What’s the Best Distance to Zero Your Rifle
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This is exactly what I was looking for to convert a 25-yard zero to 36 yards for my Saint. Thanks, Anni!Good article on what is the best distance to zero your rifle, I usually do mine at 1” high at 100 yards.
An Official Journal Of The NRA | What's the Best Distance to Zero Your Rifle?
There’s a lot to unpack when talking about zeroing a rifle, including at what distance it should be zeroed. Steve Adelmann walks you through important considerations.www.shootingillustrated.com
My Remington Model 700 in .30-06 was sighted in on a 100-yard range for a 200-yard zero based on bullet weight and associated drop charts. I want to say it was 2" high firing a 185 gr Core-Lokt soft point.
Good info, thanks.The 36-yard zero is very common in military circles... Ask any Marine.
If shooting an M4 or Civilian AR out to 300 yards, no other zero will give you a tighter cluster of hits at every range in between.
Here is a nice test video of the 36-yard zero:
Another good review:
Great write-up from this very site:
Is Your Carbine’s Zero Wrong? - The Armory Life
What distance should you zero your carbine at? 25 yards, 50 yards, 100 yards, or some other distance? Determining the correct zero for you will require some thought as well as some range time.www.thearmorylife.com
I really like the graphic illustration of differing zeros. It provides a lot of different options besides the standard military 25-meter zero.
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I zero my Ar-15s the same, 50/200. It seemed to make the most sense for the ballistics of the round, did a lot of reading and research on it, consulted a lot of sources. Lots of opinion but a 50/200 yard zero seemed to make the most sense.
Be sure to verify by actually printing downrange at your preferred zero distance.
Individual-gun-to-gun variability can make for significant deviations in what you may see "by the books" calculated numerical data.
Understood.