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Can someone explain this to me
4/27/2012 11:45:34 PM
So I got my new predatar 556 today. I put a redfield 3x9 scope on it until I can buy a nice 1 x6 type scope.
I start at 50 yards. I get it dialed in to about 1 inch high. I move back to 100 yards and it is 10 inches high! So if I sight it in at 100 will be be on inside 100 yards?
Thanks for your help
I start at 50 yards. I get it dialed in to about 1 inch high. I move back to 100 yards and it is 10 inches high! So if I sight it in at 100 will be be on inside 100 yards?
Thanks for your help
4/27/2012 11:52:31 PM
Originally Posted By Bigtmiller:
So I got my new predatar 556 today. I put a redfield 3x9 scope on it until I can buy a nice 1 x6 type scope.
I start at 50 yards. I get it dialed in to about 1 inch high. I move back to 100 yards and it is 10 inches high! So if I sight it in at 100 will be be on inside 100 yards?
Thanks for your help
So I got my new predatar 556 today. I put a redfield 3x9 scope on it until I can buy a nice 1 x6 type scope.
I start at 50 yards. I get it dialed in to about 1 inch high. I move back to 100 yards and it is 10 inches high! So if I sight it in at 100 will be be on inside 100 yards?
Thanks for your help
You want it dead on at 50 meters/yards. It will still be high at 100, but not that much, and it will cross again on it's way down at 200/225. You can start with it about 1.1/1.2" low at 25 too.
ETA: When a bullet leaves the barrel it starts to drop so the barrel has to be tilted up and the bullet will travel in a arc. You want to sight in for the best arc for that type of firearm. For a AR type firearm in 5.56 Nato, IMO, a 50meter zero gives you the best bang for the buck. You can still hit COM on a man sized target at 350/400 meters by aiming at the neck area. With iron sights it's the apple on a stick hold at that distance.
4/28/2012 4:42:12 AM
Is something wrong with your computer? The pictures are not loading
ETA: Order date and barrel plz. What was said above is true, and this doesn't help you I know.
ETA: Order date and barrel plz. What was said above is true, and this doesn't help you I know.
4/28/2012 6:38:07 AM
4/28/2012 4:37:28 PM
Thank you. The graph makes it very clear.
Thanks
Thanks
4/28/2012 7:48:37 PM
I came across something similar about a week ago. How easily we sometimes forget...
I always confirm my zero at 25m before starting a range session, it's just my habit / ritual. Once that was done, I moved the target and stand out to 100m. I was using the white side of a cardboard IPSC (sp?) silhouette, so I could see POIs more easily. I also had my binos handy, since I didn't feel like walking down after every 5 shots.
I took aim at the same POA as I had at 25m (hint: this is a no-no
). Fired 5 shots, and strangely, I couldn't find any POIs on the target.
WTF???
Then I facepalmed myself when I remembered, that at 100m, the bullet is still RISING, so I dropped my POA down to the pelvic girdle equivalent, and lo and behold, more holes started appearing near CoM.
I always confirm my zero at 25m before starting a range session, it's just my habit / ritual. Once that was done, I moved the target and stand out to 100m. I was using the white side of a cardboard IPSC (sp?) silhouette, so I could see POIs more easily. I also had my binos handy, since I didn't feel like walking down after every 5 shots.
I took aim at the same POA as I had at 25m (hint: this is a no-no
). Fired 5 shots, and strangely, I couldn't find any POIs on the target.
WTF???
Then I facepalmed myself when I remembered, that at 100m, the bullet is still RISING, so I dropped my POA down to the pelvic girdle equivalent, and lo and behold, more holes started appearing near CoM.
