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Zero at 100 Yards and Leave Turret at 200 Yards for Hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="73driver" data-source="post: 2023950" data-attributes="member: 36473"><p>The change in impact because of different Density Altitudes is less with a 100 yards zero than with a 200 yards zero. The whole point is that a 200 yard zero has a greater built in error potential than a 100 yard zero. So for shooting/hunting with a scope that is capable of dialing up for the range you are shooting to, a 100 yard zero has less error. Each individual is capable of deciding what is best for their own purposes. It depends on what you are comfortable with, what kind of scope and what & how far you are shooting. I personally like the zero at 100 and when I set out to hunt I dial in the correction for a 200 yard hold. My son and I used this a couple of years ago, he got set up on his rifle (with a dial up for 200y already set) and I used a LRF and dope card (dope card pre made morning berfore for the current conditions) and I gave him his dial up, 4.75 MOA, all he had to do was take the dial from 1.5 and set it at 4.75 and he got a perfect hit on his buck. It did help that I had been shooting in PRS matches for several years and he had just finished an Army enlistment as a sniper. So high comfort level with using scope with turrets. When I hunt with duplex or reticle marks and non dialing turrets then yes a 200 yard zero is what I use. The point Clark33 is making is correct, the error introduced by dialing up from a 200 yard zero will be greater than the error from a 100 yard zero. How much error will depend on what cartridge and bullet you use, how big a DA (Density Altitude) change and how far you are shooting. Out to 500-600 yards the error might not add up to much but you will more exact with a 100 yard zero. Its like saying that 1.2 inch group at 100 yards is good enough so why bother getting your handholds down to .75 at 100 yards. If you still do not see it then check out my post #67, I think that gives a explanation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="73driver, post: 2023950, member: 36473"] The change in impact because of different Density Altitudes is less with a 100 yards zero than with a 200 yards zero. The whole point is that a 200 yard zero has a greater built in error potential than a 100 yard zero. So for shooting/hunting with a scope that is capable of dialing up for the range you are shooting to, a 100 yard zero has less error. Each individual is capable of deciding what is best for their own purposes. It depends on what you are comfortable with, what kind of scope and what & how far you are shooting. I personally like the zero at 100 and when I set out to hunt I dial in the correction for a 200 yard hold. My son and I used this a couple of years ago, he got set up on his rifle (with a dial up for 200y already set) and I used a LRF and dope card (dope card pre made morning berfore for the current conditions) and I gave him his dial up, 4.75 MOA, all he had to do was take the dial from 1.5 and set it at 4.75 and he got a perfect hit on his buck. It did help that I had been shooting in PRS matches for several years and he had just finished an Army enlistment as a sniper. So high comfort level with using scope with turrets. When I hunt with duplex or reticle marks and non dialing turrets then yes a 200 yard zero is what I use. The point Clark33 is making is correct, the error introduced by dialing up from a 200 yard zero will be greater than the error from a 100 yard zero. How much error will depend on what cartridge and bullet you use, how big a DA (Density Altitude) change and how far you are shooting. Out to 500-600 yards the error might not add up to much but you will more exact with a 100 yard zero. Its like saying that 1.2 inch group at 100 yards is good enough so why bother getting your handholds down to .75 at 100 yards. If you still do not see it then check out my post #67, I think that gives a explanation. [/QUOTE]
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