dakota.potts
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Doing some work on my Mosin Nagant now. Taking off the Boyd's laminate stock (it was nice, but I wanted to try a refinish of the original) and I've also ordered a Smith Sights target front post to go along with the Mojo rear peep that's on it already.
I'm thinking I might want to take it hunting this year for deer and hog. I understand and appreciate the 300 yard "belt buckle" zero but deer don't have belt buckles and I don't think I'll be happy with that kind of accuracy on a deer since the goal is to humanely kill it, not make it stop shooting at me as the Russians were concerned about.
I'm thinking I'll go with something like a 174 gr soft point and I'm looking for a relatively flat shooting zero. I'd like to have something that doesn't rise or fall more than 3-4" inside 150-200 yards, and then hold over if I took a slightly longer shot. I'm finding it difficult to find trajectory charts for close-range zeroes online. Anybody have anything to help me out?
I'm thinking I might want to take it hunting this year for deer and hog. I understand and appreciate the 300 yard "belt buckle" zero but deer don't have belt buckles and I don't think I'll be happy with that kind of accuracy on a deer since the goal is to humanely kill it, not make it stop shooting at me as the Russians were concerned about.
I'm thinking I'll go with something like a 174 gr soft point and I'm looking for a relatively flat shooting zero. I'd like to have something that doesn't rise or fall more than 3-4" inside 150-200 yards, and then hold over if I took a slightly longer shot. I'm finding it difficult to find trajectory charts for close-range zeroes online. Anybody have anything to help me out?