How good are you at judging range?

Mr. Perfect

How good are you at judging range? What methods do you use?

pwillie

very good....after all I make head shots at a 1000 yards...[:o)]

kidthatsirish

I'm not...so I use my accu reticle on my scopes, or my front sight post as it's a known width.

Without those tools I am a pretty bad judge of distance, with them, I do ok.

Winston Bode

Not very

remingtonoaks

Very good, my eyes

mogley98

I live in flat lands so it may be easier I think I can judge range fair obviously the further out the less accurate I imagine I would be.

Experience and landscape, trees are shorter further away

hillbille

almost perfect, the last range we bought has lasted us over 18 years..........

sharpshooter039

I can do pretty good out to 200yrds or so..after that I need help

jimdeere

Getting better. I've always tried to judge distance by football yardage. Ten yards, 100 yards, etc. I sat on the bench enough to know it's ~55 yards to the other sideline.
I've ran a lot of ridgid and thin wall conduit in my time so I can guess ten, twenty, fifty feet pretty good.
If there's elevation between me and the target, all bets are off.

kimi

So So. I use the halving or bracketing methods. However, if I were still in the business of shooting, which I have not been for the past thirty-five years, I would use other or sophisticated aids.

select-fire

Is this some trick question about tailgating?

Mr. Perfect

quote:Originally posted by select-fire
Is this some trick question about tailgating?
No, but I do appreciate the question.[:D]

wpageabc

Soccer and football play was a big help for me. Those 100 yard run backs go a long way in depth perception.

bearman49709

Used to be very good now if I need to range more than 200 yards I would need some kind of help.

theranger1

I use binoculars to see a target that a bullet hit at 30 to 50 yards. My lookers won't see a bullet piercing a little tiny hole at 30+ yards.

SCOUT5

there he is= dead on hold

well look there=hold at the top of the kill zone

look yonder= hold at the top of the spine

he's a fair ways= hold mid neck level

he's out there= hold at the top of the ears

now, that's a ways= let's see if we can get a little closer

carbine100

I have always been very good at range estimation. I do have a laser rangefinder now and take it along where I expect the possibility of shots at 300+ but I am usually within +/- 5% estimating before ranging.

Rocky Raab

When in doubt, I hit a 7-iron.

badchris

quote:Originally posted by SCOUT5
there he is= dead on hold

well look there=hold at the top of the kill zone

look yonder= hold at the top of the spine

he's a fair ways= hold mid neck level

he's out there= hold at the top of the ears

now, that's a ways= let's see if we can get a little closer




[:)]

mjrfd99

Good--Driving trucks and responding to mile markers for decades gave me lots of practice.

armilite

Pretty good to about 250, then I golf a lot.

hillbille

quote:Originally posted by armilite
Pretty good to about 250, then I golf a lot.



and your used to being in the woods a lot????????????????[;)]

Mr. Perfect

quote:Originally posted by SCOUT5
there he is= dead on hold

well look there=hold at the top of the kill zone

look yonder= hold at the top of the spine

he's a fair ways= hold mid neck level

he's out there= hold at the top of the ears

now, that's a ways= let's see if we can get a little closer








[:)]

Oakie

quote:Originally posted by Rocky Raab
When in doubt, I hit a 7-iron.


Hell, I even chip with a 7 iron.!!!! Anything under 170 yards, Go with the 7[:D]