Looks more like that. Cons: Harsh hold unders out to 225 yards. I used the Litz test. Pros: The 25 yard zero on a 16 rifle offers a point of aim point of impact out to 330ish yards. In the video "ex-navy seal" Shawn Ryan, talks about the normal zeros.25,50,100, but he also speaks of an unusual one of 36 yards. My advice is to get a ballistic calculator and put in your specific data because there are all sorts of things that will affect the results. Out at 200 yards, you have a 1/10th of an inch holdover. Nodak Spud Joins PSA Under Harrington and Richardson Banner: How to build an AR-15 Lower Receiver: A Step by Step Visual Guide, Maximum Hangtime: Getting the Most Out of your AR15 Zero, The Ultimate Guide to the AR15 Iron Sights Ver 1.1, AR15 Buyer's Guide 2022: Simple Steps for Buying the Best AR15, Best AR15 Zero Distances for 16 inch and 10.5 inch Carbines. Whenzeroing at a closer distance, the bullet will arc likeafootball. No worries! views and opinions of Springfield Armory. It is a simple target with a 1.9 grid and two dots. FMJ bullet at about 3,000 fps in my examples. 09 at 50 yards for a 230 yard zero, max point blank range for deer would be 270 yards. Sighting-in a hunting rifle to hit a certain number of inches high at 100 yards (or 100 meters) maximizes the point blank range of the rifle and cartridge and is superior to zeroing at a fixed distance like 200 yards. Cons: None. Pros: Your largest hold under is about 1.5 at 125 yards which in my book is point and shoot. If youre concerned about getting a good zero at 100 yards, you can always start at 50, adjusting so that your impacts are about low, and then confirming at 100 yards. You can click here to access the PDF. The image shown is not to scale. Thanks for the cheatI almost feel bad letting you do the work, but I have an SBR that needs zeroing and a sunny afternoon! AT 36 you are going to have to hold under at 50 and maybe at 100. Live The Armory Life. ._1sDtEhccxFpHDn2RUhxmSq{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-flow:row nowrap;flex-flow:row nowrap}._1d4NeAxWOiy0JPz7aXRI64{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText)}.icon._3tMM22A0evCEmrIk-8z4zO{margin:-2px 8px 0 0} Second is the Marine Corps' recommended 36/300 yard BZO. At ten yards, you will be POA/POI with a ten yard zero, but you will find that at other distances, your hold over and hold under will change drastically. Even though I dont recommend the 25 yard zero, Im starting here because it is suggested so often, but is also often misrepresented as a 25/300 yard zero. You are using an out of date browser. With a scope height of 1.5 inches, the parabolic arc of the round peaks at 50 yards and returns once more to -1.5 inches at 100 yards. Everything inside 100 yards and past 100 yards you hold high. You may remember Frank Proctors method for achieving a 50/200 yard zero at 10 yards with your AR-15 that was mentioned here a few months ago. (The target is specifically for your AR-15 / M-4. And a rough estimate of velocity for either a 10.5 or 11.5 barrel. If you are planning on shooting the majority of time within 125 yards I dont see a benefit of a 36/300 zero and actually see some decent minuses for it. I have been using a 25 yard zero for a while but wanted something that was a little less complicated as far as hold overs goat longer ranges. This BZO calls for zeroing the M16A2/A3/A4 and M4A1 at 36 yards with the setting of the rear elevation at 8/3 and 6/3 using the small (long range) aperture. . The same concept applies to Marines. Would be willing to bet that the Marines were using it for decades by then. The latest content straight to your inbox plus an automatic entry to each of our monthly gungiveaways! Thanks for all the great info on your site! Great summary. Go run this in 25m increments and see if it still falls within your acceptable accuracy standards. For better or worse, the 36 yard zero is basically a hybrid that flattens out the St. Louis Arch of a trajectory the 25 yard zero creates while still providing a decent maximum range. 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Jan 15, 2021 Darkangel1846 said: Well it is supposed to keep your near zero out to 300 yards. For all intents and purposes, I dont think youre going to be let down or at a severe disadvantage if you choose either one over the other. 1.7K 231 gunksmtn1216 6 days ago Battle Zero for 5.56 55gr 325 yards equals 297 meters or 300 meters. Just a fraction of an inch, but I believe 10 yards strikes a useful balance. That's step 1. A 36 yard zero will be on at 36 yards, and slightly low inside of that due to sight offset. The bullet is still rising to meet your point of aim at 36 yards, this is why the impact point is low on the target. Red dots need to take advantage of a point and shoot zero like any of the other options. I highly recommend that you review Frank Proctors video on this zeroing method and my brief comments on how it worked for me before attempting it. Go with it. If I need to shoot farther than that I can aim at the shoulder line to push out to 300 yards or hold on top of the head for 350. .s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);padding-top:5px}.s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f._19JhaP1slDQqu2XgT3vVS0{color:#ea0027} I have a Colt Sporter Match HBAR with A2 sights, built in 1993. Chances are youll be very close, if not dead on. Frankly, I dont think one zeroing scheme is better than another. To say it differently, where would my rounds hit on a 6 in target at 10 yards if I had a 50 yard zero? Thats all well and good when your target is 20x40, but it starts to get trickier on smaller targets. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. For the heavier rounds, I'd zero, as jc says, 1" high at 100 yards. Click the Go To Forum Thread link below to jump in and discuss this article and much more! In that trajectory chart above, I'm a max of 1.4 mils high at 100 yards, 1.7 mils low at 450 yards, and dead-on at 300 yards, as far as holdovers. You should always check your zero at the actual zero distance when possible but this will get you close. The 12-yard zero is represented by the red arc. Currently, this is probably the most common AR configuration going, shooting the most common ammunition available. At the range I ran through some drills to work on accuracy and precision. /r/ar15 is here for your favorite black gun links, build pics, questions and other tactical or practical information. All Rights Reserved. Seekins or vortex precision cantilever with 6-36 razor? This will be for both my BUIS and my RDS. Aimpoint Pro RDS at 1/3 cowitness with a 2.625 inch height center of optic to center of bore. I have been putting it to good use. The Alabama-Auburn football rivalry, better known as the Iron Bowl, is an American college football rivalry game between the Auburn University Tigers and University of Alabama Crimson Tide, both charter members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and both teams located in the state of Alabama.The series is considered one of the most important football rivalries in American sports. In this video I use the Caldwell Precision Tripod. It will cross your line of sight twice; once at where you zeroed it, and once again when the bullet starts to drop. The video maker above left SEAL team I believe in 2008. Sight in at fifty yards so that most of the group (5 -10 shots) falls in the lower half of the dot. The table below will include drop data using a 50 yard zero, a 200 yard zero, and 100 yard zero for comparison. Therefore, with a 26-yard zero, you can hold on the target and expect to hit a 6-inch vital zone from 0 . With a 100-yard zero, there is never any "hold under." You only ever dial upwards or hold over. Basically, the 5.56 AR15 is a self-defense weapon so I would stick with the 50 yards zero. I have been putting it to good use. This is a great video. October 24, 2018 in General AR15 Discussion. Its definitely more point and click friendly further out. At 25 yards, a 10 yard zero yields a 1 1/2" hold under. Scope, X at 25 yards. Breezy as all get out; torso target and the plastic uprights kept rocking forward as wind was coming from 12 o'clock. 36 yard zero or 25 yard danielosborn1994 Feb 11, 2023 The #1 community for Gun Owners in Indiana Member Benefits: Fewer Ads! (I can drive 45 minutes to some good long-ranges, but getting at least three hours free can be difficult). Get our new posts sent right to your email! When you shoot a rifle, if the rifle was perfectly level with the ground, gravity starts to pull the bullet down immediately, so the bullet would hit low at 100 yards. When zeroed at 25 yards the round will also be zeroed at 300 yards. Sometimes it may do better, sometimes worse. bullet, when zeroed at 26 yards, angles above the line-of-sight 2.81 inches at 200 yards, crosses the line of sight (zero) again at approximately 275 yards, before falling beyond 3 inches low at 310 yards. One suggestion. Id just zero it at 25 yds and call it a day. I use 50-200 because it actually lines up with my BDC drops on the Razor HD ii. You will get effective hits out to 300. I sight mine at 10 yards for both sport shooting and SD. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Otherwise a 100-yard zero wastes your bullet's trajectory potential. If you want to sight in at 50 yards - then just have the shots be 1.3 inches high. To zero your gun using this method, you'll need a target with a small reference point, like a 2 inch circle or a 1 inch square. To print the target, click the last link and be sure to follow the instructions on printing. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/TopicLinksContainer.3b33fc17a17cec1345d4_.css.map*/You need to do the maths for your barrel and your ammos; plug your observed fps with your load into a ballistic program with various zero yardages and you should be able to find that perfect zero distance. Im guessing this is all highly dependent on the velocities youre getting in your particular rifle? Now, since we're converting from a 100 -yard zero trajectory to a 200-yard zero trajectory, we begin by looking at how much we must adjust to rezero to the new This should put most of a group in the top half of a one inch dot at twenty-five yards. 36 is a good combat zero(where just hitting center mass is the goal) but definitely not the best for a precision/long range setup. Those gents can shoot and this zero is well thought out. Live The Armory Life. 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