I don’t want to beat it to death either, but lets look at your definition, and I must say it is overly simplified. But, to say that it is simply to be able to aim at a target (in the center) and be able to hit it, without adjusting the point of aim (that part is important) and hit it at the furthest possible distance. You would, like you said earlier, hit the bottom of the target, and whatever distance the target is at when you strike the bottom, you are at the Point Blank Range Yards. Example given – if the maximum trajectory is 4 inches above the line of sight, you have reached the point blank range when the projectile falls down to 4 inches below the line of sight, no matter what the distance.

Now, here is where I believe that you (not me) got confused. You mentioned adjusting the sights in one of your earlier posts. This can be done one of two ways. First, you could simply aim high, (just changed the line of sight by the way) but now we’re not aiming in the center of the target anymore are we? We are making an educated guess as to how far up we need to aim to get that increase our distance, but we have done nothing to the settings of the rifle, so we have not changed the Point Blank Range Yards. Second you could adjust the sights to accommodate this longer shot, but what do you do to achieve this? You increase the maximum trajectory, which just gave you a maximum trajectory that is too high at closer shots. What does this mean? It means that you will now miss the shot if the target is closer, which blows the whole “Point Blank Range” meaning out of the water! Because you were aiming at the center (See bold text in previous paragraph) and you missed.

You can’t come up with some disclaimer that says “now you just have to increase the size of the target”. How do you do that? Run up and feed the deer a bunch of wholesome corn and hope that he grows real fast?

I think it is important to note this – The purpose of the point blank range it to provide the shooter with a distance that he knows he can shoot within and remain accurate. It is pretty much the industry standard that shooting past the supplemental range is where you start getting irresponsible.

Respectfully,

KP