/*# 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. The 50-yard zero has flatter hold unders than the 36 yard zero out to 200. keep in mind the AR and the 223/5.56 round is designed for fat engagement. That means from 0-100 yards you only need to be concerned with your height over bore when shooting a target. 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Click the Go To Forum Thread link below to jump in and discuss this article and much more! Even the text is real thin, hard to read. inches to zero at 200 yards. Its also not his fault that that is how the APP is designed, would you have preferred him contacting the app designer to have him change the coding on the app just so Johnny can read it? Zeroing is best conducted by following these steps: Bore sighting Rough Adjustment Shoot a Group Fine Adjustment Optimal Zero Like a lot of those situations, though, the points argued are based on personal bias and the actual differences are pretty minimal. 2023 Jerking the Trigger. Therefore, with a 26-yard zero, you can hold on the target and expect to hit a 6-inch vital zone from 0 . Nice work. Ian Kenney served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army just after 9/11 and is a veteran of the Global War on Terror. 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. Pros: This zero can take your 10.5 AR out to 250 yards. How does all that equate to a person shooting 2 to 3 MOA accuracy since this is a battle zero we are talking about? Paul Howe has a similar method, but his is to start at 7 yards and its good out to 300. it depends on how high your sights are above the bore if using stock ka2 (carry handle ) this will be zero somewhere around 300. But the 36 yard zero is flatter out to 300. The only reason I would like to have less complicated hold over math is for when I'm out shooting for practice and up in the mountains roaming around. Thank you all for your suggestions and input . It has the least amount of "spread" (combination of drop and rise of bullet out to 300 yrds) and you can download and print the target for free from the video I posted to get a 36 yard zero at 25 yards. Im guessing this is all highly dependent on the velocities youre getting in your particular rifle? 1 MOA= roughly 1 at 100 yards (2 at 200 yards.) My thanks to Matt at JTT for posting up this wonderful little target! To me, the 36 yard zero makes things about as simple as they can get for a multi-purpose rifle that could be used for range, home defense or duty use. You shoot within an inch without making any scope adjustments from 0-300 yards. You should of course then verify at one of those distances.). 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 only category in which the 36 y zero loses is it produces that greatest rise along the trajectory, and that's at 100 yards (1.29"). It's important to shoot this group from the standing unsupported position. 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. To see for myself how these two zeros stack up, I took two similarly set up rifles to the range, one zeroed to 50 yards and the other zeroed to 36 yards. Couple different calibers, keep it the same. Ballistic Advantage is one of the household names in AR15 barrel manufacturing. 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. Should I just go with a 50 yard zero since it is a a tighter holdat ranges? Go with a 50 and be done with it. Save Share. With the rifle zeroed at 36 yards, I can reasonably expect to hit a BC-Zone target out to 300 yards without excessive hold-overs. I maped them all out on a big piece of paper. The original non-tapered heavy barrel is 22 long and has a 1/9 twist. All that being said, the 50 yard zero continues to be one of my favorite zeroing schemes because its versatile, proven and effective. Crappy weather, windy day, but what the heck. Keep in mind that, at 100 yards, your point of impact will be above the black dot if your point of aim is the black dot. I mentioned inread more , A question has come to mind lately about the various product offerings out in the firearm world particularly red dotread more . FMJ bullet at about 3,000 fps in my examples. Therefore, to hit the center of the target at 100 yards, or any distance for that matter, the rifle has to have a small upward angle. 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. 09 at 50 yards for a 230 yard zero, max point blank range for deer would be 270 yards. Oops, there's been an error. .LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH{fill:var(--newRedditTheme-actionIcon);height:18px;width:18px}.LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH rect{stroke:var(--newRedditTheme-metaText)}._3J2-xIxxxP9ISzeLWCOUVc{height:18px}.FyLpt0kIWG1bTDWZ8HIL1{margin-top:4px}._2ntJEAiwKXBGvxrJiqxx_2,._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{vertical-align:middle}._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-inline-flexbox;display:inline-flex;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center} If you can't see well enough to zero at 36 yards then there is no advice that is going to help. JMO YMMV Lancer L5 AWM Registered Joined May 26, 2018 4,694 Posts Reaction score 12,908 36 yard zero Pros: Will get you out to 300 yards. If everything goes well with your initial work at 10 yards, you can then use the black dot to check your zero at 50 or 200 yards since it should be relatively free of impacts. 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. 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I still use the 100 yard zero though. and opinions expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the I can also tell you from experience that when youre amped up and the lizard brain takes over, youll really only be thinking point and shoot. Nice But why are all the charts grayed out? Go with whatever you want and simply memorize / write down til you have memorized 3-4-5 other distances where you'd place your dot (Point of Aim / PoA). 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Pick whichever one you want to memorize the holds for. 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. Click to expand. 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Live The Armory Life. Looks like a convincing argument for a 36 yard zero for red dot carbines and some LPVO. And the bullet never lies. The gray dot is 1.9 below your point of aim (POA) and represents your point of impact (POI). Between 50 yards and 300 yards is only about 5 inches. The 300 yard shots are still doable, but as target distances increase youre going to need to know the specific holds for your set up out to that distance, so its important to really know your gun. Peasy. Does that back into a 36 yard zero? With rifles like the AR15and the typical ranges of the intermediate cartridge(normally within 300 yards), you can manipulate the bullet trajectory. Or, in terms of hunting, a variation of less than the profile of a deer heart over 100 yards. So, Im shooting an ar pistol, 7.5 barrel. Those gents can shoot and this zero is well thought out. How many grains for the projectile and what ballistic coefficient, or do you just want those the same? This statement (and others like it) is one of the reasons 5.56 gets a bad rap. Never rely on a ballistic calculator, rely on the data your rifle gives you from actually shooting! Powered by Invision Community. The 10 yard red dot zero is pretty simple, but it does require the shooter to be able to shoot 3 shots that all touch each other or almost touch each other at 10 yards. Pros: Very flat shooting. I will talk about my preferred distance to zero my AR chambered in 5.56. Depending on your sighting system and target size this could end up obscuring your target, so keep that in mind if you plan to use this zero. Basically, the 5.56 AR15 is a self-defense weapon so I would stick with the 50 yards zero. Precision Rifles Marksmanship Win a FREE Membership! If you want to be able to hold on someone's face and pull the trigger without needing to think about anything, 50 can facilitate that - the other two can't. While a 36/300 yard zero is great for open land, I find it to have a higher than wanted POI over POI in the 75-150 yard range for a CQB type gun. Horse-shoes & handgrenades This is a great video. Mar 8, 2017. No worries! Ditch the 223 precision ar for a bolt gun? 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. Whenzeroing at a closer distance, the bullet will arc likeafootball. 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Be sure to print at actual size. The latest content straight to your inbox plus an automatic entry to each of our monthly giveaways! It works well because of the compressed distance for which it is designed to be used. 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 give you a 4" point blank range from the muzzle out to nearly 200 yards. The image shown is not to scale. barfolopew 2 mo. Granted no bullet weight value was given so I'm guessing he was using xm193. A 25 yard zero yields roughly a 1/2" hold over at 10 yards, but will be POA/POI at 25. Cons: None. 36yd zero, then memorize the remaining holds throughout the effective range of my load (bullet's min velocity for expansion, min energy, etc). So, im shooting an AR pistol, 7.5 barrel, rely on the target expect... 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