What Zero do you use for the High Power Rifle
I know most deer are shot fairly close but went with a little longer range setup than a 200 Zero.
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Many years ago ,I settled on 150 to 165 grain bullets in my 30-06 and 308 hunting loads .both are set up to shoot 1&1/2 to 2 inches high at 100 yards .Puts me minute of deer at the distances I shoot at .I rarely shoot past 250 yards .This has served me well for the past 30 years
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Big game three inches high at one hundred yards and varmint one inch high at one hundred yards.
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depends on caliber and ammo. I use 200 yards for 130gr 270 and 139 gr 7mm-08. both shoot about the same, 1.5 inch high at 100, dead on at 200, then 3-4 in low at 300. Then you see the diff between the 7mm-08 and 270. 7mm-08 drops off faster after 300 yards. I dont remember exacts after 300 because i RARELY shoot that far, and never when hunting.
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I'm a 2" high at 100 yds. guy. Most of my shots are 75 yards or less. I have never taken a long range shot so 2" high at 100 yards works for me.
I never shoot at a running deer. I always use some form of rest, often a small tree or tree branch. To me, a long shot would be 150 yards but as I said earlier my shots are close. I have studied deer anatomy so I know where to place my bullet and I review my deer anatomy chart several times during deer season.
As a result when I pull the trigger, I walk out to gather up my deer. I'm not saying I am a fantastic shot. I would bet 90 % of all the hunters on this forum could make the same shots I make with the same results. I think it is the humane thing to do to put a deer down as instantaneously as possible. The thing that is different about me is I am very, very careful with my shot as I will not hurry my shot. If the deer moves off before I shoot, no problem. Another deer will be along either later that day or one of my next hunts. Gee golly, I get to spend my time watching nature from my deer blind!! Many of my best hunts I never saw a deer!!
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I use a 200 yard zero.
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Have mine set for a 400 zero
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I zero at 100 yards for deer hunting. Wisc. brush and wood needs no more.
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POA @ 100 yards. Center of scope is 2" above bore. Last four antelope I harvested were all less than 100 yards.
Last one, and the largest body one I have ever harvested, was art 25 yards. Longer shots I figure 300 yrs 10" 400 yards
20". I don't like to harvest a game animal farther than 150 yards. I do not like to chase after a wounded animal.
I have harvested an antelope at 442yds, but conditions were perfect, and I know my rifle and the distance,
This was done with a 25 whelen by the way.
Good hunting to all.
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100 yds zero.
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2" low at 100 yards, the same amount that the scope is over the bore. The 270 Winchester shoots so flat that it's like a laser beam. If I set it dead on at 100 by the time it hits 400 it'd be way over their backs.
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My 7-08 Remington Model Seven is “zeroed” at about 50 yds and1 1/2” high at 100.
The bullet is rising and then falling so I would put another zero at around 150 and that gives me a hold on the vitals from 20-175 ish. I will not shoot over 180 Over 200 and I wait because of wind and spin drift after 150 ,
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Have mine set for a 400 zero
50 BMG will make the corn turn red..
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ARs are zeroed at 100 Yards, except for one which is at 200.
I keep the 50 BMGs zeroed at 200, but re-set to 500 when shooting longer distances. Never want to shoot high at a shorter range. Word is the 50 BMG round will travel a good way if one shoots above the berm.
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Those mil dots above the cross hairs work fine also for close shots. Kyle kept his 300 Win Mag zeroed at 500 yd.
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At 599 yards you would be shooting over everything where most animals are killed?
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No wonder whenever anybody "Borrows" a rifle they miss. I've see more debate on zero than a glock 1911 shootout with 9mm vs 45 thrown in
1/1/2 low at 100 , 2" low at 100! how could this be? , I subscribe to the short action school and smaller blasts won't kick me out of a stand. I have no shots over 200 at my hunting grounds
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"2" low at 100! how could this be?"
It could be sarcasm with a hint of pot stirring...
Sure miss that green font!
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200 yard zero on a 270, 300 yards would be 7-8 inches , optimum for crosshairs hold all day
270 cal with a 400 yard zero , so that trophy steps out at 175... do you put the crosshairs on his back ridge or belly line ? Think fast, o the deer snorts and is gone by the time
if the bullet starts at 1 1/2 inch low at muzzle and is 1 1/2 low at 100 ( ( insert no zero ) ) I would estimate a 200 shot would be a foot low , that's a dead mud puddle under a big buck vital hold , I'm not ever borrowing any buddy's gun again, unless it's a iron sited 94
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