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Old 07-21-2008 | 01:36 PM
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Some of the White owners I am sure have shot that far. Redclub shot 200 yards with a Lyman Peep sight I believe it was... So it is possible. All you have to do is know the rifle and what the bullet will do. If my friend ever gets off his you know what and cuts his hay, I might be able to sneak over there and try.

The furtherst I shot was with my Black Diamond XR at a paper plate at 150 yards. After I learned the drop in the scope, I could hit the paper plate, which is not saying much, but the scope was only 4.5 powder and that paper plate looked mighty small at 150 yards.
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Old 07-21-2008 | 02:04 PM
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Some of the White owners I am sure have shot that far. Redclub shot 200 yards with a Lyman Peep sight I believe it was... So it is possible. All you have to do is know the rifle and what the bullet will do. If my friend ever gets off his you know what and cuts his hay, I might be able to sneak over there and try.

The furtherst I shot was with my Black Diamond XR at a paper plate at 150 yards. After I learned the drop in the scope, I could hit the paper plate, which is not saying much, but the scope was only 4.5 powder and that paper plate looked mighty small at 150 yards.
150 yards is very far with 4x. I don't know how redclub could shoot 200 yards with a peep, but I understand that it is possible since the 45/70 boyz seem to do it further than that. Know your gun, know your load, know your bullet. Know your ballistics. Chap

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Old 07-21-2008 | 02:11 PM
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200 yards with open sights is very doable as long as you have the right size target dot and the right back ground color. For me a 3" orange dot on a brown or gray back ground is easy to see.
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Old 07-21-2008 | 03:30 PM
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Yep I can shoot 200 yards with a White U-M with a peep, I sight in at 3" high at 118 yards I am 6" low at 160 yards and 20" low at 200. 460 bullshop 115 grains of T7 with a wad, I need a large target 17" archery target with a duct tape cross on it I just center the front Fine bead on the Duct tape cross. I use a full size elk cutout also. This I just put the fine front sight just on the top of the elk. Of course I have to use a range finder. The farthest I have shot an elk with a ML is 177 yards. I do have my own range out the back door so I can practice a lot. Plus I have ol'man eye's ( I am a great grandpa). A very small peep with a small front sight eliminates the foggy sight picture.I would love to use a scope but CO. doesn't allow it and I hope they don't change (too hard to get a permit now). Somewhere I have pictures.
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Old 07-21-2008 | 04:07 PM
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wow! 20" drop @ 200? That thing drops like a buick off a cliff lol
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Old 07-21-2008 | 06:42 PM
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200 yards with open sights is very doable as long as you have the right size target dot and the right back ground color. For me a 3" orange dot on a brown or gray back ground is easy to see.
Yes, the Orange that I was using was very visible. The Squares are only 2" however.
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Old 07-21-2008 | 06:51 PM
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2's are a little tough for me with open sights. Especially if i have that big orange fiber optic as a front sight Chap i PMed you back with info on the stores to hit for powder when you fly in to denver. Watch out for those animals on the high way when you are on I-70 and then take the back roads to meeker. My father was a deputy up in meeker and always came close to nailing elk or deer lol.
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Old 07-22-2008 | 04:51 PM
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That's a very interesting monopod, I like the fine adjustment with the trigger idea. Do you know if it locks, or do you have to try and hold the trigger on the monopod steady as you aim and fire? That's the only possible downside I can see.

Wow, 2350 fps with a 300gr bullet....that has to be some recoil! I shoot a 200gr bullet at 2100 fps. I would need to run the numbers but I would hazard a guess that your Savage generates more recoil than my 300WM shooting a 200gr bullet 3000 fps. I do envy your trajectory though, I've got quite a bit of drop dialed in when I'm shooting 400 yds on my range. I hope you have more eye relief than the Nikon Tactical on my 300WM!
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Old 07-22-2008 | 05:38 PM
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That's a very interesting monopod, I like the fine adjustment with the trigger idea. Do you know if it locks, or do you have to try and hold the trigger on the monopod steady as you aim and fire? That's the only possible downside I can see.

Wow, 2350 fps with a 300gr bullet....that has to be some recoil! I shoot a 200gr bullet at 2100 fps. I would need to run the numbers but I would hazard a guess that your Savage generates more recoil than my 300WM shooting a 200gr bullet 3000 fps. I do envy your trajectory though, I've got quite a bit of drop dialed in when I'm shooting 400 yds on my range. I hope you have more eye relief than the Nikon Tactical on my 300WM!
It is pretty stout recoild, but I am shooting a Lead Sled, so I don't really feel it that bad. My Elite 3200 has only 3.5" of eye relief, so I hope that is not a problem. The Barnes 300g Origonal has a BC of .291, so these are the numbers,with a 170 yard zero. Chap


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Old 07-23-2008 | 01:49 AM
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You guys should try the Leupold Boone and Crocket reticle. This reticle works great on my Knight Long Range Hunter out to 200 yards. The reticle sub tensions are within 2 inches at 50 yard increments.

After ground hog season is over, I am going to see how close the sub tensions are for a heavy conical. I am sure I will be able to get 200 yards from them also. The problem is the Barnes MZ bullet shoots so well in mine out to 225 yards that I am going to have a hard time switching to conicals. I wish the MZ's were not so expensive. I guess I can fun shoot my other rifles and keep the KLRH for serious shooting and hunting only. Tom.
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