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<blockquote data-quote="swilk14" data-source="post: 2107923" data-attributes="member: 116511"><p>Don't waste ammo. Use scrub ammo if you have to get close to POI. Than adjust with hunting/ target ammo. </p><p></p><p>What ever ammo you use, Scope cross hairs go in a straight line to infinity.</p><p>Bullet follows path of bore until acted on by another force (Let's just call this bullet drop for this close range). The BulletDrop falls to earth as it leaves the barrel. </p><p></p><p>Match the two is goal at sight distance you choose. 100? 200? Decide what range you are sighting in for. Use a ballistic calculator (App Store ballistic calculator, computer program, whatever you find) to your advantage, know what your perfect bullet path is at different range you are using.</p><p></p><p>At 200 yds Bullet and cross Hairs meet at almost 40 and 200 yds. ( so sight in for where bullet will hit at the distance you pick).</p><p></p><p>Sight in close example: 7mm mag sighted in with 175 gr NAB with BC O.648 going 2890 (picked average for 60.6 g RL 22) it's 0.1" at 40 yds, almost dead on</p><p>50 yds 0.5" high</p><p>70 yds 1" high</p><p>100yds 1.4" high </p><p> 200 dead on.</p><p></p><p>So the more you know, the less ammo you waste to get where YOUR BulletDrop hits where you sight in. Examples of sighting in a different range works, but point of impact changes. Helps save ammo for those zeroing dead on, moving diff distance, zeroing dead on. Use known POI and save ammo. Fine tune group at final sight in distance (now your ammo, scope and gun live in harmony). </p><p></p><p>I love the sight in in 2 shoots. Provided you don't move.</p><p></p><p>Aim center at Target and shoot. Bullet hits target. </p><p>Aim same place center Target, now adjust scope sight line to meet where bullet hit target.</p><p></p><p>This in the beginning is confusing, as if bullet is say low left, you move dial in direction of up, but as you are looking in scope, cross hairs move down. Keep moving until the horizontal cross hair meet the bullet hole on horizontal cross hair( so now height is on, bullet is to left). Now move dial to move bullet right, scope cross hairs move left, stop when cross hairs on bullet hole.</p><p></p><p>Now in a perfect world they are now at same point. If you held without moving, and bullet hits same hole every time. But boy, when you get this, saves time and ammo. </p><p></p><p></p><p>1) bore sight (any method you have, use). Believe it or not look center down the bore does work on a small object at 50, 100 yds. </p><p>2) know ballistic drop chart for your choice.</p><p>3) use scope measurement, or sight in with 2 shots. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Here is Same data for 100 yd sight in with bullet mentioned above.</p><p></p><p>40 yds is low 0.4"</p><p>79,80,90 yds flat dead on.</p><p>200 yds -2"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swilk14, post: 2107923, member: 116511"] Don’t waste ammo. Use scrub ammo if you have to get close to POI. Than adjust with hunting/ target ammo. What ever ammo you use, Scope cross hairs go in a straight line to infinity. Bullet follows path of bore until acted on by another force (Let’s just call this bullet drop for this close range). The BulletDrop falls to earth as it leaves the barrel. Match the two is goal at sight distance you choose. 100? 200? Decide what range you are sighting in for. Use a ballistic calculator (App Store ballistic calculator, computer program, whatever you find) to your advantage, know what your perfect bullet path is at different range you are using. At 200 yds Bullet and cross Hairs meet at almost 40 and 200 yds. ( so sight in for where bullet will hit at the distance you pick). Sight in close example: 7mm mag sighted in with 175 gr NAB with BC O.648 going 2890 (picked average for 60.6 g RL 22) it’s 0.1” at 40 yds, almost dead on 50 yds 0.5” high 70 yds 1” high 100yds 1.4” high 200 dead on. So the more you know, the less ammo you waste to get where YOUR BulletDrop hits where you sight in. Examples of sighting in a different range works, but point of impact changes. Helps save ammo for those zeroing dead on, moving diff distance, zeroing dead on. Use known POI and save ammo. Fine tune group at final sight in distance (now your ammo, scope and gun live in harmony). I love the sight in in 2 shoots. Provided you don’t move. Aim center at Target and shoot. Bullet hits target. Aim same place center Target, now adjust scope sight line to meet where bullet hit target. This in the beginning is confusing, as if bullet is say low left, you move dial in direction of up, but as you are looking in scope, cross hairs move down. Keep moving until the horizontal cross hair meet the bullet hole on horizontal cross hair( so now height is on, bullet is to left). Now move dial to move bullet right, scope cross hairs move left, stop when cross hairs on bullet hole. Now in a perfect world they are now at same point. If you held without moving, and bullet hits same hole every time. But boy, when you get this, saves time and ammo. 1) bore sight (any method you have, use). Believe it or not look center down the bore does work on a small object at 50, 100 yds. 2) know ballistic drop chart for your choice. 3) use scope measurement, or sight in with 2 shots. Here is Same data for 100 yd sight in with bullet mentioned above. 40 yds is low 0.4” 79,80,90 yds flat dead on. 200 yds -2” [/QUOTE]
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