range of around 300-350 yards, if you zero at about 250.

FWIW, Art

"Point it and pull; Hell ain't half-full."

February 9, 2000, 11:02 AM	#4
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	I guesstimate football fields. I pick a point about 100 yards out; then another 100 yards, and so on. This works out to around 400 yards. My '06, zeroed at 200, is about 6" low at 300 and call it 24" low at 400. Now, almost four feet low at 500 yards means that after 400, you get in trouble with a 50-yard error. That's an easy error to make at that sort of distance. After 300 to 400 yards, you're praying, not at all sure... Coyote hunting with a Swift or one of the middle-magnums gives you an effective point blank range of around 300-350 yards, if you zero at about 250. FWIW, Art "Point it and pull; Hell ain't half-full."