Distance for setting Zero.

[sully5328 0]

Hi again. What distance should i zero in my .22 for shooting bunnies whilst lamping

[Guest buster321c]

Hi again. What distance should i zero in my .22 for shooting bunnies whilst lamping

 

 

Well what distance do you feel comfortable with , in the dark , with a lamp ??? Personally i zero at 25 yds , but i use a px adl scope so its easier for me

[Guest JohnGalway]

My .22lr is zeroed for 60 yards with Eley subs. I think most people will zero for 50 yards.

[John Keswick 119]

I dont shoot a lot any more, but i always found 50 yards zero point is good. Mr Galway how do you find Eleys? i always found them a tad hard ( ideal for semi autos though, they seem to load smoother ) or maybe the hollow point wasnt quite big enough and very often the rabbit would would get up and run off, only to dye 30 seconds later after reaching the saftey of its burrow. So i switched to magtech and found they smacked those rabbits over everytime.

[Guest JohnGalway]

Well, for safely landed crows/magpies I never had trouble with Eleys. For rabbits it was mixed, I have heard other rounds, notibly Winny subs had better killing power. I agree with you, I don't believe the Eleys expand as best as they "could". I use them mainly as I find them to be the most accurate round out of my rifle over the ranges I chose to shoot Never shot semi auto, so they're going through my bolt action

[SportingShooter 0]

Never have owned a .22LR but from the guns of people I have shot 50-60 yards is the norm.

 

No real need to have it over that for normal .22 ranges.

 

SS

[Guest buster321c]

Sorry thought t was the airgun section

[Guest JohnGalway]

lol, no worries Buster.

[Guest buster321c]

It was the excitement John , in being back online , i got carried aqway , i just wanted to post something :clapper

[SportingShooter 0]

It was the excitement John , in being back online , i got carried aqway , i just wanted to post something :clapper

It;s like THL Torrets

[Deker 3,478]

.22LR zeroed at 60 yards for subs!!

[mattydski 560]

60 yards Here too...

Matt

[dicehorn 38]

Hi again. What distance should i zero in my .22 for shooting bunnies whilst lamping

 

 

Personal thing really. The problem with shooting with a lamp is judging distances at night - targets tend to look further away.

 

Therefore my .22 (normally zeroed at 50 yds) is bought down to 40 yards for night time use - the reason for this is that if you think the (say) rabbit is 50 yds away when in fact is only 35 yards away the bullet could well miss above the top of the rabbit because of the loopy flight of the bullet - the 40 yard zero allows for distance judgement errors

 

Hope that did not sound too complicated

 

Peter

 

PS glad this is up and running again - personally I thought that 99% of this group's members were all pretty mature and civilized.........um like me!!!

[jamie g 17]

My .22lr is zeroed for 60 yards with Eley subs. I think most people will zero for 50 yards.

 

 

same as john i use to zero mine at 60 with eley subs when i had my 22lr.

[The one 8,470]

Same here roughly 60 yards .i was always told any closer aim under the head further away aim at the ears