fog horn Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Guys going to take the R10 .177 down the allotment tomorrow if I get chance! What would you guys say is the best distance to zero the scope in for bang on cross hair aiming for the most distances? Hope that makes sense to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbruk Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Depends very much at what distance your intended quarry is. If that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly47 Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 best advice would be as above. I used to zero mine at 30 yards. then practice at different distances and see the difference in point of impact at those distances to learn holdover and under. better to spend an hour or two doing this and learning how you and your rifle can perform. once you are happy with different distances and consistently hit the target you can move onto shooting live game. happy shooting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigman Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Without getting too techniqual around 30 ish yards but depends on scope height ,pellet weight etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 my .177 has a zero of 35yds, with bisley magnum pellets. That gives me the best compromise between hold over and hold under points, whilst giving dead centre cross hairs for more shots than any other. it really depends on what type of shooting you'd be doing and what kind of ranges. If you're constantly doing short range stuff, there's no point having a zero point of 40yds, because you're just creating more work for yourself with your aim points. bang on cross hairs will be at two points because of the curved trajectory. My gun has a zero point of 12 and 35 - convenient for me as i mostly do short range ratting from barns and then field work for bunnies. If you download hawke's Chairgun Pro (it's free and available from the Hawke website) that will give you some idea of what your trajectory would look like and where your aim points are - the downside is you do need to know the energy output of your gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onatangent Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 best bet is download the free software from Hawke called chairgun pro. Input your rifle, scope and pellet profile and select optimum zero option. Gives you the best range to zero at and when you check the intersects in reticle view or the table it actually works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 I also zero at 35 yards so poi is within 1/2" of poa from 10 to 40 yards with medium weight pellets. I agree that Chairgun is worth downloading too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jega Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Yep 35 yds for me too,reason being that i consider 45yds to be about the maximum distance for live quarry and on my scope thats 1 mildot of hold over .I also set the parallax so its just losing that bit of crispness on the focus at 45 yds this gives me a good indication of range / distance and takes a bit of the guess work out of it .Just my preferences but they work for me . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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