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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 389072" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>Ring,</p><p> </p><p>I have NEVER known any military trained precision shooter that did not zero their rifle at 100 yards. The problem with zeroing at longer ranges is that in different conditions you will have greater variation in your predicted trajectory if zeroed at 300 yards.</p><p> </p><p>By that I mean a zero at 300 yards in one condition will usually be noticably different in a different set of conditions. </p><p> </p><p>100 yard zeros will stay very consistant from area to area simply because its close enough that environemtal conditions just do not effect the point of impact much at all at this range. As such you have a consistant standard zero point to work off from for figuring down range bullet trajectory points.</p><p> </p><p>Also, the difference between a 300 yard zero and a 100 yard zero at 2700 yards means absolutely nothing. To get any meaningful differences, you would have to zero at ranges of 800 yards or even 1000 yards and I do not know of anyone that would zero at this range in the event that a life saving shot was needed at closer range.</p><p> </p><p>Remember that the sniper is in a war, they may be required to fight at close range as well with their weapon and a rifle zeroed at 1000 yards would be pretty well useless in a close quaters fight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 389072, member: 10"] Ring, I have NEVER known any military trained precision shooter that did not zero their rifle at 100 yards. The problem with zeroing at longer ranges is that in different conditions you will have greater variation in your predicted trajectory if zeroed at 300 yards. By that I mean a zero at 300 yards in one condition will usually be noticably different in a different set of conditions. 100 yard zeros will stay very consistant from area to area simply because its close enough that environemtal conditions just do not effect the point of impact much at all at this range. As such you have a consistant standard zero point to work off from for figuring down range bullet trajectory points. Also, the difference between a 300 yard zero and a 100 yard zero at 2700 yards means absolutely nothing. To get any meaningful differences, you would have to zero at ranges of 800 yards or even 1000 yards and I do not know of anyone that would zero at this range in the event that a life saving shot was needed at closer range. Remember that the sniper is in a war, they may be required to fight at close range as well with their weapon and a rifle zeroed at 1000 yards would be pretty well useless in a close quaters fight. [/QUOTE]
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