Where should I zero at?

At what distance is it sighted in now and what type of reticle do you have? BDC? I sight everything in at 200 just because I can. :p Mainly because shooting a center fire rifle at 100 yards is really boring. :D Hell, some of my magnums are sighted in at 300! :eek:
 
I zeroed my 700 in 30.06 at 300. Point blank range is 0 to 350 yards for a 12" target.

I had a moose tag burning a hole in my pocket at the time.
 
I thought no the better question is what target size do you plan on shooting most of the time?

Take the mesurments needed and set the point blank zero
 
Like JB said...

I have used an 8 inch pie plate for my point blank zero. That is basically the kill zone for a deer. You want to determine the maximum range you can consistently hit the pie plate (plus or minus 4 inches from your line of sight). You have a minimum and a maximum point blank range, since the bullet will cross your line of sight twice.

Put up some pie plates from 100 to 400 yards. Start with a 100 sight in and shoot at them. You most likely will not hit the plates beyond 200 yards. Sight in at 200 and you will hit at 100 out to 300, possibly even 400(?) depending on the velocity/BC/blah, blah, blah. You may have to sight in at 250, just as long as you don't exceed 1/2 the diameter of your target. I used 8 inches as an example, but you can put up anything you want. Two sheets of plywood (8' x 8') work great since you can hit them a long ways out and brag to your friends that you never miss. ;) And, it's fun because you get to shoot a lot before you figure it out and that is why we do it. :D
 
So for deer a 300 yard zero will give you a point blank range of about 325? It looks like the round pretty well fizzles out beyond that. I guess it will still work on short white people though. At least that is the impression I got from the video. I think I'll just stick with deer. ;)
 
Do you have a ballistic calculator app like Strelok? If you know a few constants about your rifle and ammo you can take a lot of guesswork out of it.
 
I used Shooting Solution free. With a known BC as published by the bullet manufacturer, a zero at 300 yards, measured reticle height above the bore and observed drop at 500 yards (-36"), I can calculate 2610 fps.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom