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- sudbury, ontario
Yes I zeroed my mark v at 300 meters ...using factory ammo ....and it works perfectly."".yes I tried to reload for it but it didn’t work out ....and I went back to factory ammo....
300m Zero on MeatEater Ep2.
- Thread starter WhelanLad
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Same for me. I have used this sighting with great success. Works across a broad range of chamberings.
Shot last fall's Elk at 355 yards with my 6.5x55AI so sighted. Dead on hold did the job perfectly. Dave.
Every rifle my son and I hunt with is zeroed at 300 yards, the reason: We hunt open and semi-open country. All of our rifles are chambered in magnums, with the exception of one. Fast, flat shooting cartridges is a good aid in the terrain we hunt.
I sight in all all of my rifles for a 200 meter zero .
At one timd I used a 300 zero but found I didn't need that high s mid range trajectory or MBPR so dialed back and zero at 200 and check to send where the fat part of the plex reticle hits zero .
Cat
At one timd I used a 300 zero but found I didn't need that high s mid range trajectory or MBPR so dialed back and zero at 200 and check to send where the fat part of the plex reticle hits zero .
Cat
I believe Jack O'Connor was a huge fan and advocate of the 3" @ 100 yard sight in practice, and there are many shooters/hunters that use this method for those cases where they may need to reach out to 400 yards with their regular duplex type reticle scopes. Most, I think use it in more open terrain type hunting, but this is just an observation I have noted, and may not be actual fact.
Since the bulk of my hunting has been harvesting game between 100 and 200 yrds over the past 35 years (an actual review of notes shows an average harvest distance on big game to be just 137 yards), I have used a 200 yard zero for most of my rifles; the exception being a couple of lever actions chambered to milder cartridges that I have zeroed at 100 yards.
Depending upon the cartridge, they generally range from 1.5-2.3" high at 100 yards and are 6-10" low at 300 yards. Even moving out to 400 yards,the drops will range from 20-24" for the flatter shooting cartridges I carry for that potential, dependent upon the hunt.
Has worked very well from all field shooting positions in the field on a wide range of big game animals, in a wide variety of field conditions (open prairies, mountain hunting, mixed terrain and cover, to thick, dark bush).
Determine your needs and experiment to see what works best for you. It's another part of the adventure!
Since the bulk of my hunting has been harvesting game between 100 and 200 yrds over the past 35 years (an actual review of notes shows an average harvest distance on big game to be just 137 yards), I have used a 200 yard zero for most of my rifles; the exception being a couple of lever actions chambered to milder cartridges that I have zeroed at 100 yards.
Depending upon the cartridge, they generally range from 1.5-2.3" high at 100 yards and are 6-10" low at 300 yards. Even moving out to 400 yards,the drops will range from 20-24" for the flatter shooting cartridges I carry for that potential, dependent upon the hunt.
Has worked very well from all field shooting positions in the field on a wide range of big game animals, in a wide variety of field conditions (open prairies, mountain hunting, mixed terrain and cover, to thick, dark bush).
Determine your needs and experiment to see what works best for you. It's another part of the adventure!
One of my neighbors claims he's zeroed to 600 Yds. That's the only way you can hit those elk standing in the middle of a bare quarter section.
Grizz
Yes, not just using high velocity loads. The important thing is that one actually shoot at different ranges to determine what the maximum point blank range truly is. A 30-06 shooting 220s at 2500 will not be as long-legged as a 7mm mag with 140s at 3400 fps. However the principle still works, dead on hold throughout the MPBR.
Ted
pete dobinson
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Courtenay BC.
I use a 200 yard zero, I always have. I have a ballistic reticle scope on my 270 so it's an easy correction out to 400 yards.
john-brennan
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Vancouver Island B.C.
Me too
40 some for me. Growing up in the prairies and reading Jack O’Connor pretty much guaranteed that that was going to happen
. Even using turret scopes I’ll usually have 2 1/2 -3 MOA pre-dialled just for walking around. The consensus among hunting and shooting friends is that we’d be crazy not to under our conditions. Why would someone indoctrinated in holding center with an STW out to 4 want to give that up? Even when using subtension scopes I feel ripped off when not using a cartridge that will support a 300yard/meter zero:There’s definitely more than one way skin a cat; but MPBR, and the rule of 3 got taught in kindergarten here.
Yep, and my 270s with 130 gr Partitions at 3200 are almost as flat: 3 high at 100, a tad more at 200, around 3 low at 300, and a bit less than a foot low at 400.
Sure nice to hold dead on all the way out to 300 and top of the back at 400 on sheep and goats, and out to well past 400 on moose.
BTW, that 130 bullet is very deadly on everything I have taken using it, including our huge moose and big mountain caribou bulls.
Ted
Sure nice to hold dead on all the way out to 300 and top of the back at 400 on sheep and goats, and out to well past 400 on moose.
BTW, that 130 bullet is very deadly on everything I have taken using it, including our huge moose and big mountain caribou bulls.
Ted
I so sight my 308 Norma Magnums, with the 180 Partition at 3100 +3", +3.6", -1", -9.5", -26" I'm at just over 2000 ft elevation.
The 270 with a 140 Accubond at 3040 is very similar, close enough that holds are the same.
My 8mm Mag with the 220 A-Frame at 3060 is also quite close, just a couple of extra inches at 500.
These are not chart figures, they come from actually shooting these rifles out to 500 at least....I shot a group with my 270 at 600,
and center of group was 54" low. Dave.
The 270 with a 140 Accubond at 3040 is very similar, close enough that holds are the same.
My 8mm Mag with the 220 A-Frame at 3060 is also quite close, just a couple of extra inches at 500.
These are not chart figures, they come from actually shooting these rifles out to 500 at least....I shot a group with my 270 at 600,
and center of group was 54" low. Dave.
You can bump that up a notch with a 270 Weatherby at 3500 fps.
Don’t get me wrong, we’ve killed the crap out of things with .270s, but when B & C and Roy’s .270 puts 700 on the map, and you can do plus 1 on a duplex it sort of changes things a bit.People with a salt allergy should tread carefully.
Dogleg said:
Amen Bro.
My old 270 Wby that Bevan King chambered up for me drove 130s at 3500 and 150s to 3200 with good case life, and no loose primer pockets from head expansion.
Never stretched it to 700, but that rifle sighted in three inches high at 100, shot an average of a mere 7-8 inches low of the bull on targets set up at the turkey rail on our silhouette range. That's 428 yards, and still really packing the mail when 150 gr A Swift Frames got there.
They were absolutely devastating in that rifle.
Ted
I’ve got a couple of them, an 700 build with reduced free-bore and Gaillard barrel, and a basically stock except for bedding Accumark. Used the second one a fair bit in NZ thinning out goats and pigs. Worked good
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I’ve encouraged all mountain goat clients since the start to shoot a fast round with a light for caliber but efficient bullet, and zero it at 300. With most fast rounds that takes you point blank, no holdovers or dialing to 350. That's around the reasonable limit for a lot of shooters conveniently too. More animals are missed from the time it takes to dial, incorrect holdovers and range estimation than anything else in my estimation.
