22-250 40 to 50 yard zero

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bobbylooney198

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I have a Ruger American Predator 22-250 1:10 twist,and I’m going to shoot Hornady Superformance 50gr vmax shells…I need to zero it and I only have right at 50 yards distance to use..I was wondering if anyone might know what if I zeroed at 40 yards if that would be good out to 200 yards or if I need to zero x amount of inches high at 40 yards..thank you
 
personally I'd zero at 25 yards. It "should" provide a dirty zero at 200 yards (it will be close). BUT a conformation at 200 will be required to tweak it in a bit.

Some will come on and state a 50 yard zero which will work as well, as I haven't actually set down and modeled that round trajectory's in a calculation.
 
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Just went and checked from Hornady website on that Cartridge.

Yep zero @ 50
it will put you at approx 0.5" per Hornady calculator at 200 yards.
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Sgt_Mike said:
Just went and checked from Hornady website on that Cartridge.

Yep zero @ 50
it will put you at approx 0.5" per Hornady calculator at 200 yards.
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Thank you..I got the Hornady app and put in the numbers,but I’m trying to understand it still lol
 
2" center of bore to center of sight(scope) is quite large, are you sighting in a thermal/digital scope? If really 2" above center of bore, any true zero under 70 yards will have poi above aiming point at 200 yards. And gets higher as the zeroing distance gets closer to the muzzle( zero at 25 yard bullet impacts higher above aiming point at 200 than a 50 yard zero). Zero being bullet impacts exactly where the reticle center is held on target.
 
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I used a 46 yard zero for my 22-250 one year. Muzzle velocity was around 3500 fps. That made my zero be dead on around 230 yards and my max point blank range around 320 yards.

You need to confirm your zero with your set up though.
 
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give this a look over and recheck the scope to bore height again. If it's 2" that is some tall rings
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2" center of bore to center of sight(scope) is quite large, are you sighting in a thermal/digital scope? If really 2" above center of bore, any true zero under 70 yards will have poi above aiming point at 200 yards. And gets higher as the zeroing distance gets closer to the muzzle( zero at 25 yard bullet impacts higher above aiming point at 200 than a 50 yard zero). Zero being bullet impacts exactly where the reticle center is held on target.
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Yes it’s a digital day/night scope..I guess I should have put that info in the post…I used a straight 6” starrott and measured middle of barrel and center of scope..if it’s not 2” it’s definitely more that 1.5”
 
I use a 50 yard zero for my 22-250. 63gr Sierra @ 3450 +or- depending on time of year. It gives me a far zero of appx 250 yards. I use a qd AR style mount for my thermal and it gives me a 2.5” scope height. One bonus of a 50 yard zero is that it’s a lot easier to get a precise zero when sighting in. Especially your windage.
 
I just did a ATN X-Sight 5 at 25 yards. It was dead on bullseye using the one shot zero that took 3 shots. When I went to 100 yards it shot 11" high. 50 yards might get you better results, but like others have said, check it at 100 before you hunt with it.
 
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I just did a ATN X-Sight 5 at 25 yards. It was dead on bullseye using the one shot zero that took 3 shots. When I went to 100 yards it shot 11" high. 50 yards might get you better results, but like others have said, check it at 100 before you hunt with it.
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You need to plug in different zeros into a calculator and find a zero range that has what you want and then go verify. It is pretty simple and quick to do and would have saved you some ammo.
 
I don't like 25 yard zeros because the distance is not great enough to show you variations. 25 yards is good enough for getting on paper and quick and dirty "combat" zero, but not for hitting small targets (varmints) at any type of distance.

Find the greatest distance you can zero at and do that regardless of uniformity. Use jbm ballistics and put in your zero distance to compensate. If you could stretch your 50 to 55 yards, do that and input your data. If you could stretch to 62 yards do that ,etc.
 
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