Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
So what a good yardage to sight at 100,150, 200?
I have Remington 783 .270 with a 4x16x40 scope
200 yards. That would be called the "point blank" zero for your rifle, meaning any shot out to your zero will have +/- 1.5" of rise or drop.
Measure how far the sight axis of your scope is. I would speculate a 40mm objective is 1.5" above bore.
Looking at ballistics for 130 and 140gr 270Winnie bullets,
Muzzle ~-1.5"
35 yards zero
120 yards, ~+1.5"
200 yards, zero
300 yards, ~-6.5 inches (it starts to drop fast)
Lance, I stand corrected. 1.5" is my recollection of "point blank" defined for rifles.
Me, I don't even think about point blank. As they say, "know your dope."
P7id10T - Do a search on point blank.
It gets interesting.
Silver Hand