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<blockquote data-quote="Shawn Carlock" data-source="post: 13474" data-attributes="member: 4"><p>Beluebow,</p><p></p><p> If your drop chart does not read in moa I will email one to you. Ultimately you will have to go to the range to confirm the drops by shooting at those given distances. The only thing you need to worry about initially is what setting you need to hit at a certain distance. The caliberations on your Zeiss are 1/4 MOA. Take your drop chart in MOA and your rifle to the range.Zero at your given zero distance used on your chart(100 yards for example). Now that you have done that, set a target at 300 if you can. Dial in the MOA adjustment on drop sheet for 300 yards and shoot. If your chart says that you needed 3.00 MOA up at 300 yards and you needed 3.50 MOA up to be on target make note of this. Now repeat the process at 500 yards and any other distance you want to be able to shoot at. If your chart is off you may need to make a whole new one with the correct info you got from the range shooting. The drop chart is just a guide, you have to shoot the distances. The numbers you got from the program clicks/moa/inches obviously don't mesh together. Go by the MOA and test it out. Any number of things can be out of wack between your rifle system and your chart. I once had a scope that was a standard 1/4 moa knob scope and it turned out that the clicks would actually move the point of impact about .35 MOA and made the rifle seem to shoot very flat. Hope that helps.</p><p></p><p>Shawn</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shawn Carlock, post: 13474, member: 4"] Beluebow, If your drop chart does not read in moa I will email one to you. Ultimately you will have to go to the range to confirm the drops by shooting at those given distances. The only thing you need to worry about initially is what setting you need to hit at a certain distance. The caliberations on your Zeiss are 1/4 MOA. Take your drop chart in MOA and your rifle to the range.Zero at your given zero distance used on your chart(100 yards for example). Now that you have done that, set a target at 300 if you can. Dial in the MOA adjustment on drop sheet for 300 yards and shoot. If your chart says that you needed 3.00 MOA up at 300 yards and you needed 3.50 MOA up to be on target make note of this. Now repeat the process at 500 yards and any other distance you want to be able to shoot at. If your chart is off you may need to make a whole new one with the correct info you got from the range shooting. The drop chart is just a guide, you have to shoot the distances. The numbers you got from the program clicks/moa/inches obviously don't mesh together. Go by the MOA and test it out. Any number of things can be out of wack between your rifle system and your chart. I once had a scope that was a standard 1/4 moa knob scope and it turned out that the clicks would actually move the point of impact about .35 MOA and made the rifle seem to shoot very flat. Hope that helps. Shawn [/QUOTE]
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