Thread: Aim high or low

Just sighted my 30-30 with subsonics at 60 yards for my grandson to try as less recoil, he’s asked me if the animal is further than 60 yards should he aim higher or lower to which I replied “ not sure son I’ll have to ask a few guys on the intraweb thingy”
So if it’s spot on at 60 do I go higher or lower for 100?

A shit load higher at hundy.... Think 22lr. But seriously,if using them out that far,you need to put up targets and make sure your drop is right.

Wouldn’t be shooting big game at over 60m with subs..also fall like a brick at 100m ,my 308 is around 12in lower than full power load at 100m.

As per previous replies, don’t compensate vertically, get closer.

It "should be" around 7-8 inches low at 100 but as previously mentioned you have to validate it at various ranges to be certain

Yes, a surprising amount of drop as I found out many years ago. I made a fully suppressed .45/70 H&R Topper for a customer about 1975 and we took up to a quarry in the Port Hills to sight in with 500 grain subsonic loads. Zeroed it at 75 metres and then aimed at a white rock at the top of a 20-metre slip at 200 metres to see what the drop was. A sheep grazing at the bottom of the slip got a fright when the bullet impacted between its legs!

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

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Would that also work if the trajectory paassed through the 60m mark on the way up then through (probably closer to 100m ) on the way down? I figure it would peak at about 70....maybe.

Originally Posted by longshot

As per previous replies, don’t compensate vertically, get closer.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

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Originally Posted by timattalon

Would that also work if the trajectory paassed through the 60m mark on the way up then through (probably closer to 100m ) on the way down? I figure it would peak at about 70....maybe.

For that to work your scope would have to be about a foot above the line of the bore.

Managed to find an article on the ammo
It said that they had sighted it in at 75 yards and that made and I quote’ for an inch or so drop at a100’ anyway the plan is for 60 and below so wish us luck ��

Originally Posted by timattalon

Would that also work if the trajectory paassed through the 60m mark on the way up then through (probably closer to 100m ) on the way down? I figure it would peak at about 70....maybe.

In order to still be rising at sixty....it would either need to be much faster than subsonic and/or scope height be rediculasly high.or to be sighted in further than sixty....you just play with zeroed for number till you match what you desire.

Might be heavier,might be more pointy,but numbers won't change much when going that slow