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100 yd zero hitting high at 200 yd
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<blockquote data-quote="rammac" data-source="post: 2144381" data-attributes="member: 27761"><p>Actually the bullet does climb initially due to the barrel angle, it's called a launch angle and relative to the ground the bullet is launched upward through the line of sight and then it falls back down through the line of sight a second time. Relative to the bore, the bullet will constantly drop due to gravity.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]259246[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Scopes are typically sighted on the downward portion of the trajectory curve but if you want to take advantage of the Point Blank Capability of a bullet then you can zero the rifle on the upward portion of the curve and then the bullet will be on target again at some further distance that is on the downward part of the curve. Most often though people zero the scope on the downward portion of the curve and adjust the scope for ranges other than the zero distance.</p><p></p><p>Some people will take a new scope out of the box and sight it in without knowing where the elevation is, if someone had turned it all the way down then you'll more than likely sight in on the upward moving portion of the trajectory curve. Try sighting the scope in again but start from the middle of it's range of adjustment. Count the total number of elevation turns and put the knob in the center of that number of turns. You should be very high at 100 yards. Drop the elevation on the scope until it's sighted in. You should be good to go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rammac, post: 2144381, member: 27761"] Actually the bullet does climb initially due to the barrel angle, it's called a launch angle and relative to the ground the bullet is launched upward through the line of sight and then it falls back down through the line of sight a second time. Relative to the bore, the bullet will constantly drop due to gravity. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1615328104041.png"]259246[/ATTACH] Scopes are typically sighted on the downward portion of the trajectory curve but if you want to take advantage of the Point Blank Capability of a bullet then you can zero the rifle on the upward portion of the curve and then the bullet will be on target again at some further distance that is on the downward part of the curve. Most often though people zero the scope on the downward portion of the curve and adjust the scope for ranges other than the zero distance. Some people will take a new scope out of the box and sight it in without knowing where the elevation is, if someone had turned it all the way down then you'll more than likely sight in on the upward moving portion of the trajectory curve. Try sighting the scope in again but start from the middle of it's range of adjustment. Count the total number of elevation turns and put the knob in the center of that number of turns. You should be very high at 100 yards. Drop the elevation on the scope until it's sighted in. You should be good to go. [/QUOTE]
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