toolmann
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Hey guys and gals, I have a question that may seem elementary to some. After shooting my 7MM WSM for years I decided it was time to purchase a new rifle. My Winchester did me well, but it never was a shooter. I bought it as my first hunting rifle, used, at a gun show, and I had very little knowledge. I got the chance to shoot by buddy's new Tikka 30.06 and fell in love. So, what's a guy to do but go buy his own. I've left it stock (I was going to put a B&C stock on it but once I shot it I decided to leave it alone for now) and topped it with my Leupold VX3. I've been able to extend my comfort range since I'm consistently putting 300 yard shots into about a 3" group shooting plain ole' cheap Winchester power max 150 GR.
My question is: With a 200 yard zero, the 7.9" holdover at 300 is easy. However, going out to 400 it is a 23.7" drop and 500 is a 49.3" drop. These are per Winchester and I know I have to field verify, but for arguments sake lets just use these numbers. So, at 400, if I wanted to use my elevation adjustment on my scope, would this mean that I would need to adjust about 5.9 MOA (1 MOA at 400 yds being 4" in adjustment) or about 24 clicks on my scope. I think I'm doing that math correctly but wanted to make sure.
Thanks in advance for any responses. It feels good and is fun at the range pushing my own limits, even though I know the gun can shoot much better than I can.
TM
My question is: With a 200 yard zero, the 7.9" holdover at 300 is easy. However, going out to 400 it is a 23.7" drop and 500 is a 49.3" drop. These are per Winchester and I know I have to field verify, but for arguments sake lets just use these numbers. So, at 400, if I wanted to use my elevation adjustment on my scope, would this mean that I would need to adjust about 5.9 MOA (1 MOA at 400 yds being 4" in adjustment) or about 24 clicks on my scope. I think I'm doing that math correctly but wanted to make sure.
Thanks in advance for any responses. It feels good and is fun at the range pushing my own limits, even though I know the gun can shoot much better than I can.
TM