zeroing in .222

[upperlane2 4]

when zeroing in his .222 55g bullets(he says should work for most grams bullet) he wants her zerod at 200 yards on cross hairs. He sets target up at 38 yards he swears if shes on bull at that distance she will be on at 200 yards any 222 men tryed it before and 1"1/2high at 100 give it a go then get back to me thanks.

[rjimmer 4]

Too many variables to say.

At mv of 3000fps, 32 yrds might be more appropriate for 55grns.

38 yrds might be OK for 40 grn bullets going a bit faster.

 

Take the bolt out and fix the rifle in something steady. Look through the barrel and set the scope to the same point that you see through the barrel. Or aim the barrel at something vertical and don't worry about the height of what you see through the barrel. Doing this will save you a lot of time if you don't have access to one of those fancy boresighters. The first shot should be within an inch or 2 of allignment at 100 yrd, well it usually is for me anyway. Then sort out the elevation.

Edited December 9, 2009 by rjimmer

[SNAP SHOT 194]

boresighters are pants as far as i'm concerned..... and if your anyway good at manually bore sighting, then 4 or 5 shots should get anyone on the bull..

 

Snap.

[rjimmer 4]

if you're anyway good at manually bore sighting, then 4 or 5 shots should get anyone on the bull..

 

Snap.

 

 

Spot on!

[firepower 68]

when zeroing in his .222 55g bullets(he says should work for most grams bullet) he wants her zerod at 200 yards on cross hairs. He sets target up at 38 yards he swears if shes on bull at that distance she will be on at 200 yards any 222 men tryed it before and 1"1/2high at 100 give it a go then get back to me thanks.

He is taking into account the trajectory of the bullet

 

Take a look at this it makes for interesting reading

Edited December 9, 2009 by firepower

[jamie g 17]

yes depends on what bullets you use,barrel length,scope hight,

 

best thing to do is boresight it yourself you will get on target in no time

[dave1372 83]

boresighters are pants as far as i'm concerned..... and if your anyway good at manually bore sighting, then 4 or 5 shots should get anyone on the bull..

 

Snap.

I bought a laser bore sighter.....what a waste of time they are in my opinion! just do as the other posts say.

[bicykillgaz 1]

does anyone know the first, second and mid points of aim for .22 hp subs as they are standard high velocity on there i've been told 30yrds, 65yrds and 2" high half way not sure how true this is as i have always zero'd mine in at 50m, but it does make sense to do it this way rather than guestimating

at the minute i have no land i am only shooting on a friends permission or can get to a 30m range and would be able to zero at the first point of aim and be confident when back out on the bunnies.

 

gary

[Three Blades 0]

Have a look down the page on this site: http://www.varmintal.com/17hmr.htm

There is some trajectory data for .17 and .22

[bicykillgaz 1]

Have a look down the page on this site: http://www.varmintal.com/17hmr.htm

There is some trajectory data for .17 and .22

 

will do mate cheers

Edited December 11, 2009 by bicykillgaz

[Guest Mass_G3nocide]

I have used a boresight before and in my opinion they work well as long as you can get it fixed properly then 5 shots later and your scope is done.As everyone knows bullets dont run straight like a laser does.

[Deker 3,478]

when zeroing in his .222 55g bullets(he says should work for most grams bullet) he wants her zerod at 200 yards on cross hairs. He sets target up at 38 yards he swears if shes on bull at that distance she will be on at 200 yards any 222 men tryed it before and 1"1/2high at 100 give it a go then get back to me thanks.

 

 

The principle is sound, the detail is a little open...all rifles, have 2 zero points, once you have determined your second (ultimate) zero then bring the distance down to find the first zero, usually between about 20-60 yards, depending on barrel length, weight of bullet, calibre, scope distance above barrel, etc, etc.

 

So once you are happy with the ultimate zero you can zero using a first zero which is much closer, but if you change ammo you will have to check everything again!

[fensaluki 35]

I do sometimes use this method with both my .222 and 22.250 however I find the results are a little different from your mate although this could be down to the fact that I use lighter heads than he does either 45 or 50grn.

I find that if you set them up at 25yrds then the .222 comes back to dead zero at about 220yrds or so and the 22.250 comes back at about 280yrds. But please be awear that for this method to work properly your 25 yard grouping has to be pretty much a "BULLET THROUGH A BULLET HOLE" a quarter inch or so at 25yrds will put the logic of this exercise out by a lot at the distance that your looking for.

This has worked for me with both rifles for many years hope it helps you out mate.

ATB