Thread: Testing loads at 50m instead of 100m

With new loads which isnt that common now for me or when I rescope or begin to think ive bumped something I've switch to 50 yds zero as std as long as the scope has parallax ajustment. A 50 yard zero pushes the point blank range out very slightly by increasing the mrt height. However if you really want to extend point blank range choose a 25 or 30 yard zero.
If you set yourself a 6 inch target zone then as long as the bullets plus or minus 3 inches youll whack whatever you aim at which is accurate enough for most game hunting.
With a 25yd zero with a 223 the bullet will rise up through the zero point at 25 yards (first catch), peak at 3 inches high at 125 yards and drop back through zero at 200yds (2nd catch)and be 3 inches below at 280 yards.
With a 50 yard zero or 1st catch, peak height is .4 inch at 90 yards, 2nd catch is at 125 yds and 3 inches drop is 200 yards
With a 100 yds zero first catch is at 65 yards peak height is not worth worrying about and second catch is 100 yds and 3 inches of drop occur at 190 yards.
So there's bugger all between 50 and 100 as a zero point however somewhere between 25 and 50 yds has interesting possibilities for the shoot n scoot types.