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2020-08-21 Science & Technology

Hunting season is approaching. What's the Best Distance to Zero A Rifle?

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 I hunt squirrels with PCP pellet rifles...and always zero at 50 yards..(my rim fire CZ .22 cal zero is 50 yards, but I only shoot it at the 100 yard range).
Most shots I get with my pellet rifles are 40-60 yards..rarely beyond 70.
Anybody here zero their shotgun ? LOL

Posted by crazyhorse 2020-08-21 00:23|| 2020-08-21 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 How far away is the average mostly peaceful protester when you have to deal with them?

Posted by gorb 2020-08-21 01:03|| 2020-08-21 01:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Zero my .270 Win carbine for 200. It's not like I am going to hit anything cleanly beyond 400 yards.

Posted by Sluns Gurly-Brown7484 2020-08-21 01:47|| 2020-08-21 01:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Max range from which one would wish to carry the carcass.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-08-21 07:01|| 2020-08-21 07:01|| Front Page Top

#5 MeaTech Ltd. the Israeli startup that is developing technology for bioprinting meat using stem cells announced on Monday that it had reached a substantial product milestone. The company said its scientists had successfully printed a layer of meat combining both muscle and fat cells that successfully fused.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-08-21 07:52|| 2020-08-21 07:52|| Front Page Top

#6 @3

I do the same with my .270. I can reach out to 400 pretty easily and not have a ton of drop. Anything farther than that and I ain't shooting at it.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-08-21 09:26|| 2020-08-21 09:26|| Front Page Top

#7 For almost 50 years I have used a Ruger M77 in 7mm Remington magnum and a Leupold vari X II 3 x 9 scope.
I always set my zero at 200 yd. At 100 yards the bullet is 1.5 in above sight line. At 300 the drop is 7 in. At 500 yards drop is 41 in. Got 2 caribou at -50F once at 500 yards. I used hand loads to 0.1 gr of powder. Extremes in Alaska.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-08-21 10:36|| 2020-08-21 10:36|| Front Page Top

#8 I also vote 7 mm Rem Mag. With the results you get, Alaska Paul, you seem to have it dialed in.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-08-21 10:48|| 2020-08-21 10:48|| Front Page Top

#9 M Murcek. I shoot 1" groups at 100 yd. I vary the powder loads for various bullet weights (use Hornadays) to keep the same drops at various yards. 175 gr for moose and bear. Lighter for caribou and wolves. Weigh every powder load, but with new digital scales not a problem. Son's lady used my rifle first time and got a caribou in the chest. The only thing I changed out was the trigger guard. The factory aluminum one cracked, so I got a steel one. Safety is convenient and ergonomic.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-08-21 14:28|| 2020-08-21 14:28|| Front Page Top

#10 300WinMag 190gr sighted in at 200 since that's the best my eyes can do, and typical of shots I get. I used to sight at 300 but anymore my rifle is more accurate than I am.

Posted by Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-08-21 17:07|| 2020-08-21 17:07|| Front Page Top

#11 Rutgers are nice rifles. I have a Model 1-H Tropical in 458 Win Mag. Never hunted any appropriate game with it but it's interesting. I have several Remington Model 700s, which some people hate even more than Internet Explorer, but I've never had any trouble with them. One is a Sendero II, 300 RUM with a 26" barrel. It can easily be sighted out past 600 yards though that's a bit much for most shooting.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-08-21 18:38|| 2020-08-21 18:38|| Front Page Top

#12 My 10 pound Parrot rifle is accurate to a little over a mile but there isn't much left when the round hits..

Posted by Deacon Blues 2020-08-21 19:16|| 2020-08-21 19:16|| Front Page Top

#13 The question is, do you have canister rounds for Antifa visitors?

Posted by Silentbrick 2020-08-21 19:29|| 2020-08-21 19:29|| Front Page Top

#14 #4 Max range from which one would wish to carry the carcass.
Posted by Skidmark

Hoot! Great snark but in the hills, yup.

Nice to hear an Alaskan shooters perspective Paul, thank you.

Posted by Eohippus Borgia5809 2020-08-21 19:31|| 2020-08-21 19:31|| Front Page Top

#15 Years ago some wag in Field & Stream was asked, "What's the proper length for a fishing rod?" The answer:"Wharever length it is after you shear the tip off with the trunk lid..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-08-21 20:01|| 2020-08-21 20:01|| Front Page Top

#16 Years ago some wag in Field & Stream was asked, "What's the proper length for a fishing rod?" The answer:"Wharever length it is after you shear the tip off with the trunk lid..."

Hahahahah...Ain't that the Gd damned truth; especially with kids.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-08-21 22:01|| 2020-08-21 22:01|| Front Page Top

#17 My 10 pound Parrot rifle

Seems a bit up-gunned for shooting parrots, but who am I to say.

Posted by SteveS 2020-08-21 23:19|| 2020-08-21 23:19|| Front Page Top

#18 I have a Ruger American Rifle in .270 Win. Sighted in at 200. I dislike shooting from a bench as they are hard to find out in the woods and plains of Wyoming. But at 200 yards I can put 5 rounds into the space of my palm from prone, sitting and standing using shooting sticks. I feel that's sufficient for my purposes.

Posted by Silentbrick 2020-08-21 23:38|| 2020-08-21 23:38|| Front Page Top

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