Point Blank
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Using 150 grain out of my Savage 110(30-06) how high or low do i need to be at 25 yards to be dead on at 100 yards???Also,is there a good site that shows different bullet drops,etc.???Thanks very much for any replies!!!
30-06 Bullet drop
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Point Blank. Every rifle is different. I usually sight in at 25 yards to insure I'll be on the paper at 100, and then finish sighting in there for the disntance I prefer. With 5 different 30-06 rifles, when shooting at 25 yards, to hit one inch low at that point, I find that there is a 6 to 7 inch disparity as to where the bullet hits at 100 yards.
Your best bet is to do the final sight setting at 100 yards. Then shoot at 25 yards again to see where the bullet hits at that point. Log it in somewhere, so that if your sights get knocked off while hunting, you can do a quick check. Remember though. A .25 inch error at 25 yards will be a one inch error at 100 yards.
Paul B.
Your best bet is to do the final sight setting at 100 yards. Then shoot at 25 yards again to see where the bullet hits at that point. Log it in somewhere, so that if your sights get knocked off while hunting, you can do a quick check. Remember though. A .25 inch error at 25 yards will be a one inch error at 100 yards.
Paul B.
Art Eatman
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Yup, whut Paul B. said. For a scoped rifle, dead on at 25 is +/- a couple or four inches at 100 yards.
Once on, I sight in for 2" high at 100; this gets me dead on at 200 and six inches low at 300 yards, as close as makes no nevermind. FWIW, that's around 24" or so at 400 yards, and four feet low at 500 yards.
One of the best reference book sets for external ballistics and all manner of other information are the Sierra loose-leaf handloading data books. Even if you don't roll your own right now, they're quite useful. Worth the money.
FWIW, Art
Once on, I sight in for 2" high at 100; this gets me dead on at 200 and six inches low at 300 yards, as close as makes no nevermind. FWIW, that's around 24" or so at 400 yards, and four feet low at 500 yards.
One of the best reference book sets for external ballistics and all manner of other information are the Sierra loose-leaf handloading data books. Even if you don't roll your own right now, they're quite useful. Worth the money.
FWIW, Art
Point Blank
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Thanks you guys!!
Something you might want to do is check the drops on the ammo for the range you are shooting at the company’s web page. (Remington, Winchester, Federal, etc.)
Shooting a 30.06 with a Remington 150 grain PSP CoreLokt at 100 yards is going to hit differently than using a Federal Premium 180 grain Nosler Partition.
Always sight in your rifle with what you will be using. NEVER use “odds and ends” ammo.
Also a quick and easy pointer for targeting your rifle in once it is on paper at 100 yards is to sandbag your rifle in place with your scope pointing at the bullseye and shoot a 3 shot group and then adjust your crosshairs directly in the middle of wherever that three shot group is.
Viola, sighted in with only 3 shots!
In Liberty,
Chulain
Shooting a 30.06 with a Remington 150 grain PSP CoreLokt at 100 yards is going to hit differently than using a Federal Premium 180 grain Nosler Partition.
Always sight in your rifle with what you will be using. NEVER use “odds and ends” ammo.
Also a quick and easy pointer for targeting your rifle in once it is on paper at 100 yards is to sandbag your rifle in place with your scope pointing at the bullseye and shoot a 3 shot group and then adjust your crosshairs directly in the middle of wherever that three shot group is.
Viola, sighted in with only 3 shots!
In Liberty,
Chulain
Chulain,
May be missing something here, but yeah, you can, but .... without verifying your shot placement afterwards, you aren't "sighted in" by a long shot.
Too, having your cross hairs set at where the bullet hits (at 100 yds anyway), you're missing a big advantage of using the bullet's trajectory & what's known as "maximum point blank range."
Figure for a deer, the vital zone is 6" (up & down, diameter, whatever) setting the scope to throw the bullets 2" high at 100 yds (I actually prefer closer to 3" depending ...) you're (what Art said) ....
Sighting dead on at 100, you're likely to be a couple inches low at 200 & a foot or better at 300 .... better to tweak your scope a bit & use the arc of the bullet to your advantage.
Would have to run a 150 through the ballistic software to give "known #s," but close enough for arguin' with strangers ...
Like I said, may have misunderstood .....
May be missing something here, but yeah, you can, but .... without verifying your shot placement afterwards, you aren't "sighted in" by a long shot.
Too, having your cross hairs set at where the bullet hits (at 100 yds anyway), you're missing a big advantage of using the bullet's trajectory & what's known as "maximum point blank range."
Figure for a deer, the vital zone is 6" (up & down, diameter, whatever) setting the scope to throw the bullets 2" high at 100 yds (I actually prefer closer to 3" depending ...) you're (what Art said) ....
Sighting dead on at 100, you're likely to be a couple inches low at 200 & a foot or better at 300 .... better to tweak your scope a bit & use the arc of the bullet to your advantage.
Would have to run a 150 through the ballistic software to give "known #s," but close enough for arguin' with strangers ...
Like I said, may have misunderstood .....