question about sighting in a rifle
10-28-2010, 06:17 PM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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question about sighting in a rifle
pardon my ignorance about rifle sighting but is it pretty standard to aim your crosshairs 1.5" above the bullseye at 100 yds? my understanding is that this will achieve a pretty accurate shot at 200 yds and only a 6-10" drop at 300 yds.
10-29-2010, 05:18 AM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2010
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Yeah some guys do it so that you aim at the bullseye and the bullet impacts 1.5" high. That being said, I don't like that method, and I sight mine in dead on. Then if I need to I can see where it hits at 200 yards and just use Kentucky Windage to hold over.
10-29-2010, 06:54 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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10-29-2010, 07:02 AM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Virginia Beach, Va
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Depends
Carl,
It depends on the ballistics for the load your shooting actually. 1.8 to 2 inches is a ballpark figure for a 200 yard zero using a 100 yard range. Look at the ballistics for your load and determine what you want your zero to be. Also, depends on your shooting situation. Do you normally get a shot to 200 yards? or 300? or 100? That would be where you zero your rifle for, wherever distance you normally get to shoot.
Cheers
Alex
It depends on the ballistics for the load your shooting actually. 1.8 to 2 inches is a ballpark figure for a 200 yard zero using a 100 yard range. Look at the ballistics for your load and determine what you want your zero to be. Also, depends on your shooting situation. Do you normally get a shot to 200 yards? or 300? or 100? That would be where you zero your rifle for, wherever distance you normally get to shoot.
Cheers
Alex
10-29-2010, 07:27 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,445
There a many ways to sight in.
I'm with those that center the crosshairs on the target. I sight in so the bullet is not more than 2-3" high of my point of aim at its highest point in the trajectory, and limit my max hunting range so the bullet is no more than 2-3" low of my point of aim.
With say a 30/06, max hunting range could be out to 275-300 depending on the load. Of course there are folks that routinely shoot further than that, and they may need to hold over their intended point of impact, ors ight in for 3-4" high at 100.
I'm with those that center the crosshairs on the target. I sight in so the bullet is not more than 2-3" high of my point of aim at its highest point in the trajectory, and limit my max hunting range so the bullet is no more than 2-3" low of my point of aim.
With say a 30/06, max hunting range could be out to 275-300 depending on the load. Of course there are folks that routinely shoot further than that, and they may need to hold over their intended point of impact, ors ight in for 3-4" high at 100.
10-29-2010, 07:45 AM
#6
Spike
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Carl,
It depends on the ballistics for the load your shooting actually. 1.8 to 2 inches is a ballpark figure for a 200 yard zero using a 100 yard range. Look at the ballistics for your load and determine what you want your zero to be. Also, depends on your shooting situation. Do you normally get a shot to 200 yards? or 300? or 100? That would be where you zero your rifle for, wherever distance you normally get to shoot.
Cheers
Alex
It depends on the ballistics for the load your shooting actually. 1.8 to 2 inches is a ballpark figure for a 200 yard zero using a 100 yard range. Look at the ballistics for your load and determine what you want your zero to be. Also, depends on your shooting situation. Do you normally get a shot to 200 yards? or 300? or 100? That would be where you zero your rifle for, wherever distance you normally get to shoot.
Cheers
Alex
11-11-2010, 08:23 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Spokane Washington
Posts: 1,042
For you with the .270 shooting factory 150gr bullets, the 2 inches high at 100 will give you very close to dead on at 200 yards. This is according to the free Remington shoot software. 1.5 inches high at 100 yards will give you dead on at 200 with 130gr bullets.
