When printing tables use .12" side and bottom margins. In all tables: Lead is always in feet, wind drift and trajectory is always in inches. Running shots 90º angle, halve for 45º angle.  Figure all leads from chest.

In sub-zero weather heavy air, the 87-grain Hornady V-Max bullet's jacket was separating from the bullet's core (core-jacket separation and core hitting target sideways) at this maximum load so I need to quit using that bullet in my 243/06 wildcat.  At longer ranges a core-jacket separation would mean a wide miss with the coyote running away untouched!

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MOA is .25" per click at 100 yards,  with the inches per click at various yardage's shown on the row below Range in yards. Animals at 300 yards or more will usually give you time to zero at those yardage's. You have to decide at  what yardage you feel you need to adjust for drop or windage. If you see any errors on my chart, let me know! I use Kentucky windage and elevation, I never change the zero.

Wind drift: A  45-degree wind drift angle isn't half the wind drift of a 90º-angle, but is three-quarters the drift. It has a 70 to 75 percent effect, even though the angle is only halfway between no drift effect and full drift effect. The drift effect is not proportional, due to the aerodynamic ballistics of a bullet in flight. Just remember that halfway between full and zero effect is nearly three-quarters the drift of 90-degrees.  Memorize these aerodynamic ballistic realities.

An Illuminated Mil Dot reticule is the best for accurate judging of ranges and providing hold on increments with which to adjust for drop and windage without using manual clicks. These scopes should greatly improve your ultra long range scoring abilities and facilitate dawn and dusk hits on coyotes and other varmints.

All I have at present are 3 old scopes: K4; K6, and a K10 Weaver scopes with plain old crosshairs, and one new 4 x 12 variable on the .243. I need to find out how much area these crosshairs cover at extended yardage's. If you know, e-mail me, otherwise I will have to find out for myself as it could help me determine the range on coyotes, etc.

I worked up these charts to give you a general idea of what it takes to gauge the speed, angle, and approximate lead required to make a killing shot on a coyote, or on that once in a lifetime trophy buck that is headed for thick cover if you don't drop him before he gets there!

Additional difficulty factors: uneven terrain creates real problems and on longer shots hold over adds to the difficulties.

There ought to be variable speed moving targets on every rifle and handgun shooting range. The target system should be movable to various ranges and run at various angles. Practice is essential to improve those shooting skills and to further determine each individuals range limits on running game. Remember that nearly everything that is shot, with a shotgun's shot pattern, is running or flying and those shooting skills vary a great deal between individuals due to numerous factors, with practice being a major one.

Start at the shorter ranges until you become more proficient and then move to longer ranges, limiting yourself to reasonable shooting ranges. If you will visualize these leads in your mind, you can build the coordinates in your brain to develop an intuitive visual sense of where to hold under any shooting condition without having to refer to a ballistics charts.

This 243/06 Wildcat has the ballistics to be a 600 yard plus coyote cartridge with the 87 grain Hornady V-Max bullets. The 85 grain bullet is the lightest I use in this Wildcat cartridge.

If Norma's ballistics chart program is working properly these 87 grain V-Max bullets outperform the 100 grain Sierra bullets at the ranges most shots will be taken at coyotes.  However, high velocity core-jacket separation eliminates the use of 87 grain V-Max bullets n my 243/06 wildcat rifle.

I doubt these days with a messed up right eye and carpal tunnel numb hands and fingers, that I can shoot well enough to take advantage of the potential of my 243/06 Wildcat rifle at longer ranges.

Running shots should only be taken under Safe Shooting Conditions! Be alert and never take a running shot unless shooting safety conditions are right, proper terrain and background to stop the bullet, no buildings, livestock, or people anywhere in the area, etc.!

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