Originally Posted by
Phil_H
I definitely get what you are saying however must you always use a range finder? I have purchased my cheap SNDWAY to help me sharpen my estimates of distance. I have set up the rifle to hit the mark exactly at 200 meters, all other environmental conditions taken into account. The distance out to 200 meters the bullet should only rise by 2.5 inches at 100 meters. As I limit myself to only shooting within the 200 meter, in essence all I am trying to achieve for myself is to be able to determine if the shot to be made within 200 meters. If it is, do I necessarily need to use the range finder to know that the target is 137 meters away.
What I can add is that with my range finder and ranging deer in the neighbours farm, I haven't yet felt that I would be happy taking taking a shot at anything other than the largest stags at a distance over 150 meters. Call it getting older and having failing skills to not feel confident at taking the longer shots. So just working on the basis of what looks like a shot that I am capable of, I doubt that I will even be shooting out to 200 meters. Personally I believe it comes down to being ethical and KNOWing your personal limitations.