270 130 gn BT

I use 2.5" high at 100 to put the bullet no more or less than 3" from line of sight out to 300 yards. That's with a pretty hot load of Reloder 22, but with moderate pressures.
 
Reynolds357, I have never really "poked that paper" at those specific ranges. Everything I have done, and the ballistic tables I have consulted, suggests that 100 yards is the apogee of the 130 gr projectile when sighted in that close. If its a couple inches higher at 150 or so, I can deal with that. Hitting the vitals of a deer, especially when your in the uneven terrain of the desert mountains of Arizona, is a big guestimation chore to begin with.

I try to be as accurate as possible, but when that sucker suddenly appears in view between the Juniper, you want the fast 90% solution range-wise that I think is the forte of the .270 Winchester.
 
Was just wondering. With that kind of curve, you should actually be slightly higher at 200 than you are at 100. You also should be close to 7" high at 175. With mulies and Elk that is probably fine, but it would be cutting it pretty close on whitetails.
 
When under time pressure, I tend to aim high. I think that's from years of hunting with a 35 Remington. Because of that I don't think I'd do well sighting in at 3 inches high at 100 yards. For many years I had my 270 on at 200, which made things simple - 7 inches down at 300 and 20 inches down at 400. Past that, I don't shoot. Now I'm using BDC type scopes, with all of them on at 100. Works quite well, as long as you are aware of what dot means what distance on what rifle.

I think the net result of my change to BDC is that I could shoot deer at greater distance than I once did, though I likely won't do that. But I sure will blast a pig at long distance, and have done so. Coyotes too.
 
Hitting the vitals of a deer, especially when your in the uneven terrain of the desert mountains of Arizona, is a big guestimation chore to begin with.

I try to be as accurate as possible, but when that sucker suddenly appears in view between the Juniper, you want the fast 90% solution range-wise that I think is the forte of the .270 Winchester.
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+1.

The same holds for the mixed row crop and pastureland where I hunt: while rangefinders are nice to have, they take time you don't always have..... if you are shooting a cartridge where 150 yards and 225* have a POI difference as big as the boiler room of a whitetail, you are at a disadvantage.

If you can eyeball the difference between 150 and 225 over broken ground on the fly, you are probably an avid golfer ......

*Not as uncommon as you would think- a flat based 150gr .308WIN, loaded with powder friendly to gas operated semi-autos is not far off from this ......
 
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