I've always been lousy with understanding trajectory (if it shoots low/high at one distance, what does it do at other distances), so I am hoping someone can explain this to me.
I have a Marlin 39 I just picked up. It has a Lyman 5D rear sight and a Lyman front bead sight (not the original front sight).
Even with the 5D bottomed out, it shoots high as follows:
2.5" high @ 50 feet
3.5" high @ 25 yards
6" high @ 50 yards
8" high @ 100 yards
Yeah, really.
Obviously I need a higher front sight, but what I am confused about is why it continues to shoot high at 100 yards, since a .22 zeroed at 50 yards should be shooting low at 100 yards, not high.
I am thinking that the reason it still shoots high at 100 yards is because I am shooting high "across the board" so I never have a zero point as a reference.
Is my logic correct?
Thanks
I have a Marlin 39 I just picked up. It has a Lyman 5D rear sight and a Lyman front bead sight (not the original front sight).
Even with the 5D bottomed out, it shoots high as follows:
2.5" high @ 50 feet
3.5" high @ 25 yards
6" high @ 50 yards
8" high @ 100 yards
Yeah, really.
Obviously I need a higher front sight, but what I am confused about is why it continues to shoot high at 100 yards, since a .22 zeroed at 50 yards should be shooting low at 100 yards, not high.
I am thinking that the reason it still shoots high at 100 yards is because I am shooting high "across the board" so I never have a zero point as a reference.
Is my logic correct?
Thanks