Thread: 223 zero distance

I'm thinking of going for a goat hunt with my daughters and am setting my 223 up to suit. Should I set the 223 up at 100m?

It looks pretty flat to 200 so maybe 1.4" at 100m is good enough so anything out to 250m will be a fairly accurate shot.

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Could try 50m. Usually get a second zero at 200m.

If you are going to dial then yes 1.5 to 2" high at 100

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Originally Posted by SPEARONZ

Could try 50m. Usually get a second zero at 200m.

I have mine sighted in at 50m and will then drop through zero at about 130m and be ~1.5 inches low at 200m with 55gr hornady sp

Yea my bad hunting rifle scope height makes a difference. Essentially still point an shoot to 200m tho.

If you do the maths and you normally shoot under 250yards/meters a couple of inches high at hundy "just works".

An inch and a whisker high at 100
gives an inch and a whisker low at 200
with just under 4 1/2 low at 250

My 2c worth
Cheers MG

Yep, abt 1" high at 100yds works for most centerfires.

Originally Posted by 25/08 IMP

If you are going to dial then yes 1.5 to 2" high at 100

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NO.

'Zero' in a good scope should not be where the turret stops. Always leave about 1 mil worth of dial below zero before setting the stop. If the scope does not allow you to set the dial and zero stop independently, it's a bad design. You need to have the ability to dial under in case your conditions change and 'zero' is no longer lining up.

Only companies that seem to understand this are selling to the US market, (old Bushnell LRHS/LRTS, NF and a few others) and definitely not Leupold!

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

If you do the maths and you normally shoot under 250yards/meters a couple of inches high at hundy "just works".

Depends where you are aiming...

If you come up to a deer in the bush at 30m and can only see the head, where do you aim?

With a 100m zero and decent scope ring offset, it's pretty simple (your bullet will hit just below your point of aim).

Originally Posted by caberslash

Depends where you are aiming...

If you come up to a deer in the bush at 30m and can only see the head, where do you aim?

With a 100m zero and decent scope ring offset, it's pretty simple (your bullet will hit just below your point of aim).

Do the maths....in the head. It will be that close to dead on at 25-30 yards a BRAIN aim..not jaw,not nose,not base of antler...will do the job. But in saying that I can count on one hand and have fingers left over,the amount of times it's been headshot or nothing when bush stalking.

So it's actually 1.5" high( my bad just woken from night shift) at hundy that works best for me... I discovered this by playing with the numbers for zero distance and it just so happens a 200 yard zero works best... On paper,on screen and in the field. I'm fortunate enough that my rifle shoots most loads to hover around an inch,usually better and I can fill magazine with mixture of loads and it still does it.

Originally Posted by caberslash

NO.

'Zero' in a good scope should not be where the turret stops. Always leave about 1 mil worth of dial below zero before setting the stop. If the scope does not allow you to set the dial and zero stop independently, it's a bad design. You need to have the ability to dial under in case your conditions change and 'zero' is no longer lining up.

Only companies that seem to understand this are selling to the US market, (old Bushnell LRHS/LRTS, NF and a few others) and definitely not Leupold!

I always zero at 100 as all my scopes are dial scopes, but if I had a capped turret I would be 1.5 inches high for a .223 and 3" high for a flat shooting caliber that's how we did it years ago.

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Do the maths....in the head. It will be that close to dead on at 25-30 yards a BRAIN aim..not jaw,not nose,not base of antler...will do the job. But in saying that I can count on one hand and have fingers left over,the amount of times it's been headshot or nothing when bush stalking.

A 20m head shot with a 100m zero

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