It really doesn't mater what yardage you shoot your game at or what caliber, a rifle is sighted in a 100 yds 1 1/2'' to 3'' high then you determine where the rifle is zeroed by shooting 200and 300 yds. It is very simple math. Rifles are not sighted in at 25 yds it is only used to get on target. 22LR are sighted in at 20yds. which puts them 1'' high at 50yds and zeroed at 75yds with 1,250 -1,350 FPS ammo will very a little with different velocity ammo,.
30-06 Zeroing
- Thread starter exile29
- Start date
deadeyes40
CGN Regular
- Location
- nova scotia
been shooting the 06 for 25 years.always sight in dead on dead center at 25 yards.usually puts it 1.5-2 inches high at 100 yards.do not have access to a range over 100 yards,but in 25 years i have taken deer at 350+ yards more than once and have taken coyotes and crows at 200+ yards more times than i can remember.so it seems to work for me.
My take on it is that a .30-06 with a 4x scope is a great idea.
The scope itself will work well out to 400 yards if the shooter is competent. I have a 1.5-5 on my .35 Whelen and I have no trouble using it effectively out to 400 yards from prone. The key to it is that I practice a lot. On the other hand, I have a 3.5-10 on my .270 which I use for hunting farm fields. However, the longest shot I've ever taken on a deer was one that I killed at 381 yards (laser rangefinder) and I had forgetten to turn up the magnification due to my excitement. Firing with the scope set at 3.5x the first shot went squarely through the lungs and the second one dropped it. A 4x will work if you take the time to become proficient.
As for zeroing, I'd be inclined to zero 2" at 100 yards, then move back to 200 and adjust from there. My reasoning is that there is less wind effect to contend with at 100 so when you move to 200 yards it is more a matter of correcting elevation.
The scope itself will work well out to 400 yards if the shooter is competent. I have a 1.5-5 on my .35 Whelen and I have no trouble using it effectively out to 400 yards from prone. The key to it is that I practice a lot. On the other hand, I have a 3.5-10 on my .270 which I use for hunting farm fields. However, the longest shot I've ever taken on a deer was one that I killed at 381 yards (laser rangefinder) and I had forgetten to turn up the magnification due to my excitement. Firing with the scope set at 3.5x the first shot went squarely through the lungs and the second one dropped it. A 4x will work if you take the time to become proficient.
As for zeroing, I'd be inclined to zero 2" at 100 yards, then move back to 200 and adjust from there. My reasoning is that there is less wind effect to contend with at 100 so when you move to 200 yards it is more a matter of correcting elevation.
