The Distance to Sight in For Cape Buffalo?

[roklok]

Just no.

MPBR for a 2530 FPS 300 Grain bullet 2.9 inches high at 100 yards. 6 inch vital would work on a lion, brown bear, or anything else. Dead nuts hold from 30-200 yards.

Not sure why you would cripple yourself with a 50 yard zero.

An inch high at 100 would give you a dead nuts hold from 33 to 141 yards on a 2 inch target.

Gotta disagree, splitting hairs maybe. I am a huge proponent of sighting for MPBR for most rifles and general purpose hunting. That is how I have pretty much every hunting rifle set up. However, for buffalo hunting I broke from this and went dead on at 100 (and 50). I did this for a couple reasons. I had watched lots of videos shooting buffalo in heavy cover, and I want my bullet to be traveling as close to my line of sight as possible. That extra half inch or inch deviation from line of sight could mean the difference between a good shot and clipping a branch. Second is for precisely placing a shot at a small area in certain circumstances (brain). I do not expect to be shooting at an unwounded buffalo past 100 yards, and if a wounded one is heading away past 100 yards a bit lower hit isn't going to matter as in that circumstance will most likely be holding in the high middle of the black. For a general purpose zero of a 375, I agree with you, for a dedicated buffalo zero I think there are valid reasons for a 100 yard zero.

 

[trperk1]

Gotta disagree, splitting hairs maybe. I am a huge proponent of sighting for MPBR for most rifles and general purpose hunting. That is how I have pretty much every hunting rifle set up. However, for buffalo hunting I broke from this and went dead on at 100 (and 50). I did this for a couple reasons. I had watched lots of videos shooting buffalo in heavy cover, and I want my bullet to be traveling as close to my line of sight as possible. That extra half inch or inch deviation from line of sight could mean the difference between a good shot and clipping a branch. Second is for precisely placing a shot at a small area in certain circumstances (brain). I do not expect to be shooting at an unwounded buffalo past 100 yards, and if a wounded one is heading away past 100 yards a bit lower hit isn't going to matter as in that circumstance will most likely be holding in the high middle of the black. For a general purpose zero of a 375, I agree with you, for a dedicated buffalo zero I think there are valid reasons for a 100 yard zero.

Agree with you. I've only done one buffalo hunt but it was extremely thick cover. And why sight in for 200 yards anyway as I had no intent of a shot that far. Sighted in at 100 I was like a inch high at 50 and 5" low at 200.

 

[Flipper Dude]

Agree with you. I've only done one buffalo hunt but it was extremely thick cover. And why sight in for 200 yards anyway as I had no intent of a shot that far. Sighted in at 100 I was like an inch high at 50 and 5" low at 200.

My buffalo rifle could become my elephant rifle within a matter of seconds. I want it shooting as close to dead nut on from 10-50 yds as possible.

 

[375Fox]

My buffalo rifle could become my elephant rifle within a matter of seconds. I want it shooting as close to dead nut on from 10-50 yds as possible.

It also has a high likelihood of taking PG up to 300 yards. I question how many people have actually shot their rifles at 10, 25, 50, 100 yards to see the real difference of point of impact. I don’t think many realize they are low under 25 yards.

 

[Beck]

100 yards - don't over complicate it

 

[Doug Hamilton]

In theory, the 300 g, 375 H&H should cross the line of sight at both 50 and 100 yards. I've yet to experience this in real life on the range, and testing it against a Cape Buffalo is a bit unsettling. I've been told I am too anal, but in a head on charge at 30 yards, bullet placement is EVERYTHING, and the brain shot is the ONLY thing. My standard deviations, using both Barnes TSX and North Fork SCFB, are 1.5" from 50 to 100 yards. At 100 yards, 1.5" will easily put me inside a high heart/lung target space. I might be answering my own question here, but what would your "preferred" zeroing range be?

I have my .458 Win sighted in dead on at 100 yards. It is about 1.5" high at 50. There is no part of a buffalo that is smaller than that.

 

[Flipper Dude]

It also has a high likelihood of taking PG up to 300 yards. I question how many people have actually shot their rifles at 10, 25, 50, 100 yards to see the real difference of point of impact. I don’t think many realize they are low under 25 yards.

If I’m hunting buffalo it has ZERO likelihood of taking plains game over 75-100 yards.

But that’s just me. I can see the logic.