I obviously knew about trajectories, just never bothered with a. Always been a fan of a 100 yard zero for 308, but then again, i’ve always had high powered scopes. As always, make sure to calculate the differences in clicks in your optics for the shorter range.
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My range card starts at 350 and goes to 1,000 in 50 yard increments.
That puts me a few inches high at 100, with a second zero between 200 and 225 yards.
A 100 yard zero only needs about 5 minutes to reach out to 300 yds with a 20 inch barrel. As such, i think many folks who hold the 50/200 yard zero with high regard and believe the 50 yard and 200 yard zeros will always line up end up using a 50 yard zero and assume the 200 yard zero will line up. Now, move the paper targets to 200 yards and repeat the whole process. The gray dot is 1.9″ below your point of aim (poa) and represents your point of impact (poi).
Functionally, it ran like a champ, with zero functional issues whatsoever.
So even if you're looking for a longer than 100yrd zero, there's zero reason to actually shoot that zero at beyond 100 physical yards. Read on the webs that a 25 yard zero was the way to go. Set targets out to 200 yards. Knocked out the zero this morning on the gun.
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And with this 50/200 zero when you aim dead […] This makes it easy to achieve the poa/poi relationship necessary to achieve the rough 50/200 yard zero at 10 yards. Fyi, a 600yrd zero is done by shooting at 100yrds and making the poi the requisite number of mils higher than the poa. So aiming at a steel circle, you would have to hold off of the target.
Once you are shooting consistently at 100 yards, you can move the target even further out.
Also, be sure to verify this at 50 yards when you can as there may be slight differences in each weapon. The 50/200 yards zero is, in my opinion, the best zero for police and civilian shooters. Wind changes would jack you up bad. When the zero is just right.
The 25 yard zero on a 16 rifle offers a point of aim point of impact out to 330ish yards.
Even one yard either way (off 25) opened that up. When i built my ar earlier this year, i read about zeroing.223 for 50 yards, and it would also be zeroed for 200 yards. Of course, it is best to refine your zero at distances greater than 10 yards. Which essentially means you zero at 50 yards and your bullet will hit the same point of aim at 200 yards.
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Improved battle zero for.308/7.62 carbine. On similar guns with an optic with more magnification, i zero at 200, since a 200 yard zero is the basis for my 300, 400, 500 and 600 yard. I run a 50 yard zero on all of my red dot 5.56 guns and it works perfectly to 300 yards for me. Will a rifle sighted for 50 yards (ascending bullet) really be on target for 200 as the bullet descends?
My 308, '06, and 6.5 creed are zeroed at 200 yards.
Ventured into the 308 realm. No it isn’t exactly a 200 yard zero,it’s.4” high at 2. I zero my rr.308 at 100 yds for the same reasons that most people are posting. Make any adjustments that are needed.
While validating it today i was 4” high at 50 and nearly 8” high at 100.
That was mentioned here a few months ago. The ballistic compensation works out to provide a 50/200 yard zero. The 50/200 zero variations and the 100 yard zero work well because they have been tested and had various bugs worked out. Bring your aluminum, brass and copper to our locations in california, arizona and.
The black dot represents your point of aim.
I have been putting it to good use. It is a very fast way to zero which is very convenient for me since many carbines are in a constant state of flux as i try various items for review. Anyone use a 25 yard zero on a 308 battle rifle. Half an inch below poa at 25 was putting me dead center at 100, and should still be able to hit no less than 3” below out to 250.
That said, that’s perfectly fine for most police and civilian engagements.
With such a short zero distance, you are really arcing thing bullet. You'd never shoot for a zero at 600yrds. The science is real yo! Sa recycling is a national scrap metal dealer purchasing all kinds of scrap metals.
Most of my competitions are run and guns with 10” plates.
Any game within 300 i aim dead on or hold slightly low if really close. Be mindful to keep the optic's dot centered within the optic itself as much as possible when zeroing at this range as most optics are not entirely parallax free at 25 yards. We also provide adjusted range versions for those who only have access to a short range (25 yards), but want a 50/200 or 100 yard zero. How much does a 308 bullet drop at 200 yards?
I usually shoot my rr.308 between 100 and 300 yard about 95% of the time.
I use,believe in and teach a 50 yard zero for carbines for a reason. The first few rounds got kinda scratched up brass, but that smoothed out in the next 10 or so rounds. Support reid on patreon here:
