Weird trajectory.
A friend of mine has two very similar rifles, one for him and one for his son. Both are Rem. 700, 270's. They sighted them in at 25 yards and then tried them on a target at 225 yards. One was dead on, and one shot about ten inches high. Could this be a paralax problem with the scope? Any ideas would be appreciated.
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25 yards is just to get em on paper at the longer distances, not for sighting in. Yes, if you know your rifle you can use 25yd as a spot check to see if the zero has shifted due to travel, fall, etc.
Set them to both print to the same spot at 100yd, and than compair the 225yd diferance.
Also one rifle might have a higher muzzel velocity than the other. The rifles might not like the same ammo either, try different brands and weights in each of the rifles to see what groups the best in each.
Did one guy do the 25yd work and than both do the 225? Different shooters don't see the sights the same (thats why you can't sight in a rifle for someone else).
Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.0 -
there are different scope mount heights also, this will make a large differenc at 25 yds to 100 yds 0 -
Many things can affect point of impact between guns. Tightness of chamber, length of barrel, freebore, height of scope, and more. As earlier stated, 25 yard impact is just to get it on target without burning up a lot of ammo. 0 -
Thanks for your ideas. Yes, both shooters fired both guns. Both guns grouped about three inches at 225 yards, just one about 10 inches higher than the other. He is trying them again today, and I told him to zero at the 225 range and then check them at 25 yards. We'll let you know the results. Thanks. 0
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