deer hunter 21

my rifle season opens this weekend and have not had any time to shoot the gun what i was wanting to know when sighting my gun in at 50 yards how much high do i need to be to get it dead on at 200 yards. i have never owned a 243 till this year and don' t know alot about them so all your help will be highly appreciated cause i have very little time before gun season.thanks alot.

Danny45

Look up any of the ammo manufacture' s web sites and look at their ballistic charts.

I would highly suggest you shoot some at 100 and 200 yards, especially if you' re planning on shooting that far. Ballistic tables are good, but not as near accurate as you might think. Also, if you' re shooting at 50 yards, and say you' re off an inch left or right, you' re going to be off a bunch at 200 yards.

mainehunt

If you are using 100 grain bullets

Zero POI at 25 yds
3/4" high at 50
2" high at 100
2 and 1/4" at 150
1 and 3/4" at 200
1/2" low at 250
4" low at 300
9 and 3/4" low at 350

If you are using 80 grain bullets, I can give you that trajectory also.

I' ve killed a few deer with this round (100 grain) It performs well, 4 deer, 4 shots.

bigbuck270

How about the shots you misses?

mainehunt

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deer hunter 21

i' ll be putting it on a bore sighter tonight and i mite can shoot it really early in the morning hopfully i have 1 more question everytime i use my bore sighter when i' m trying to line up the crosshairs if my scope is to far to the right i have to turn the scope to the right to get the hairs to go left but on paper you move it just like your suppost too do you guys know why it does this.

mainehunt

Because when you move the crosshairs to the right, this forces you to then move the gun to the LEFT in order to have the same aim point.

Duffy

" HAVEN' T HAD TIME TO SIGHT IN YOUR GUN?"
Sorry for shouting but mostly serious hunters and shooters come on this board. Serious hunters who realize that carriying a gun that you are confident in where it is shooting is very, very important. Haven' t had time to sight in a gun and then planning on hunting with it is a hard concept for me to understand.

I' d be willing to bet you will not get a deer. If you haven' t had time to sight in, you probably haven' t had time to scout or locate a good deer area and so you will not see a deer to miss.

Sorry if this sounds real negative.

My advice is, take the time to sight in your gun properly and we will all feel better about it. And good luck hunting.

Robin

deer hunter 21

well i haven' t had time to really sight in my gun i work 7 days a week and that don' t leave much time for anything and i will definatly not take a gun to the woods that i' m not cofident with the onlly reason i' m asking this question is because the 243 is new and i don' t know much about them if i don' t have my gun shooting the way i want it too i will not take it i have a 30 30, 30-06 muzzleloader or a bow i can take with me that i have total cofidence in and are dead on and i have did my scouting and know where some really good deer are i mite not get one but i did my scouting and i have and 8 pointer and a doe under my belt this year so if i don' t get one i won' t be too dissapointed.please don' t think i' m not a serious hunter or responsible hunter because that is so far from the truth have a great day.

mainehunt

Deerhunter 21,
I didn' t think that you were going to carry a rifle that wasn' t sighted in. You didn' t write anything that made me think that.
Anyway, what bullet weight are you shooting? Just curious.

I shot my .243 last night, the 80 grain bullets strike the target 2" higher at a hundred yards than the 100 grainers.