judging range and holdover

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We have a thread on the longest shot that you have made,so how about one on how you estimated the range before taking the shot,and the holdover you used.I personally use a leica laser rangefinder that makes range estimation quick and precise.I sight my 7mmstw rifles in 2-3/4" high at 100 yards,so I am holding on the animal to over 400 yards.Even at 500 yards the point of impact is only 18" low,so I am holding on hair for elk and moose,and less than half a body thickness high on deer and pronghorn.
Looking over the thread on the longest shot,some people use laser rangefinders but some don't mention one,yet posted ranges that would require precise range estimation and holdovers of several feet.In one case the necessary holdover would have been nearly 17 feet.
What are your methods?
 
I'm going where longer shots are the norm this year. I'm planning to use my Leica 1200 along with a mildot scope on my rifle. With a 200 metre zero, this gives pretty reliable holds way out there.
 
Lecia CRF 1200, 8" PBR sight in and Duplex reticle for holdover

For my 280 AI w/3-9x40 VXII I hold on fur out to 400 yds...Duplex is dead on at 450 yds, 9" low at 500 yds and 24" low at 550 yds. I run the numbers for all of my rifles, verify on paper/steel at the range, and then PRACTICE!

On deer I keep the shots inside 500 yds....550 yds on moose if need be (haven't had to yet).

It is a very foolproof method, one which I've been employing for years (well before the LR reticles were common), and allows very precise shot placement and is virtually fool proof (so long as you keep the scope on 9x when using the duplex).
 
I don't do a lot of long range (inside 200 yards most of the time) When I am walking around I pick an object in the distance and try to figure how far away it is. I then pace it off to see how close I was. You can do this anywhere, in the city or in the country. It is good practice in judging distances.
 
Put me down for the 7 STW, shoot at hair for 1/4 mile club. I joined up when affordable lazer rangefinders were just a dream, and it works as well now as then.
I also have a Leica and B&C/Varminter/LR reticles on several rifles, but so far am finding them more useful on varmints and 'yotes than big-game.
 
My shots are frequently on running game, and usually under 100 yards, however, I did manage a 300 yard shot with open sights, using a Swedish Mauser, with issue sights.
It just happened I'd been looking at the toppo map the day before, and knew the width of the lake in front of our camp was 600 yards. I'd always expected one day that a deer would be seen across the lake.
The day in question, a doe stepped out on a point, half way across the lake. I then knew the distance was pretty much 300 yards. conveniently close to what the original bottom sight setting on the rifle was. Firing from prone, with my $60 milsurp, the deer dropped on the spot to the first shot.
Rick Teal calls it my circus shot.
Truth be known, at that time, I had practiced quite a bit at 400 yards in a local pit for the moose hunt area we went to, albeit with a scoped 338WM.
 
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