Sighting in a .243
02-24-2005, 12:18 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Crescent Valley, NV
Posts: 2,271
RE: Sighting in a .243
That would depend on what you are hunting. If you are hunting varmints, then a max height of 2" would be acceptable, meaning no more than 2" above line of sight. You would have to find out what load you are shooting and figure out where that would be according to the charts, and then get out and practice at those ranges to confirm. For deer, I would say a max height of 3" would be about right.
02-24-2005, 10:45 PM
#12
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rocky Top Tennessee
Posts: 683
RE: Sighting in a .243
The problem with maximum point blank range sighting in most people can't estimate distances beyond 200 yards. They can't believe they don't have to hold high on a buck 250 yards out and miss by shooting over. I prefer to sight in deer rifles at 200 yards and then holding high beyond that doesn't cause misses.
02-24-2005, 10:49 PM
#13
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
RE: Sighting in a .243
ORIGINAL: North Texan
Mainly personal preference. I set all my rifles dead on at 100 and then just hold over to compensate for distances beyond that.
My ballistics software says setting it 1.37" high at 100 yards will have it hitting dead on at 200. That's using Remington ammo loaded with 90 gr. Nosler ballistic tips. Most people I know try to set their rifles to hit dead on at 200.
Mainly personal preference. I set all my rifles dead on at 100 and then just hold over to compensate for distances beyond that.
My ballistics software says setting it 1.37" high at 100 yards will have it hitting dead on at 200. That's using Remington ammo loaded with 90 gr. Nosler ballistic tips. Most people I know try to set their rifles to hit dead on at 200.
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02-25-2005, 12:04 AM
#14
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,679
RE: Sighting in a .243
I personally like to sight in my big game rifles to have a maximum trajectory of +3 inches above line of sight.
So using 95 or 100 grain hunting bullets I would sight in a 243 to hit 2 1/2 inches high at 100 yards. It would be 3 inches high at about 140 yards, 2 inches high at about 200 yards, and 3 inches low at about 280 yards.
I would be able to center the crosshairs on a deers chest and not have to compensate any all the way out to 280 yards. And this would still give me another 2 inches of drop before I would be outside an average bucks vital area.
So using 95 or 100 grain hunting bullets I would sight in a 243 to hit 2 1/2 inches high at 100 yards. It would be 3 inches high at about 140 yards, 2 inches high at about 200 yards, and 3 inches low at about 280 yards.
I would be able to center the crosshairs on a deers chest and not have to compensate any all the way out to 280 yards. And this would still give me another 2 inches of drop before I would be outside an average bucks vital area.
