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2 at a time/year.....times 20+ years.

Andy3

The only rutting buck I shot this year was viewable for maybe 6 seconds total at a bit over 200yds. I shot him when he was one step from being out of sight. This is not uncommon where I hunt. Many of my spots max out at 200-250yds of visibility, so there is no scope fiddling necessary. I also hunt a few spots where I can see 400-500yds and there is more than one way to skin a cat there, be it a flat MPBR (257wby), a BDC reticle, or even dials. I use them all. The nice thing about a BDC or dials is that you aren't forced to employ them until you need them. A couple of my rifles/carbines that never see use past 300yds wear a scope with no drop compensation method other than hold-over and that's fine for the medium-range situations for which they are favored.

Even though many of my scopes have elevation dials for range adjustment, I'm mostly a set and forget hunter as most of my shots are under 300 yards and do not require adjustment. Even though they are "custom" by Leupold based on the cartridge/ballistics, they really need to be tested at range to see how close they actually are to the distance scribed on the turret. I just don't really shoot at longer distances at targets/steel as much as I'd like to, local range limited to 100 yards.

Pretty much my story. I use the same load but swap back and forth between NPT's and I/L's. It's only been 30 years for me though and I finally changed to a new 2.5-8x36 last fall.

I put the first scope scope on my .375 H&H rifle in place of the 1.75x6..

So… pretty much 40 shots have made a ragged hole.

2 shots per year, touching each other.....I call that cutting holes...not a ragged hole. A box car full of dead deer, bear, and elk, out to 500 yards, for proof.

This is not a high volume shooting rig. The ammo is too hard to find, to waste on paper. It has proved itself for a long time, as has the scope.

If your on the prod, and looking to start $hit....go somewhere else.

Andy3

Don’t want to start anything, however sometimes I like to question what I read.

Rick,

Any guesses on come-ups to the downed trees in the background?

Damn Scott how would any of us know, unless you turn around and take a pic. All you are showing us is the foreground.

Or maybe you are facing the other way. These optics forums are hard to keep straight...

Minus 2 clicks.

Yep

Know your rifle and how to shoot it.

WTH did we do before technology took over "hunting"? I guess all the deer and antelope I got dropped dead, laughing at my '06 with a K 2.5 and later a K 4 on top.

The last thing I want to be doing is holding my bourbon, trying to make a shoot on a B&C whitetail AND dialing a dial.

If you use QD rings you can flip your Hubble around backwards for when the deer come in too close. Just don't forget to invert your dope chart with a pocket mirror.

I've killed a lot of deer with iron sights. Quite a few with round nosed bullets, rifled slugs, round balls and even arrows. Haven't had a shot opportunity over 300 yards since 1994. Don't have any need to dial a scope. Only take a range finder with me when I'm gonna be slingin arrows.

I like it!

LMAO!!

I bet ya werent wearin' a stitch of Sitka, Kuiu or First Lite, ....or Kenetreks or Crispis, either.

I've been using variable power scopes for many years. Originally I set them on four and thats where they stayed. Now days the last ten or so years, I have found setting on five works. I don't swap scopes from rifle to rifle. And very seldom have to change the original sight in!

This thread is awesome

Over 20 years

High volume and a master of his domain