Thread: Homebrew Snap Caps

Originally Posted by ocium

Thanks for the intel Micky,

Shot placement was going to be one of my upcoming questions (wasn't sure this is the right thread). I've see a lot of YouTube footage where a long range heart/lung shot hasn't caused an immediate drop (I mean, the animal has jumped and run around and taken some time to bleed-out before it dies). Lumbar (spinal) shots always seem to drop them instantly, but they look a little tricky to me (regarding angular measurement and my lack of experience). I've been told in no uncertain terms that headshots are for heroes.

I have an invite to the local range this weekend, so this will be my first time actually firing live ammo through my new rifle. Got a box of Whitetail ammo; hopefully this will be enough to get me zeroed to 25 yards (is that an unrealistic expectation?)

Take a tennis ball and place it 30 yards away from your table setup where your scoped rifle is set up with sandbags or whatever.

Remove bolt and insert an empty deprimed case (without a lump of hankook tyre!) and use it as a diopter rear sight to place the tennis ball in the muzzle circle.

Adjust scope crosshairs to tennis ball centre.

That will get your shots "on paper at the range" and should save a few bullets.

And don't forget to bring your bolt!!!


BTW, you can also play with a point blank range calculator, all you need is the height of the scope axis above bore axis, and the ammo details of course.