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pindog2000
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at what yard do u sight in ur scope?
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For me I start at 15 yrds when I sight in a scope what's the norm?
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Re: at what yard do u sight in ur scope?
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September 26, 2010, 09:04:34 PM »
I sight MOST of mine in at 30 yards. For my lower powered guns I stick to 20-25 yards. I would say use the range you expect to do the MAJORITY of your shooting.
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Re: at what yard do u sight in ur scope?
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25yrds for the air rifles and 15yrds for my air pistolas. Ed
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September 26, 2010, 09:19:37 PM »
I initially sight them 1 in low at 35 ft. Then take them out side. My 350 I zeroed at 35 yards. My hunter and big cat are 25 yards. My daisy 120 is 20 yards. Basically what ever range I'm going to take the majority of shots with that rifle is where there zeroed at.
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September 26, 2010, 09:25:48 PM »
I usually start all my girls at 15yrds as a base if I plan on hunting birds who usually keep there distance at 15 to 20 yrds then I'm set for the guns I have I plan to keep em under 30 anyway so its a matter of tweeking but my super and ultras mags 45yrds is the ticket
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September 26, 2010, 09:29:22 PM »
30 yards
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September 26, 2010, 09:56:40 PM »
Hawke Optics has a free ballistic software program that you may find useful. If you know your pellet weight, and the fps of your shooter it will show you the pellet path.
For an example: I have set this pic up as a .177 cal. sighted in at 20 yards. The pellet weight is 7.9 grains and the fps is 900. You will see these numbers on the top along with other settings that can be configured to your situation.
Notice The kill zone is set for 1/2 inch. The curved line in the graph represents the pellet path and the shaded area is the distance that will be my kill zone. In this example if I hold dead center I will be on within 1/2 inch either above or below from 11.6 yards to 40.7. If you are using a mill dot scope it can also list which dot for distances beyond this line.
Click to enlarge
So really sight in what you are most accurate at and know your zone for no hold over or under.
Hope I haven't confused you just want to help a fellow shooter.
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Re: at what yard do u sight in ur scope?
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September 26, 2010, 10:12:24 PM »
I generally sight in for anywhere between 10 and 25 yards because those are the ranges at which I do most of my shooting and hunting
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September 26, 2010, 10:26:37 PM »
I sight at 10 yards or so to get it on paper. Then I usually follow mr007s advice... Chairgun is great for picking that sweet spot on a hunter. I would say most of mine are set for 25, though.
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September 26, 2010, 11:07:14 PM »
I get on the paper and on bulls at 25 yds and then do my final sighting at 45-50 yds. I then go back to 25 yds to see where it's hitting (usually a bit high) and estimate my visual shooting distance.
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September 27, 2010, 09:40:13 AM »
I routinely sight in for 25 yards, both because most of the game I shoot at is roughly that distance away, and because the local range is that long.
I then determine how much my chosen pellet drops by taking it to the 50 yard range, then count the mil-dots it drops at that range.
Just use the dots to provide holdover by putting the holdover dot where the head joins the body.
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September 27, 2010, 10:45:41 AM »
30yds. Mostly because I shoot the 30yd bench match but also, according to the Chairgun software, it gives me a theoretical 0.5" kill zone the length of my back 'yard' hunting grounds. Roughly 20-35yds from my shootin' window.
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September 27, 2010, 05:43:57 PM »
I sight in at 10 yards then at 20 yards for the final zero. 20 yards is the maximum range I can shoot in my backyard.
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September 27, 2010, 05:55:06 PM »
So its safe to say the norm is 20yrd
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Re: at what yard do u sight in ur scope?
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September 27, 2010, 06:02:12 PM »
Thirty yards for this old guy seems that is pretty much the norm for average ags unless you have limited range. Thanks David
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Re: at what yard do u sight in ur scope?
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September 27, 2010, 09:21:55 PM »
Most hunters with airguns take out prey 20 to 25 yrds. I think since I got my pcp today ill start her at 40 yrds
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Re: at what yard do u sight in ur scope?
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September 27, 2010, 09:33:07 PM »
25 yrds, this is my max range available.
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Re: at what yard do u sight in ur scope?
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October 02, 2010, 03:56:24 AM »
Ditto to what mr007s (RAY) states, I just enter my numbers for 1" and the program gives you the range to site your gun in. Mine states 38 yards to give me the largest window.
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pindog2000
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October 04, 2010, 12:40:32 AM »
So 30 for springers what about pcps??
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