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szihn
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Reged: 24/06/07
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Loc: Wind River Valley, Wyoming

Re: .404 Jeffery for plains Game?
18/08/18 03:16 AM

The 404 is fine.
It has the same trajectory as a 180 grain 303 Brit and out to 300 yards you need not worry much. In reality you are not likely to have any shots offered beyond 200. Zero at 135 or 150 and just kill everything you put the cross hairs on. A shot from such a rifle at about 70 yards will be about 2.5 inches high. Even a DikDik is not too small to hold dead on with such a load and zero.

If your rifle has express sights you may have need of the 200 yards blade, but I think that's unlikely. If I am wrong it's still not a problem as long as your vision is good enough to see irons well.

I have both irons and a scope on mine. My eyes are none to good in dim light nowdays, so I mounted a 2X scope, but I wish I could still shoot well in low light with irons. The rifle was a lot easier to carry and just handier with only the irons.

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.404 Jeffery for plains Game?	Gundog01	17/08/18 10:21 PM
Re: .404 Jeffery for plains Game?	cordite	18/08/18 05:21 AM
Re: .404 Jeffery for plains Game?	eagle27	18/08/18 09:08 AM
Re: .404 Jeffery for plains Game?	Rule303	17/08/18 11:42 PM
Re: .404 Jeffery for plains Game?	Postman	18/08/18 12:02 AM
Re: .404 Jeffery for plains Game?	szihn	18/08/18 03:16 AM
Re: .404 Jeffery for plains Game?	Ripp	18/08/18 11:30 PM
Re: .404 Jeffery for plains Game?	szihn	19/08/18 09:34 AM
Re: .404 Jeffery for plains Game?	Ripp	19/08/18 10:14 AM
Re: .404 Jeffery for plains Game?	NitroX	31/08/18 02:13 AM
Re: .404 Jeffery for plains Game?	Rule303	18/08/18 09:08 AM
Re: .404 Jeffery for plains Game?	szihn	18/08/18 01:01 PM
Re: .404 Jeffery for plains Game?	Ripp	18/08/18 11:24 PM
Re: .404 Jeffery for plains Game?	Ripp	18/08/18 03:54 AM
Re: .404 Jeffery for plains Game?	Ripp	17/08/18 10:44 PM

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