Comments on: The Varminters’ Great Debate — Hold-Over vs. Crank Elevation

By: MH

MH — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:18:57 +0000

I would assume the most likely reason a guy would use the holdover method is because he probably does not know the click values he needs for the shot.

I like to make custom turret labels for each rifle and each load.

Here’s how I do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWUpWYREKI

By: dick a metzler

dick a metzler — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 03:36:07 +0000

holdover and crank elevation both work well if you know how to use them. Iam a long range shooting instructor for Indian head rifle and pistol club out of spooner, Wi. We are one of the few clubs with a 600 yard range. Do not come here and expect to use hold over to shoot on this range. It is not allowed for safety reasons.

By: Rich Kayser

Rich Kayser — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 23:22:53 +0000

clicking is only, imho, if you have a scope you can set to Zero Stop. Otherwise it will not take long to forget where you started.

I shoot Rockchucks and Coyotes in Idaho, and have Geovids. I use Zero Stop scopes these days.

By: BoydAllen

BoydAllen — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:05:32 +0000

It all depends on your situation. If you are taking really long shots out where the wind blows quite a bit. Holding off will put your target where there are no reference marks in your scopes field of view, so in that situation spending the extra for a scope with very reliable turrets and using your knobs is a probably the way to go. On the other hand a lot of my varmint shooting has been from one to four hundred yards with very mild to no wind, and for that kind of shooting holding off works very well. I try to use the same load all of the time and be familiar with the hold overs at various distances.