100 or 200 Zero?

Do you Zero for 100 or 200 yards?

  • I zero at 100yds.

    Votes: 46 35.7%

  • I zero at 200yds.

    Votes: 80 62.0%

  • I grin down all the animals I take, just like Davy.

    Votes: 3 2.3%
  • Total voters
    129
I think you are right. Everyone has 100yard blinders on about the eastern US and hunting, but I have seen a lot of NC and there are plenty of places that you could get some really long shots off.
 
Git r done

Zero the gun in-whatever caliber you have.200yds. is my vote. Practice,Practice,Practice. If you're hunting close timber you will still be "on". I've been on to many hunts with people who just plain can't shoot their guns.Too many misses- cripples.
 
I think you are right. Everyone has 100yard blinders on about the eastern US and hunting, but I have seen a lot of NC and there are plenty of places that you could get some really long shots off.
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I do agree that there are many places where a 200-400 yard shot might be a possibility. However, I have never hunted anywhere back east that would have allowed more than maybe 50 yards for a safe shot (the longer "possible" shots would have had water bodies or ridge lines in the background - not safe in my book).

When I was in Florida, it was even worse. If you weren't in a tree stand or elevated blind, a 20 yard shot was long. Half the time I was hunting those tiny little deer, I carried my .380 Auto and left the rifle in the truck. The deer were that small, the vegetation that restrictive, and the pistol was (oddly) legal.
 
FrankenMauser, I'm going to totally disagree with you and side with Lockedcj7 on this one. I also hunt in the deep woods/swamps of FL. Yes, sitting in a tree stand I'll be faced with a 20 to 70 yd shot. However, walking to and from that tree stand they will frequently be pastures, crop fields, powerlines, or other open areas that are more than 500 yds across. If I foolishly sighted in for only a 100yd max shot, then I'd be severely short-changing myself.

In fact, that is the reason I carry the rifle I do today. I used to hunt with a 30-30 because it was short and light in the stand. I assumed that using Lever-Evolution ammo (good to about 200 yds in that particular gun) that I would be able to handle any situation I found myself in. I was wrong. 3 seasons ago, the one and only chance I had to get a doe during our short doe season would have been a 300 yd shot. I saw 2 does feeding in a bean field as I was walking to the stand. I didn't take the shot because I did not have confidence I could reach out to 300 yds with that rifle. Today, I carry a short-barreled Rem Model Seven in .260 that is just as short and light as the 30-30 it replaced. However, it is sighted in at about 220 yds and I could easily make a 300 yd shot with it.
 
Know the ballistics to your rifle and bullet and it dont matter where your zero is. I personaly zero both my 7mm rem mags and my 270 in at 200 because the furthest shot ill have to take will be around 400 but most of the time its less then 200. With my 7mm mag witch is the rifle I carry the most it only shoots 1 3/4 high at 100. The main thing is knowing your rifle and its ballistics.
 
Jack OConnor has written that the only, or should I say his favorite zero is 3 inches high at 100 yds..This should put you right in the money at 300 yds. I have my rifles zeroed like this and have for 20+ years especially in my 270's and 3006. I shot a feral cat with my Rem. 700 ADL 3006, dead center from 250 yds. I'm talking dead center. Jack is a 270 win man, and what Jack says has been golden for me.. Happy shootin dude!!! P.S. My hunting are allows me shots from 25-500yds,(although I much prefer to shot at 200 and less).:D

Thanks for coming!:cool:
 
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Jack O'Connor's +3 @ 100 yrds PBR works great for the .270 (my prime meat-getter, 40 to 400 yrds)

Drop at 100 to 500 yrds.

130 gr. NP @ ~ 3000 f/s
+3, ...+4, ...-2, ...-12, ...-30

150 gr. NP @ ~ 2800 f/s (used most)
+3, ...+3, ...-4, ...-18, ...-40

Point'n'Shoot to 300 yrds, ...top of back at 400 yrds, ...daylight over back (and a prayer :D) at 500 yrds.
 
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