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<blockquote data-quote="Lone Wolf &#039;49" data-source="post: 1648470" data-attributes="member: 3016"><p>Well, this old guy wasn't even going to say anything and I had not read the thread until a fellow OSAer called and suggested I post or repost the experience I had last year on opening day of deer rifle. I had always used an M1A for deer hunting and never had a shot over 75 or so yards. Last year I bought my first center fire bolt rifle. Put a Leupold 2.5 X 8 VariX III and decided to use the Hornady Superformance 308 Win 150 grain sst bullet for it and never tried anything else. Good friend, and more knowledgeable than myself helped me zero it in at 200 yds. Opening day last year of rifle deer I was near Lake Creek on my uncle's place. Killed a doe at sunrise, killed another doe at about 415 PM, both 80 yds or less, thought that is it I am old and tired going to the house, driving back towards the house I saw a fat buck, 8 point on the ridge just outside of the treeline watching my old red Toyota pickup so I stopped, and he stands there watching. I have a Redfield ranger finder good to 550 yds, so I pulled it out and it says 453 yds. I had seen the buck the evening before opening day and thought I will never see him again. All day as I sat I kept looking at the box of ammo, zero 200 drop at 400 is 20.1 inches. I opened the door of the truck window down and laid the rifle on the window sill. Raise it the scope up about 12 inches above the shoulder, I think. Fired, after recoil all I saw was the right rear leg of the buck sticking up. Got in the truck, drove up there and by God he was laying right there. I am old and after taking care of the two does and out of shape he was so fat I couldn't get him in the bed of the truck, but that is another story. Great rifle, scope and ammo, make things possible. Maybe I should add that the rifle is a Sako 85 Finnlite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lone Wolf '49, post: 1648470, member: 3016"] Well, this old guy wasn't even going to say anything and I had not read the thread until a fellow OSAer called and suggested I post or repost the experience I had last year on opening day of deer rifle. I had always used an M1A for deer hunting and never had a shot over 75 or so yards. Last year I bought my first center fire bolt rifle. Put a Leupold 2.5 X 8 VariX III and decided to use the Hornady Superformance 308 Win 150 grain sst bullet for it and never tried anything else. Good friend, and more knowledgeable than myself helped me zero it in at 200 yds. Opening day last year of rifle deer I was near Lake Creek on my uncle's place. Killed a doe at sunrise, killed another doe at about 415 PM, both 80 yds or less, thought that is it I am old and tired going to the house, driving back towards the house I saw a fat buck, 8 point on the ridge just outside of the treeline watching my old red Toyota pickup so I stopped, and he stands there watching. I have a Redfield ranger finder good to 550 yds, so I pulled it out and it says 453 yds. I had seen the buck the evening before opening day and thought I will never see him again. All day as I sat I kept looking at the box of ammo, zero 200 drop at 400 is 20.1 inches. I opened the door of the truck window down and laid the rifle on the window sill. Raise it the scope up about 12 inches above the shoulder, I think. Fired, after recoil all I saw was the right rear leg of the buck sticking up. Got in the truck, drove up there and by God he was laying right there. I am old and after taking care of the two does and out of shape he was so fat I couldn't get him in the bed of the truck, but that is another story. Great rifle, scope and ammo, make things possible. Maybe I should add that the rifle is a Sako 85 Finnlite. [/QUOTE]
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