I'm going to sight in at 25 yards or under, then if the stage with the long shots is only long shots, I will adjust my scope for a 75 yard zero. If it is a mixture, I will keep my short range zero.
You do it your way, I'll do it mine.
I'll trust Bruce Piatt's experience, I've known him longer.
Trajectory (Simplified)
Input Data
Manufacturer: Hornady Description: Full Metal Jacket Boat Tail W/C
Caliber: 0.224 in Weight: 55.0 gr
Ballistic Coefficient: 0.243 G1
Muzzle Velocity: 3000.0 ft/s
Sight Height: 2.80 in Line Of Sight Angle: 0.0 deg
Cant Angle: 0.0 deg
Wind Speed: 10.0 mph Target Speed: 10.0 mph
Temperature: 70.0 °F Pressure: 29.92 in Hg
Humidity: 0.0 % Altitude: 0.0 ft
Std. Atmosphere at Altitude: No Pressure is Corrected: Yes
Zero at Max. Point Blank Range: No Target Relative Drops: Yes
Column 1 Units: 1.00 in Column 2 Units: 1.00 MOA
Round Output to Whole Numbers: No
Output Data
Elevation: 4.695 MOA Windage: 0.000 MOA
Atmospheric Density: 0.07488 lb/ft³ Speed of Sound: 1128.2 ft/s
Maximum PBR: 335 yd Maximum PBR Zero: 290 yd
Range of Maximum Height: 171 yd Energy at Maximum PBR: 411.0 ft•lbs
Sectional Density: 0.157 lb/in²
Calculated Table
Range Drop Drop Windage Windage Velocity Mach Energy Time Lead Lead
(yd) (in) (MOA) (in) (MOA) (ft/s) (none) (ft•lbs) (s) (in) (MOA)
10 -2.3 -22.2 0.0 0.1 2960.2 2.624 1070.0 0.010 1.8 16.9
20 -1.9 -9.0 0.0 0.2 2920.7 2.589 1041.6 0.020 3.6 17.0
30 -1.5 -4.8 0.1 0.3 2881.6 2.554 1013.9 0.031 5.4 17.1
40 -1.2 -2.8 0.2 0.5 2842.9 2.520 986.8 0.041 7.2 17.3
50 -0.8 -1.6 0.3 0.6 2804.5 2.486 960.4 0.052 9.1 17.4
60 -0.6 -0.9 0.4 0.7 2766.4 2.452 934.5 0.062 11.0 17.5
70 -0.4 -0.5 0.6 0.8 2728.6 2.419 909.1 0.073 12.9 17.6
80 -0.2 -0.2 0.8 0.9 2691.2 2.385 884.3 0.084 14.9 17.7
90 -0.1 -0.1 1.0 1.1 2654.1 2.352 860.1 0.096 16.8 17.9
100 -0.0 -0.0 1.2 1.2 2617.3 2.320 836.4 0.107 18.8 18.0
110 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.3 2580.7 2.287 813.2 0.119 20.9 18.1
120 -0.0 -0.0 1.8 1.4 2544.5 2.255 790.6 0.130 22.9 18.3
130 -0.1 -0.1 2.1 1.6 2508.6 2.223 768.4 0.142 25.0 18.4
140 -0.2 -0.2 2.5 1.7 2472.9 2.192 746.7 0.154 27.1 18.5
150 -0.4 -0.3 2.9 1.8 2437.6 2.161 725.5 0.166 29.3 18.7
160 -0.7 -0.4 3.3 2.0 2402.5 2.129 704.8 0.179 31.5 18.8
170 -1.0 -0.6 3.8 2.1 2367.7 2.099 684.5 0.191 33.7 18.9
180 -1.4 -0.7 4.3 2.3 2333.2 2.068 664.7 0.204 35.9 19.1
190 -1.8 -0.9 4.8 2.4 2298.9 2.038 645.3 0.217 38.2 19.2
200 -2.3 -1.1 5.3 2.5 2265.0 2.008 626.4 0.230 40.5 19.4
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