Sighting in a .243
 

How high should I sight it in to hit at 100 yds? Is there a standard height, or is it more of a personal preference?

Thanks for your help!

RE: Sighting in a .243
 

Mainly personal preference. I set all my rifles dead on at 100 and then just hold over to compensate for distances beyond that.

My ballistics software says setting it 1.37" high at 100 yards will have it hitting dead on at 200. That's using Remington ammo loaded with 90 gr. Nosler ballistic tips. Most people I know try to set their rifles to hit dead on at 200.

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ike1982:

What are you hunting? What kind of ammo. are you using? How long is your barrel? Good luck.

RE: Sighting in a .243
 

Check out this site and download PointBlank,lots if good info...;)

www.huntingnut.com

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a .243 is a nice flat shooting gun. but if you sight in at 100 yards it has already peaked at 85 yards and will be dead on at 100. after that it is all downhill. it will be somewhere around 2 1/2 and 3 inches low at 200. sight it in about an inch high at 100 and it will be about a inch or 1 1/2 low at 200. this way you can aim dead on all the way out to 200. and this is with a 75 grain boattail. like i have said before if your gun is sighted at 2 or 3 hundred yards the bullet has not peaked yet at 100 yards. but zeroed at 100 yards the angle of your barrel is to low for the bullet to gain anymore.. :)

RE: Sighting in a .243
 

I've posted this link before. If you want the most out of your trajectory, use this table to set your point of impact.[link]http://www.chuckhawks.com/rifle_trajectory_table.htm[/link]

RE: Sighting in a .243
 

hunter 59 i tried your sight. man it has a ton of info. i went to the bottom of the page and hit the back to rifle section. all kinds of write ups. i bookmarked the page. very good site.

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That guy knows his stuff! I used his technique to sight in my 7mm mag and am able to shoot from muzzle to 305 yds. with no more than 3" rise or fall. That's incredible! Anything under 305 yds. just hold dead on and squeeze slowly. I like that! That sight does have some awesome information. I found the link right here on this forum. There are some great people here.

RE: Sighting in a .243
 

I have a Savage Model 11 .243 Win Mag - Bushnell 6 x 18 power scope - Harris Bipod

I have mine sighted in dead on at 250 yrds - i am an 1" high at 100 and and about 1" low at 300 yrds with 100 grain ammo - If I am shooting 75 grain ammo or lighter I get an even flatter trajectory.

I use 100 grain because I mainly use my rig for Coyotes but I also use it when I go to PA for Whitetail - Works great on both.

RE: Sighting in a .243
 

That would depend on what you are hunting. If you are hunting varmints, then a max height of 2" would be acceptable, meaning no more than 2" above line of sight. You would have to find out what load you are shooting and figure out where that would be according to the charts, and then get out and practice at those ranges to confirm. For deer, I would say a max height of 3" would be about right.

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The problem with maximum point blank range sighting in most people can't estimate distances beyond 200 yards. They can't believe they don't have to hold high on a buck 250 yards out and miss by shooting over. I prefer to sight in deer rifles at 200 yards and then holding high beyond that doesn't cause misses.

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I personally like to sight in my big game rifles to have a maximum trajectory of +3 inches above line of sight.

So using 95 or 100 grain hunting bullets I would sight in a 243 to hit 2 1/2 inches high at 100 yards. It would be 3 inches high at about 140 yards, 2 inches high at about 200 yards, and 3 inches low at about 280 yards.

I would be able to center the crosshairs on a deers chest and not have to compensate any all the way out to 280 yards. And this would still give me another 2 inches of drop before I would be outside an average bucks vital area.