quorum, why would it matter what someone else is getting for results...it is what it is with you shooting your rifle...are you implying their is something mystical with your SKS? There obviously must be something either different with your rifles sights, your ammo, or your shooting/sighting style if it isn't doing what you have read it is suppose to do. Adjust accordingly and enjoy...if it goes bang and you hit what you are aiming at, all is good!
SKS shoots bang on at 25m, but 5" high at 50m?
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quorum, why would it matter what someone else is getting for results...it is what it is with you shooting your rifle...are you implying their is something mystical with your SKS? There obviously must be something either different with your rifles sights, your ammo, or your shooting/sighting style if it isn't doing what you have read it is suppose to do. Adjust accordingly and enjoy...if it goes bang and you hit what you are aiming at, all is good!
That is the 300m battle sight setting.
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Hot ammo maybe??
With that sight setting and a 25m zero, it's doing exactly as I'd expect it to.
That's battle setting. It's kind of a maximum point blank setting. Aim for center of mass and hit a guy from 5-300 yards or whatever.
Look at your rear sight from the side and compare the battle setting to about 300, they're pretty close in rear sight elevation.
Look at your rear sight from the side and compare the battle setting to about 300, they're pretty close in rear sight elevation.
Is the sight slider pulled as far towards the receiver as it can go?
Sight the rifle in at 100 yards on the #1 setting...problems solved.
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I'm going to play devil's advocate here, and suggest most SKS carbine owners start at a bit more than 25 yards.
Hey op, you seem to know what your talking about when it comes to sights, trajectory and distance. I don't see why this is such an issue haha no offense but this seems like a problem that you are very capable of solving/figuring out with 100 rounds and some dickering around with your sights.
Edit - and some longer range!
Edit - and some longer range!
Last i checked SKSs don't have any sight setting below 1 (100m) other than the U (~300m) Perhaps you have it bottomed out on the ramp in a position behind 1 but not pulled up to the U position. i know mine has a bit of space behind the 1 that it can pull back into, but isn't a real sight setting
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Seriously!
What happened to sighting it in and shooting at 100m?
Why all the trajectory, and sight height reference crap? There is way too many variables to take this crap for fact, and be relied on.
Just put the setting to 100m, then sight it in at a 100m target.
I know it seems complicated but it works. I don't know how, but it does.
Ignore the haters Quorum. I have had the same issue with sighting in every firearm I've purchased so far. That number is higher than I care to recall in the year's since I've been shooting. (Most have been traded or sold at a loss once they got boring. I don't like to keep safe queens) . Nice thing about the sks was it's cheap to feed and cheap to buy. If the ammo you are shooting is consistent than I wouldn't worry about the POI at 50 yards being higher than expected.
It's likely a combination of point of your point of aim (no offense) and your ammunition. That particular ammo you're shooting probably just shoots a little hotter and maybe the bullet is lighter than whatever ammo is shown on those ballistics charts you looked at.
The biggest issue is the ammo. For me it was most noticeable moving from the indoor range at 25M to an outdoor range starting at 50 yds because frangible ammo was the only stuff they allow at indoor ranges (backstop) and it usually has a lighter projectile than I will shoot outdoors. Not an issue shooting at 25 yards but big differences in point of impact out longer distances with lighter projectile weights vs heavier bullets. I also noticed that when using cheap Norinco milsurp ammo my point of impact was consistently higher than I expected based on the calculations on most charts off google even with the same bullet weight because of the hotter loads in that stuff.
hotter loads. lighter bullets. both will make the point of impact higher.
At the end of the day I found it easiest to sight in at 100 yards with any ammo and then aim a bit high at closer range. That way anything inside 100 yards should to impact low somewhere between the bore and the sight. That's less than a 2 inch window on an sks using irons. How well do you shoot? I'm not consistent enough for that 2 inch window to matter. Just get to know how your firearm shoots each particular ammo and find where you need to hold at each distance to be on target.
It's likely a combination of point of your point of aim (no offense) and your ammunition. That particular ammo you're shooting probably just shoots a little hotter and maybe the bullet is lighter than whatever ammo is shown on those ballistics charts you looked at.
The biggest issue is the ammo. For me it was most noticeable moving from the indoor range at 25M to an outdoor range starting at 50 yds because frangible ammo was the only stuff they allow at indoor ranges (backstop) and it usually has a lighter projectile than I will shoot outdoors. Not an issue shooting at 25 yards but big differences in point of impact out longer distances with lighter projectile weights vs heavier bullets. I also noticed that when using cheap Norinco milsurp ammo my point of impact was consistently higher than I expected based on the calculations on most charts off google even with the same bullet weight because of the hotter loads in that stuff.
hotter loads. lighter bullets. both will make the point of impact higher.
At the end of the day I found it easiest to sight in at 100 yards with any ammo and then aim a bit high at closer range. That way anything inside 100 yards should to impact low somewhere between the bore and the sight. That's less than a 2 inch window on an sks using irons. How well do you shoot? I'm not consistent enough for that 2 inch window to matter. Just get to know how your firearm shoots each particular ammo and find where you need to hold at each distance to be on target.
Same for me, at least nothing noticeable with the stock iron sights.
I never shot it at 25 yards however TBH. Only 50-75-100. With the rear sight pulled all the way toward the receiver.
