Nice tutorial - clearly explained thank you. Do you end up sighting in at the Far Zero yards (220 for your bullet) or go with the 100yd sight in recommendation? My cartridge ballistics recommend a 200yd sight-in, but the calc called for far zero of 232.
Glad it was useful! Depends on the gun. My Benelli Lupo (6.5) has a BDC which is good with a 200 yard zero; in that case I zero to 100 and memorize the dial for a 200 yard zero (1.82 moa). My .243 has a 296 MPBR with a 253 far zero (which is 2.54" High at 100). I zero it to 100; then when I go into the field I just dial up 2.5" and know I am good to the MPBR. That way I can shoot for bull at 100 and when I am dead nuts just remember the dial for the MPBR. Obviously you could just zero it at 2.54 high at 100, but I find I am less confident in my poi when I am trying to aim at 1/2" measures...
Nice tutorial - clearly explained thank you. Do you end up sighting in at the Far Zero yards (220 for your bullet) or go with the 100yd sight in recommendation? My cartridge ballistics recommend a 200yd sight-in, but the calc called for far zero of 232.
Glad it was useful! Depends on the gun. My Benelli Lupo (6.5) has a BDC which is good with a 200 yard zero; in that case I zero to 100 and memorize the dial for a 200 yard zero (1.82 moa). My .243 has a 296 MPBR with a 253 far zero (which is 2.54" High at 100). I zero it to 100; then when I go into the field I just dial up 2.5" and know I am good to the MPBR. That way I can shoot for bull at 100 and when I am dead nuts just remember the dial for the MPBR. Obviously you could just zero it at 2.54 high at 100, but I find I am less confident in my poi when I am trying to aim at 1/2" measures...
people seem to be continually reinventing what point blank range means
don't know how zeroing a scope has anything to do with point blank range
I suppose it has nothing to do with how to zero it, more to do with how you decide what range to make zero.