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Old 03-19-2018, 07:26 PM
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Hi just put a scope on my 22, what do most of you guys set your zero at?
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Old 03-19-2018, 07:32 PM
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40 yards. I think they fly pretty flat 40 thru 50 yards, but who wants to walk all the way to 50 to set up targets?
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Old 03-19-2018, 08:29 PM
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Quiet-22 30 meters
Subsonic 40 meters
CCI Minimags 50 meters
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Old 03-19-2018, 08:45 PM
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Old 03-19-2018, 10:22 PM
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When I am hunting ruffies in the fall I zero mine at 20 yards. For hunting ground squirrels I still don’t like it zeroed for more than 25 yards. I would say try to figure out what you’re hunting and figure what your average shot distance will be. Zero it at the range most of your shots will be taken.
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Old 03-19-2018, 10:42 PM
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When I am hunting ruffies in the fall I zero mine at 20 yards. For hunting ground squirrels I still don’t like it zeroed for more than 25 yards. I would say try to figure out what you’re hunting and figure what your average shot distance will be. Zero it at the range most of your shots will be taken.
I do the same. Most of my .22 work is shooting chickens in the head and I sight in at the range I expect to engage most of my birds. That’s usually about 15 yards. If I get a really close shot I know to hold high as the bullet is still below my line of sight.
If I’m shooting gophers I sight in about 50 yards and then memorize the trajectory for closer and further shots. That said it’s probably been 10 years since I’ve used a .22 on a gopher so these days I sight in for chickens.
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Old 03-19-2018, 10:46 PM
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I usually sight mine in for 50 yards. I don't shoot my .22 much anymore, I find it boring. It's ok for high volume gophers and stuff but otherwise I shoot surplus ammo through one of my .223's
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Old 03-20-2018, 02:13 AM
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25 yards, use mainly for chickens and squirrels.
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Old 03-20-2018, 04:32 AM
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Old 03-20-2018, 05:58 AM
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Depends on what you’re using it for.
If you’re gonna be swatting grass rats, a 50 or 60 meter zero will be fine.
If you’re ground swatting grouse, a 20 meter zero would be the ticket.

Since we don’t have ground squirrels where I live, and I prefer my .410 for grouse, I’ve settled on a benchmark of 40 meters with my .22, but that’s because I use it in small bore silhouette, and that’s where the chicken targets start, then I twisty turn the turret to 60, 77, and 100 meters for the pigs, turkeys and rams respectively.

It’s all about your intended use.
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Old 03-20-2018, 06:10 AM
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35 yds for me.chicken hunting mostly.
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Old 03-20-2018, 07:14 AM
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I set mine for 50 yards but when chicken season is coming up I refresh my memory for where it shoots at 25.
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Old 03-20-2018, 07:16 AM
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35 yards for small game
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Old 03-20-2018, 09:19 AM
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I found this link some years back ,found it helpful to understand rimfire ballistics and trajectory for setting up zero range on a fixed 50 yd. parallax scope. Fed. American Eagle .22 works very well in my 10/22 anyway.
http://www.gunsmoke.com/guns/1022/22ballistics.html
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Old 03-20-2018, 10:37 AM
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Old 03-20-2018, 10:59 AM
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With the Scope at 1.5" above the bore the 36 Rem Cyclones will be Zero at 25 and 50 yards and require about 5.25 MOA or 5 1/2" elevation to get to 100 yards from the 50 yard Zero. You will be about 1 3/4" low at 75 yards and require about 2.25 MOA to get Zero. Most 36/38/40 grain rounds in the 1280/1260 fps range will be virtually the same with minor adjustment to get on at 100.

Sight it in at 25 yards, fine tune it at 50 and then adjust accordingly for 75 and 100 yards.
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Old 03-21-2018, 11:08 AM
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I found this link some years back ,found it helpful to understand rimfire ballistics and trajectory for setting up zero range on a fixed 50 yd. parallax scope. Fed. American Eagle .22 works very well in my 10/22 anyway.
http://www.gunsmoke.com/guns/1022/22ballistics.html
Good article. Matches what Iclund posted just below too.

I use Xpert HV 1260 FPS, 36 grain HP for Gophers, I sight mine 1.5" high at 50 yards, which gives you 1.3" high at 25, .5 low at 75, and about 3.5" low at 100. My 22 20 gauge that I use for grouse and rabbits with Win Subsonic 40 grain HPs 900 fps, the 22 is dead on at 20 yards.
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Old 03-21-2018, 01:06 PM
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Good article. Matches what Iclund posted just below too.

I use Xpert HV 1260 FPS, 36 grain HP for Gophers, I sight mine 1.5" high at 50 yards, which gives you 1.3" high at 25, .5 low at 75, and about 3.5" low at 100. My 22 20 gauge that I use for grouse and rabbits with Win Subsonic 40 grain HPs 900 fps, the 22 is dead on at 20 yards.
Maybe it’s just me, but I get way more high percentage shot opportunities under 50 yards with a .22 Long rifle than I do past 50 yards. Doesn’t make sense to me to sight in a rifle at ranges that are stretching the rifles capabilities. If you sight your rifle in for long distance then you have to figure out your hold under at close range, which is where a .22 long rifle is more at home anyway.
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Old 03-21-2018, 01:23 PM
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Maybe it’s just me, but I get way more high percentage shot opportunities under 50 yards with a .22 Long rifle than I do past 50 yards. Doesn’t make sense to me to sight in a rifle at ranges that are stretching the rifles capabilities. If you sight your rifle in for long distance then you have to figure out your hold under at close range, which is where a .22 long rifle is more at home anyway.
We (myself and my two sons) have our .22's sighted at 100m. We seldom take a shot under 75m. To some of us it isn't how much we kill, but only taking shots that require skill...reading wind, trajectory, that stuff. The old 'different strokes'.
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Old 03-21-2018, 02:10 PM
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Never bothered to zero my .22....lol....now I probably will never hit a gopher
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Old 03-21-2018, 02:14 PM
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Never bothered to zero my .22....lol....now I probably will never hit a gopher
No offense meant if you are just joking or making a joke about how technical everyone is with arguing over centimeters. But i hope you have at least checked where your bullet is headed when you pull the trigger. Whats the point in sending off a shot if you arent gonna hit anything.
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Old 03-21-2018, 02:21 PM
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Maybe it’s just me, but I get way more high percentage shot opportunities under 50 yards with a .22 Long rifle than I do past 50 yards. Doesn’t make sense to me to sight in a rifle at ranges that are stretching the rifles capabilities. If you sight your rifle in for long distance then you have to figure out your hold under at close range, which is where a .22 long rifle is more at home anyway.
I shoot gophers to 160 yards quite comfortably with my 22. With this sight in model max low is 1.5 right at the barrel and max high is 1.5 at 50 yards so even for the close shots there isn't much adjustment required. All my 22 scopes are Mil dots, 3.6 " at 100, 1.8" at 50, .9 at 25. Makes it pretty easy to hit exactly where you want to.
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Old 03-21-2018, 02:40 PM
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No offense meant if you are just joking or making a joke about how technical everyone is with arguing over centimeters. But i hope you have at least checked where your bullet is headed when you pull the trigger. Whats the point in sending off a shot if you arent gonna hit anything.
Naw, I haven't tried to hit anything other than a rimfire target with a nice backstop
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Old 03-21-2018, 02:48 PM
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Naw, I haven't tried to hit anything other than a rimfire target with a nice backstop
Sounds like your zeroed just fine then
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Old 03-21-2018, 06:49 PM
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I shoot gophers to 160 yards quite comfortably with my 22. With this sight in model max low is 1.5 right at the barrel and max high is 1.5 at 50 yards so even for the close shots there isn't much adjustment required. All my 22 scopes are Mil dots, 3.6 " at 100, 1.8" at 50, .9 at 25. Makes it pretty easy to hit exactly where you want to.
Maybe so but I would guess the original poster was probably looking for a common sight in distance for a .22. Mil dots or no, 160 yards is a long poke for a .22, and if it’s windy you’re really going to have trouble. I bang away at gophers out at 100 and past sometimes too but that doesn’t mean it’s a good distance to sight one in at, if we are looking at normal hunting situations.
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Old 03-21-2018, 07:08 PM
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Quiet-22 30 meters
Subsonic 40 meters
CCI Minimags 50 meters
Stingers 60 meters

I'll have to try this !!!
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Old 03-21-2018, 07:32 PM
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I shoot gophers to 160 yards quite comfortably with my 22. With this sight in model max low is 1.5 right at the barrel and max high is 1.5 at 50 yards so even for the close shots there isn't much adjustment required. All my 22 scopes are Mil dots, 3.6 " at 100, 1.8" at 50, .9 at 25. Makes it pretty easy to hit exactly where you want to.
what kind of scopes and what power are you using ?
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