200m POI same as 100m POI

[kastles]

I was sighting in my Savage 30-06 yesterday with a hunting load
I built up last year. I dialed my group in at 3 inches high at 100 meters and when I went out to the 200 meter target I found my group still at three inches high. I am shooting Barnes 168gr ttsx over 46.6gr of IMR 4064 which should give me about 2600fps. Any ideas of why I am not seeing bullet drop???

kastles

 

[Ormachek]

I just punched some numbers in a ballistic calculator for you, If you're 3" high at 100, you should be 1.7" high at 200, and dead on at 225-230yds. So you're only 1.3" off at 200(based on the numbers you gave us). What are you using for a rest? Any chance that there is shooter error at 200? Have you shot your loads over a chrony or are you just guesstimating the velocity?

As long as you're getting OK groups I wouldn't worry too much about 1.3" for a hunting load. Should still result in a hit to the vitals!

 

[dozernomore]

I'm not entirely positive ,,but punching in some 30/06 factory load ballistic info,,,sound's like your rifle is somewhat zero"d at 250yd,,there for your gun is probably shooting where it should be

 

[hunter5425]

Your bullets are dropping. The trajectory is an arc and at two points the bullet will intersect the point of aim. I checked the norma page which has a ballistics program and it shows a poi of about 2 inches high @ 200m for a 3 inch poi @ 100m for a load approximating yours. Depending on the rifle's accuracy at 200m its possible that the group actually an inch lower than you thought. I have seen similar results for different rifles that I have shot.

 

[Juster]