Adjusting MOA for elevation

[Drewdog10]

Hi I’m new to hunting and longer range shots. I have my dope card and it goes out to about 700 yards. My range I go to is about 1500 ft elevation. My question is how do I adjust MOA on the spot if say I was shooting at 5k elevation on a cold bore shot for hunting? Because obviously my MOA adjustments won’t be the same with such a difference in elevation. Thank you


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[ID_Matt]

Few different ways I am aware of.

- make multiple dope cards for the different elevations or DA's that you hunt
- use a rangefinder that automatically compensates for it
- use an app that factors it in or manually input it (lot of people screenshot the dope chart and set it as there background for the environmental conditions they are hunting in)

 

[BBob]

Go back to whatever you used to calculate your range card at 1500 and enter 5K and print that card???
Also read up on density altitude.

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[Harvey_NW]

Easiest and most budget friendly option is to buy a rangefinder with a solver and onboard sensors (any of the Sig Sauer K series) and setup a profile with the specs from your rifle, and establish a valid zero and baseline.

 

[eric1115]

Are we not going to address the "700 yard dope card" while not knowing how to account for different DA's?

OP, how did you generate your dope card?

How did you validate your dope card?

What is the max range you plan on shooting an animal?

 

[Drewdog10]

Are we not going to address the "700 yard dope card" while not knowing how to account for different DA's?

OP, how did you generate your dope card?

How did you validate your dope card?

What is the max range you plan on shooting an animal?

I originally used the shooting ballistics app as a rough start and then I went to the range and kept practicing and made my adjustments. I then kept practicing with that dope until I was consistent. I don’t want to shoot more than 500 yards to take down an animal, that’s my comfortable. Like I previously stated I just started so no it wasn’t in “learning” how to account for DA


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[NSI]

Drew,
Go back into your ballistic solver and use your known 700 yard elevation correction along with the atmospherics at the time, and “true” the profile using muzzle velocity until it lines up. Now you have a curve that should be accurate enough.

By manipulating the atmospherics in your freshly trued ballistic solver, you’ll be able to generate firing solutions which are more correct for your new conditions.

Also- hard limit yourself to 400 on animals this hunt please.

-J