Well, I'm not sure if you're understanding me. I like to set my rifles dead-on at 250 yards. With most calibers, I am about 3" high at 100 yards. This way I can just aim at a deer out to about 275 yards without having to "hold over". At 300 yards, I would aim about two-thirds up on the deer's body. At 350, I would hold on the backbone or just below. At around 400, I would use the top of the bottom post, right where it comes to a point, and expect the bullet to strike at that point. Yesterday, while waiting for the buck to turn broadside, I took the time to observe the relation of the crosshairs to the buck's body. With the point of the bottom post centered on his ribcage, the crosshairs were about four inches above his back. Like I said, with that particular scope turned up on 10 power, the 13" plate is just slightly larger than the gap between the crosshair and the point of the bottom post.

Sometime when you have the time, take your rifle out and just look thru your scope at known distances and learn how your scope's reticle corresponds to different size targets. When a friend and I first started shooting at 400 yards, I put up a huge sheet of cardboard so we could see where we were hitting. For example, I would put a 3" bulleye sticker about 2 feet down from the top of the sheet of cardboard. From 400 yards, I would aim at the top of the cardboard right in line with the bullseye. Then I wouild see where I hit. Usually I would be close to the mark. Then, while looking thru the scope, using the same aiming sequence, I would see where the top of the heavy post was. With .300 Win mag, .270 Win, .243 Win and .30-06, it worked every time. Now I'm not talking about hitting golf balls at 400 tards, but with a deer-sized target, it would be perfectly reliable to use the heavy post to aim with.

Make any sense? Hope this helps. If not, I'll try to explain further.