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Curious as to what you guys prefer for your hunting rifle, regarding zero distance.

I personally like my guns about dead on at 200 yards, but since my range is in meters, I usually get them about 2" low at 200 meters (218'ish yards), then I go to 300 yards or 300 meters and shoot a few to get an idea about drop. 100 yard impact doesnt really matter to me.

here's my final-sight-in targets

left is a 300 yard target, with my 260 Remington (130 TSX @ @ 2790 fps). red dot is my Point of Aim, bullet drop is around 9"

right is a 300 meter target, with my 30-06 Ti (168 TSX @ 2830 fps). red dot is my Point of Aim, bullet drop around 13". both rifles are around 2" low @ 200 meters (220 yards).

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I like to have my longer range big game rifles dead on at 250 yards. 2" high with my 270 WSM load gets me about a 260 yard zero.

Havent decided on the 9.3x66 yet. We'll see after tomorrow's velocity tests.
 
I like about dead on at 200 these days.

Puts me about 6" low at 300, so I can just hold in the high middle of the animal, or crank the knobs up higher for longer distances.:)
 
Max point zero range.

I like to determine the maximun point blank range for each gun and or load. For example my .308 load is 285 yds when zeroed at 242 yds. To get this it is 2.6" high at 100yds. By doing this the gun will hit a 10" circle when aimed dead on. After 300 yds just hold on the back The following web site is awesome for figuring all this out.

http://biggameinfo.com/BalCalc.aspx
 
I sight both my 7mmstws and 300ultramags 2-3/4" high at 100 yards.That puts the stw's about 3/4" high at 300 yards and the ultramags dead on at 300 yards.
 
Ive found that what a computer program says and what happens in real life is two different things. I like to results on paper at the ranges I plan to be prepared to shoot while hunting :) not what a program tells me I should expect.

I dont like my confidence level shooting from field positions at anything past 300 yards, so I dont bother shooting at 400 etc., and doubt I'll take such a shot this fall. :runaway:
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I try to set mine up so that the bullet never rises higher than 3" at any point in it's trajectory.


Also I fire off hand shots to see where the rifle is actualy hitting. Depending on the rife and caliber, it can be higher than off the bench even when you do not hold the rifle down on the bags.
 
Ive found that what a computer program says and what happens in real life is two different things. I like to results on paper at the ranges I plan to be prepared to shoot while hunting not what a program tells me I should expect.
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Good advice.The charts or tables are often different from your actual trajectory.It is quite normal to see a few inches difference at 300 yards and several inches difference at 500 yards.In some cases,the differences are much greater.
 
I do most of my shooting at 200 yds, so I keep the .300WM high at 200, dead on at 300. My .308's I keep bang on at 200, which is about 4" high at 100yds.

I only shoot at 100 yds to get the scope on paper. If you can hit it at 200 or 300 yds, 100 is no prob.:)
 
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John,

Sounds like a great arrangement to me. I've shot the .44 quite a bit out of several model 92s and a Colt SAA but have never shot anything larger than a fox or seal with it. I have a bag of Winchester 200 grain soft points that I have thought of loading up like the old H.V. load to try on deer.

Could you pm me with your load and how it has worked for you?

Regards,

Outdoors

John Y Cannuck said:
I'll be taking the 44-40 out for deer this year. It's sighted to be on at a hundred yards.
I rarely have to shoot further than eighty, you think I should change my sight in?

:runaway: :D
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Amphibious said:
I sight mine in to get maximum PBR. so totally depends on load.
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I don't nessisarilly disagree with this, however if the MPBR causes the bullet to raise 4" or more at close range problems could result. I lost a caribou once because my .270 was sighted 4" high at 100 - everybody know shots on caribou are way out there! I thought the boo was right at 100 and put the horizontal wire on the line of his chest, expecting the bullet rise to carry the slug into his chest. The trouble was the boo was smaller than I thought, and he was closer to 70 yards away than he was to 100. The shorter range combined with my wobbles caused the bullet to go right were I aimed, cut off a bit of hair hair but didn't touch the skin. Now I limit my bullet rise to 2.5", aim where I should, and all is good.
 
boonerbuck said:
I like to have my longer range big game rifles dead on at 250 yards. 2" high with my 270 WSM load gets me about a 260 yard zero.

Havent decided on the 9.3x66 yet. We'll see after tomorrow's velocity tests.
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Ditto on that one; my .270WSM is zeroed for the same range, and is about 4" low at 300.

In general, I find that standard power-level cartridges are best with a 200 yards zero (.308, 30-06, etc) which will put your bullet between 7 and 9 inches low at 300. Magnum cartridges such as the .270WSM and .300 Mags are best with a 250 yard zero which will put the bullet between 3.5-5 inches low at 300.

I don't like to sight my rifles any higher than a 2.5 inch high max trajectory. Just know your trajectory well (by actually shooting the rifle at the intended range, not just guessing) and deer sized targets out to 300+ yards should be not problem at all. (Depending on other conditions as well!);)

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