dazz Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 probably been asked a hundred times(cant find nothing on here)what distance do you zero your hmr and is there such thing as breaking a new hmr rifle in .cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 i think past posts have said 36yd zero will flat shoot to 120yds., someone will be along with more knowledge than i. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazz Posted October 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 i think past posts have said 36yd zero will flat shoot to 120yds., someone will be along with more knowledge than i. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Can't be precise as it'll depend upon your MV but for a zero of c115 yards you'll get a 1" PBR (+/- 0.5") between c30 and c130 yards with an MV of c2550 ft/sec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Mines 100 yards and shoots around an inch low at 130 and inch high at 70 . It depends on scope height Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shropshire_Lad Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Mines 100 yards and shoots around an inch low at 130 and inch high at 70 . It depends on scope height spot on. I always go for this as most I shoot at are sub 100yds. We had a meet this summer and mine was set up at 50yds.need to get out and put this right once work lets me!. atvb Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 probably been asked a hundred times(cant find nothing on here)what distance do you zero your hmr and is there such thing as breaking a new hmr rifle in .cheers You Zero at the distance you expect to find most of your quarry, if you only have one site and all your rabbits sit 75 yards away then zero at 75 yards, what is the point of zeroing at 100yards in that case. You will find for general work with 17g V-Max most appear to zero around 100yards, that will tend to give you point and shoot from about 25-125 yards on most quarry! Lots of tables and graphs about. http://www.varmintal.com/17hmrg.png And you break in a HMR on similar lines to a centrefire, although you will find many who will tell you they never have! Do what you like on that one, I always take the view that it isn't going to do any harm and is probably going to do some good if I break it in, with modern machinery and accuracy who knows. What I do know is I break in all my rifles, even the .22lr and ALL my rifles work, and shoot better than I can! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Mines 100 yards and shoots around an inch low at 130 and inch high at 70 . It depends on scope height I used 100yds and with a low mounted 40mm objective scope I found similar with the Peak trajectory occurring at 80 yds of 3/4". I never got 2550 out of mine 14" barrel but 2440 average. I very much disagree with setting the zero at the range you expect to shoot most quarry because quarry is never so obliging (game is were you find it) and it messes up your head as regards trajectory compensation. Far easier to my mind to think " ah that's about 80 yds I shall aim a little low" or "now that's about 140 I shall aim a bit over its head" Knowing your (aim on) points and ignoring meaningless high and low spots in respect to target size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadioles Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 I zero mine at 100 yards and as Deker suggested, that gives me reasonably flat shooting (within a half inch kill zone) from about 40 to 110 yards. Main zero is at 100 yards and secondary zero is at about 45 yards. Half an inch high at 70, and half an inch low at 30 and 120. You really need to work out your own trajectory by shooting paper targets at different distances. I do not agree with the idea of zeroing at short range, the first (closest) zero. It is much more accurate to zero at the furthest zero point. By all means check your zero on a closer target before going out shooting as that may be more convenient but that is not really good enough when setting up a gun for the first time. Especially an hmr which really comes into its own at 75 yards or more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazz Posted October 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 cheers folks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1steele Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 You Zero at the distance you expect to find most of your quarry, if you only have one site and all your rabbits sit 75 yards away then zero at 75 yards, what is the point of zeroing at 100yards in that case. You will find for general work with 17g V-Max most appear to zero around 100yards, that will tend to give you point and shoot from about 25-125 yards on most quarry! Lots of tables and graphs about. http://www.varmintal.com/17hmrg.png And you break in a HMR on similar lines to a centrefire, although you will find many who will tell you they never have! Do what you like on that one, I always take the view that it isn't going to do any harm and is probably going to do some good if I break it in, with modern machinery and accuracy who knows. What I do know is I break in all my rifles, even the .22lr and ALL my rifles work, and shoot better than I can! +1 Most hmr shooting will be within 100yds so once you're zeroed you find out where you need to be aiming for longer shots so you know how much hold over you want if you do have to take longer shots than usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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