How to Sight In Point Blank ~ Maximize the range of your Rifle!
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2020
- Learn how to maximize the trajectory of your rifle, and how to understand the terms used in sight-in charts and tables. You'll learn what Bullet Drop and Mid Range trajectory actually means. Here, discover that your rifle actually has two precise zeros; one for close range and the other for distant range, without changing any sight settings! Finally, learn how you can sight in your rifle at close distances, and still have it sighted for the maximum range your rifle is capable of.
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I saw an older gentleman with a rifle, a glass of scotch and a dog, and immediately pressed play. If my children learn nothing else from me, it will be that our elders are a valuable, and all too often under appreciated resource. This man is a shining example of that undeniable principle.
I long to talk to my Grandma with tears in my eyes sometimes!!!
Don't forget he did mention the safety part also (The fact that there was no live ammo in the area) Drinking and guns only flys in West Virginia. LOL
Bet he's got a library filled with all the classics plus a few Sports Afield and Field and Stream magazines.
Damn right!
I think most importantly it just comes down to knowing your gun intimately.
This is what you might call “A wealth of knowledge”
When he talks, you listen and absorb as much as you can.
I would love to spend a day or two with this man and just take in all he had to share and do some shooting.
You are, right here on YT . Lots of things I hate about technology , some things I Love , Like this
channel .
It’d take a week just to learn what he’d forgotten!
Second That!
I've had people tell me you can't listen/ believe anything on the net. I tell them I know of one at least that covers any area of shooting or just different guns and calibers. What he says you can take to the bank. I'm thankful for him.
I remember a list in an outdoor mag for MPBR and the 257 Weatherby was nearly 400 with a 3 " + or -
7 mag was little over 300
Don't recall the bullet wt.
"Jack O'Connor" Now there's a name that one rarely hears of these days. Great writings that man had! When I was younger, I tried to read everything that man put in ink.👍
Me too! I've thought of getting a few books i had when I was a kid.
Jack O Connor's work. Grabbed my imagination and my knowledge grew from his work and others. Fred Bear, Grits Greshom. Im glad I grew up in the 60s and 70s.
Honestly his name has popped in my head a half dozen times in the last week.
Yup... loved his stuff.
Jack, in one of his books, strongly recommended the .243 for deer and similar game. Then he backed it up with several pages of reasons. (Lower recoil, flat trajectory, etc.).
I hear that name alot lately so I'm gonna research his material.
Really enjoy these videos. Nothing is better than listening to someone who knows what they are talking about. Thank you
A rifle, a tick collector, a wee dram, and a head full of wisdom. Excellent presentation. 5 stars, two thumbs up, and a toast.
I love watching your videos. It reminds me of conversations with my Dad. Great memories!
Hello my friend
Thank you for the teachings over the years
Have a great day 🙏
👍 Give Benny a pat on the head for me.
25th ID Schofield Barracks Hawaii “Strike like tropic lightning!” Thank you for your service sir and thank you for all the great educational content that you have given to us over the years. God Bless.
Tremendous teacher, tremendous content.
Thank you for your service. My father-in-law died not long ago at age 72. He served and saw combat in Vietnam and had been suffering from PTSD for many years. He lived with us and I know it was very difficult for him. His doctor at the VA hospital said he died of complications due to exposure to agent orange. He had very little functioning lung capacity and was on oxygen his last few years. Not only that, but at least two of his children somehow may be suffering health complications associated with his exposure. I hadn't heard of that before, but it only underscores the fact we often ask way too much of our troops seeing combat in my opinion. Anyway, thank you again for your service and I hope you and yours are in good health.
I love listening to You. Always great advice on firearms, self defense, hunting and aspects of Life. God bless You Sir ✝️🇺🇸✝️
I have to say you are an exceptional teacher, Mr. Your videos have been a treasure trove of practical information for a person like me who has been planning of getting his first rifle for hunting. I spent one year in military but that was 10 years ago and it was hardly useful in getting a bolt action rifle. Your videos on the other hand have helped me tremendously in choosing the right rifle, optics and in general being confident about handling and taking care of it. Thank you and best wishes from Finland.
I love a brush up on ballistics. I sight in my AR for a 50/200 yd zero.
I think this choice of zero is the most useful too.
Benny still looks content. he looks great!
Blessings to you and your family!
Hawk
I don't think I've ever fully understood this concept. This helps a lot. Thanks!
Glad to see you and Benny! God Bless you and your household. Great wisdom and technical information in this video.
Very well explained, as usual. I believe the technique you described is referred to as sighting in for maximum "point blank range."
You're correct, as I've described in other presentations.
I look forward to some day meeting you. I work at Four Seasons Firearms in Woburn,Ma.. With the influx of first time gun buyers we are experiencing and their lack of any firearm experience. I recommend a steady diet of your videos to get them started!
Good to see you and Benny. I wish you and the Mrs good health as well as Benny. God bless you all!
Get Benny a Seresto flea and tick collar. They work great for our lab and Gordon Setter, even with her long hair. Thanks for the video.
I am like you Captain. I will NOT take a shot on big game that is beyond 350yds. When I was a boy, I went deer hunting with my cousin. He took a shot on a deer that was greater than 350yds and he misjudged bullet drop and it was windy. He hit that deer outside the kill zones, but he wounded the deer and it fled into the open dessert. We looked and looked and couldn't find it. The next day we noticed some buzzards coming in and out of a ravine. We found that deer because of them and the buzzards were picking that carcass clean. When we got back, we told the story to my dad and he made my cousin fill out his tag and turn it in. He said, "you shot that deer and it is dead. You have your deer for the season". It is disrespectful and irresponsible to shoot game outside of your capability. And it is irresponsible to not know the limitations of yourself and your rifle. A very belated thanks to you for this video.
Thank you Sir for all these excellent videos. So very helpful. We so need these discussions.
Thank you so much! Perfect timing too... I still a noob, and needed exactly this video to help me with my new rifle. EDIT - even better haha - that's exactly my rifle
Spot on again. Taking advantage of bullet trajectory really puts you in a great place for reliably hitting your target/game at longer range. Good to see you and Bennie are doing well. Thank you for sharing. God Bless.
Thank you. This drawings were perfect for explaining to my buddies why I choose my specific hunting zero 😊
SO good to see you again. Always benefit from your information dense discourse. Thank you !
I truly think you have the best channel on RUclips! Thank you for your videos!
Thanks a lot for your rich information!
Always a pleasure to see you and Benny Hope you have a safe and enjoyable hunt.👍🐶👨🏻🌾😍🇺🇸
Thank you for all you share with the shooting community. Your knowledge is a blessing to the rest of us.
Always love your videos and and solid usable advice for hunting at ethical ranges. Glad to see Benny enjoying the afternoon with you. Take care and have a great hunting season this year.
Thank you, sir, for another great video! Happy to see that you and Benny are doing well.
I thought I knew a few things about guns until I started watching this man.
Love the wealth of information here...one of the best gun channels on RUclips....God bless.
Welcome back, great to see and hear from you again. This new hunter thanks you profusely for the education. God bless and good hunting!
Fantastic illustration and explanation! Thank you!
Outstanding explanation. thanks for taking the time to share this info.
Thx, Sir! 'So far, so good'.
God bless!
Just imagine how wonderful it would be to be on the other side of that table, with a glass of whiskey, giving Benny an occasional scratch and spending the afternoon discussing firearms, reloading and game with this gentleman!! 😊👍
I love these casual chats, thank you Gunblue490 and Benny of course.
Always enjoy time with you, sir. Yes - I can tell Benny is a good boy. Y'all keep each other safe.
Always excellent videos! Thank you for your help and thank you for your service! 2A! 🇺🇸
Thanks, I already understand a trajectory but you explained it very well for someone who doesn’t. I enjoy all of your videos and I have also learned a few things, like the perfect sling for a rifle. Now all of my rifles are sporting a loop sling, the same ones in your video.
Thanks again Gun Blue we love you and Bennie😎
You always explain your topics very well. Thanks for all your great videos. I’m seventy now and you’ve gotten me back to reloading and going to the range. Thanks again
Hey Professor ! Life is good ! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Blessings to both you and Benny!
Thanks for all the lessons.
Benny is a such a good boy!!
Thank you for sharing that valuable information!
Videos and information don't get better than this. Thank you.
I love your channel and information.. I was not aware you were a New Englander. Hello from RI!
Thanks for all you are doing. Such a wealth knowledge and experience. I am learning so much.
You are living the good life; a great dog, a fist full of whiskey, and a plan for the hunt. Wish I was there!!!
Thanks again!!!
Thanks a lot for your information. loved the video.
"Shoot at the deer first" ha, that's great.
I see that electric strawberry.
Tropic Lightning!
Your knowledge is greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to share it. Its funny how many new gadgets and gizmos you see come on to the market that are an answer in search of a problem. I ave always favored simple reticles and use good judgment in the field.
Thank you for the video. Very enjoyable.
Great Explanation!!
I own a .257 Roberts because of you. Thanks for yet another informative and helpful video. Good luck this fall and be safe.
An older buddy once told me years ago that the best Pennsylvania deer cartridges were the 257 Roberts and the 6.5 Swede. He owned hundreds of guns and was an Air Force captain.
I too am an old Fossil. I live in the high desert in Idaho. I learned point blank sighting years ago at the same time I learned about ethical shooting at distances that are not guessing. I get involved with teaching young hunters and help then sight in their rifles for hunting seasons. If the father is between 30 and 40 they usually are programed for shooting game at 1000 yrs. I feel that is totally unethical and inhumane. I have a rifle that will hit an 16 inch target at a measured mile. (Under ideal conditions) That is right I said a mile with all the documentation. I have yet to shoot at any game animal at much over 300 Yds. I have passed up several good ones. I am 79 and have never starved nor wounded and lost and animal. Thank You. You are accurate, factual and a Blessing to our game animals and the shooting community. Dale Tustison
Its always good to see another new GunBlue490 video posted. Be well and God bless.
Excellent teaching! Thank you.
I've learned a lot from you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Great reminder. Thanks.
Love that pup, is aging much better than you and me! Another excellent video, thank you sir.
Excellent channel awesome content! Excellent info, this is a critically underated channel. Paul Harrell is my current favorite, but yours is a close second.
Great explanation! Thank you 👏
Priceless knowledge
Always appreciate your videos
Awesome... and thank you for your service Sir.
A great video. I've been sighting in for maximum effective point blank range for longer than I can remember. I'm coming up on my 70th birthday and although I can't hunt much anymore because of health issues I still enjoy taking my rifles out to the pasture on my farm and giving them a little workout. For a lot of the faster center rfles the old 3" high at 100 yards is still a good starting point. Then shooting groups at both shorter and longer ranges will show where the bullet is hitting above or below those two magic "dead on" spots along the bore axis line of sight. With some work the real maximum effective point blank range for the larger bore slower rounds can be figured out. Modern bullets, especially the Hornady FTX in the LeverEvolution has increased the practical maximum effective point blank range in the 30-30, 35 Remington, 444 Marlin and 45-70 Gov't. They're still not 300 yard plus bean field rifles but have made them better for that potential 200 yard shot, especially if you happen to have a low powered scope on your "woods" rifle.
I guess my age is showing in that I can't believe how many current day shooters or hunters never heard of Jack O'Connor or his journalistic nemesis Elmer Keith and many other great gun and hunting writers who really "wrote the book" on all things hunting and shooting from as far back as the early 1930's through the early to mid 1970's. I've seen a lot of internet no-nothings who have obviously never read much of anything he wrote saying that Jack only hunted with the 270 Winchester which is far from the truth. Although he killed eleven Grizzly Bears with his beloved 270, Jack hunted with a lot of cartridges from 250 Savage to 458 Winchester Magnum, but in his "Complete Book of Rifles and Shotguns" he said (paraphrasing here) "If I could have only one rifle to hunt the world over it would be a 375 H&H Magnum. If I was allowed a second rifle it would be a 270 Winchester. Happy hunting boys and girls.
Though I've long known this of what you speak, it is just so refreshing & wonderfully enjoyable to have YOU explain it with such simple & precise terminology, and in a calm & at ease manner. You make learning and/or continuing education an absolute pleasure. You being a New Hampshire boy and longtime Master Educator I believe it past time Dartmouth College give you an Honorary Doctorate. Their Honorary Doctorate Degrees in Education aren't just for Josiah Bartlett(1790), Theodore "Dr. Seuss" Geisel '25(1955), or Fred "Mr." Rogers '47(2002).
This gentleman reminds me of the role model I wished I had. American tradition in carnate. I think I'll have a responsible glass of scotch and watch a few more of his videos.
Thanks for the tutorial.
Enjoyed the visit.
Excellent video. I've been tinkering a lot with my 336 and some higher velocity hand loads, again thanks in part to your videos. Since my most common target is clays and sometimes playing cards, I originally set it to hit no more than 3 inches high with my old standard 170 grain Winchester loads. My hand loads are getting pushed to 2500 fps or so, and I'd like to set the high point at 6" for a slightly larger target, 12" bullseyes. Thanks again for the great information.
I wish my grandpa was like this gentleman.
I am forever grateful for you spending time and sharing your knowledge. Very nice pour of scotch.
So simple, yet so misunderstood. Thank you Sir.
Good Luck this season Sir !!!
Semper Fidelis
Great to see Benny again!
Wow thanks for the info. I'm probably going to have to watch just three or four times until it sinks in though😆😆
Thanks for posting the video. I knew about the elevation of the gun barrel relative to the line of sight but I had not realized that there were actually two zero points. It makes perfect sense and seems so obvious now that you explained it. It looks like you have a Marlin XT 22 rifle there on the table. That's the model I have also and the one I plan to take to the range next month to complete my shooting tests. I took a hunter safety education course from my state's Fish and Game commission and the last part of the exams requires us to shoot a paper target at 50 feet. I was wondering why those chose 50 feet and now it seems clear it's because for most 22 rifles that's probably where the initial zero is located. Cheers!
We received 14" of snow overnight here in Montana and today is the first day of deer season. That didn't keep a lot of businesses from closing to go hunting.
Thanks again 👍
Mr Gunblue
Just so you know.
I was unsubscribe to my favorite RUclips channel, yours.
Utube up to its old tricks. I hope there will be a platform that is pro gun education.
Again thanks for all your lessons.
You have a lot of class sir!
Glad Benny is doing well and hope he continues to keep doing well. I feel the same way about my dogs.
Good to see you fella
Great video😊
Thank you Sir.
Old School wisdom... Thank you, Sir.
Terrific. Thanks.
this man is a class act!!
Thanks for the thoughtful presentation, glad to see Benny is collecting ticks 🥵it’ll be frosty 🥶 hopefully soon. Can’t wait to see a video about a hunt or at least an at length discussion of it. I’ll pull up the wine 🍷 and a Monte #2 💨.
Thanks for promoting practicle information
Thank you for helping me understand a lot of things that I never understand about shooting
I wish all my college subjects were as interesting as shooting. There are so many things to learn. Thank-you for the lesson. I find very interesting the relation between: scope mount height, first zero, down range zero, bullet drop, temperature,... I use "federal ballistics calculator " to help me make decisions on some of the variables. When i started this hobby i never thought shooting was so absorbing. BTW. ... I still trying to convince the wife to let me buy that beeman R7 you showed on previous video....
Awesome buddy
Glad to see you. I was just thinking about you hoping you were ok