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Offline jays375

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How many of you sight in at 50yds?
« on: June 11, 2011, 03:06:50 AM »
I have to do some sighting in real soon.Did alot of switching swapping and purchasing scopes.Plus purchased a few new items.The only real long range barrel I have to shoot is my 7X30.Question I have is how many of you sight in at 50 yards?If so how high do you set things?

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Re: How many of you sight in at 50yds?
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2011, 03:16:46 AM »
I use a Collimater to bore sight  and line the scope up and have no problem being on the paper at 100 yards for the initial shots.

If you sight in several guns, the money spent on a Collimater can be saved in ammo costs in short order.   I'm generally sighted in by 3 shots at 100 yards.
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Re: How many of you sight in at 50yds?
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2011, 03:25:37 AM »
I do bore sight all my scopes when installed.Don't have a problem with hitting paper at a hundred yards.It is I will be shooting at 50 yds since a couple of the guns are 22s and the others aren't long distance guns either.So to move and set up at 100 yds for one gun stinks.

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Re: How many of you sight in at 50yds?
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2011, 05:08:23 AM »
I sight in 7-30 for a 200yd zero (1 3/4" high at 50 yards). Contenders are pretty easy to bore sight, IMO 50 yards is a good distance for getting on paper.

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Re: How many of you sight in at 50yds?
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2011, 06:38:03 AM »
My 22rf and 44 mag barrels are sighted in at 50 yds as well as any of my open sighted barrels.  Most of my pistol barrels are rifle and/or wildcat calibers and are scoped and sighted to zero at either 100 or 150 yards depending on caliber.

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Re: How many of you sight in at 50yds?
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2011, 06:07:14 AM »
  Jay, you probably need to begin at 25yds.  I have had to walk downrange and shoot at 10 or 12 yds to find a hole.  From there you can verify and correct at 50yds.  If you have 100yds you should use it. 
  If you need to sight at 150 or 200 and only have 100 you should use www.jbmballistics.com
You can select your bullet from the library. You need to supply a known (or good guess) muzzle velocity. Set up the remainder of the program, ignoring the wind for now.  Set your desired sight in at 150yds.  Look at where your bullet is at 100yds.  Do the same for 200yds.  You can go back through it and change parameters as needed. 
  Shooting at 100yds, create an aiming point, measure up the distance given by the program and mark an impact point.  Knowing that you have a 100yd zero and its scope setting, adjust the required clicks up to hit your impact point.  If you need 200yds, measure and add the needed clicks.   
   After a few sessions you'll like jbm.  You should shoot to confirm the program.  Keep notes.  rp