How to Sight In a Rifle Scope and Pick the Right Zero
How to sight in a rifle scope: bore sight, group at 25 then 100 yards, and turn about 4 clicks per inch. Plus click math and the best zero for 5 deer loads.
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How to sight in a rifle scope: bore sight, group at 25 then 100 yards, and turn about 4 clicks per inch. Plus click math and the best zero for 5 deer loads.
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Free ballistics tools that show their work. Every calculator runs in your browser, with no account, no sign-up and no result held back. Seven ballistics tools, and here is what each one is for. One solves a full trajectory from whatever you feed it; five are finished charts for the cartridges people ask about most,…
.300 Winchester Magnum, 180 grains, leaving the muzzle at 2,960 feet per second and zeroed at 100 yards, lands 11.7 inches low at 300 yards and 49.1 inches low at 500, with 1,546 foot-pounds still on it at 500. That is the short answer; the full .300 Win Mag ballistics chart is below, and every…
.270 Winchester, 130 grains, leaving the muzzle at 3,060 feet per second and zeroed at 100 yards, lands 11.3 inches low at 300 yards and 48.8 inches low at 500, with 1,028 foot-pounds still on it at 500. That is the short answer; the full .270 ballistics chart is below, and every load on it…
.30-06 Springfield, 168 grains, leaving the muzzle at 2,700 feet per second and zeroed at 100 yards, lands 14.6 inches low at 300 yards and 59.9 inches low at 500, with 1,217 foot-pounds still on it at 500. That is the short answer; the full .30-06 ballistics chart is below, and every load on it…
6.5 Creedmoor, 140 grains, leaving the muzzle at 2,675 feet per second and zeroed at 100 yards, lands 14.4 inches low at 300 yards and 58.1 inches low at 500, with 1,115 foot-pounds still on it at 500. That is the short answer; the full 6.5 Creedmoor ballistics chart is below, and every load on…
.308 Winchester, 168 grains, leaving the muzzle at 2,650 feet per second and zeroed at 100 yards, lands 15.3 inches low at 300 yards and 62.7 inches low at 500, with 1,162 foot-pounds still on it at 500. That is the short answer; the full .308 ballistics chart is below, and every load on it…
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