Thread: Zeroing 7mm08 tomorrow - advice?

Originally Posted by MightyBoosh

It's done. Zeroed at 90 metres which was convenient for where I was shooting.

Thats all good, but im sure like most of us, you will start seeing deer out a bit further and you cannot get closer to them, you will really be best served then by having the POI 2.5 inches higher than your aim point then. It means that the closer shots, say 100, you will hit it 2.5" higer in the shoulder (that doesnt matter at all) but you will still hit them bang on out to 250-275 odd without even having to think about it. A zero dead on at 90M is quite limiting in my opinion.

Originally Posted by GWH

Thats all good, but im sure like most of us, you will start seeing deer out a bit further and you cannot get closer to them, you will really be best served then by having the POI 2.5 inches higher than your aim point then. It means that the closer shots, say 100, you will hit it 2.5" higer in the shoulder (that doesnt matter at all) but you will still hit them bang on out to 250-275 odd without even having to think about it. A zero dead on at 90M is quite limiting in my opinion.

Sadly, not too many deer in Northland, and not too many >100m shots in my limited experience so far, mainly bush hunting.