How Close do you really get before pulling the trigger?

[Citabria]

300 yards?
200 yards?
150 yards?
30 yards?


if your the 30 yards type 1.03 will be quite spectacular for your viewing pleasure  

[-ammo-]

convergence is set for 250, strive for that distance. Sometimes though the heat of the moment dictates that i shoot at longer distances--never over twice convergence.

[StSanta]

I open up at around 350 and rarely shoot beyond that, other than MG's to get lucky pings on runners.

But usually get kills under 300, 350 is sort of a longshot. Of course, with the guns on the 109, that's the limiting factor. I gather that had I had .50's or Hispanos, I'd open up before and still be comfortable about getting hits.

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StSanta
II/JG2

[Hangtime]

Ahhhh the qualifier for this one should be:

"Given all the time in the world to set up your shot; what range whould you open fire at??"

In the above scenario; 250 yards MAXIMUM. I'll often wait till I'm even closer... why waste the ammo.  

Unfortunatly in the MA 'all the time in the world' is not always a requiste.. in fact more often than not the opposite is true.. and in that case I'll take what I can get.  If a tracking solution presents itself at d500; I'll open up. I prefer to wait for a nice big fat planform shot, and will often 'pepper' the guy with a few pings at d500 to get him turning.. then he's meat fer sure.  

Convergence: 250/275/300, overlapped. (6 .50's)

Hang

[SFRT - Frenchy]

because my niki have few amo, rarely above 300y. When I'm in eni's 6 slightly above because he is turning,around 300y.

If the guy is rolling all over trying to run, i wait till 150-50y.

My best score is 3 fighters with 40 rounds, but need to be real close.

[Sn1p3r]

I've never been lucky enough to get behind someone  

Actually I look for 300 and a pancake shot like Hang suggests.  It is much easier to take a wing when it is presented to you at a 90 degree angle

Convergence is 300/300/300

-Sn1p3r

[hblair]

If I'm closing on a bandits low six, and sense that he doesn't know I'm there, I will close to 200 - 300yds before squeezing the trigger.

I like seeing 95% of my ammo lighting up the target and then the quick, big, kaboom.  

Dude wakes up in the tower with the 'ol "WTF?!?!"

Gotta love it.  

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[This message has been edited by hblair (edited 06-14-2000).]

[Westy]

 I really like opening up at 250-300 but will shoot up to 450-500 if it looks promising.

-Westy

[Mox]

300 On all planes except the HogC

If I use the HogC I fire at around 800 and regularly get kills with it.  I dislike the planes cannons, it's no secret I feel it's the worst thing about AH.  I hope they are truly fixed when the next version is released.

Mox
TWC

[Spatula]

30 feet??? Jez i ramm cons more than i can shoot em at that range   i'm gunna fit 'bull bars' to the front of my stang and 38 then i can ram as much as i want  

I'll shoot at anything under 400. Or like hang says ill take a 500 snapshot just to break his concentration if nothing else, or peppering shots at greater than 500-800 to get them to turn.

My convergence are defaults (might have a play later with this).

Spat

[Kieren]

I take a planform at practically any sub-900 distance. If nothing else it will scare the snot out of them, at best it will knock something off and slow them down. A punctured glycol line is a kill in 3 minutes.  

[funked]

Anywhere from 750 to 50 yards depending on ammo load, enemy numbers, plane types, how close am I to home, how many bandits do I think might show up, how good I'm shooting that night, what I ate for breakfast, etc.

[Udie]

 What Hangtime said.......

Udie

[Saintaw]

Depends of the plane I'm flying :
250/300 in 109's
300/350 in 190
300/500 in Pony.

Saw

[easymo]

 depends intirely on how many g,s im pulling. If i can unload the stick and stay on target. Ill drop anything out to 800 yards.