Disclaimer: This post is pretty long-winded and I may have misused some terminology so please feel free to correct anything or everything I say.
I am officially, thoroughly confused. I think it’s from trying to get a bunch of information from people who act like they know what they are talking about...key word being "act". My first rifle shooting experience, outside of plinking around with a .22 at about ~25 yds or so, began when I bought a Mosin Nagant 91/30.
I brought it to the range to try it out and found that on the lowest setting for the rear sight, it shoots about 3-4" above point of aim at 25 yds, 8-10" high at 50 yds, and about 14-17" high at 100 yds. After doing a bit of research, I found out this was fairly normal for the 91/30's as they are zeroed at about 200 meters and can shoot high without the bayonet on. Before doing this research, I was told by someone, who shall remain unidentified, that it didn't make sense that the rifle was doing that as the bullet should fall below point of aim before 100 yds. This made no sense to me, but he talked like he knew what he was saying. This is where my confusion began.
Just last weekend I went with the same person on an early antlerless firearms hunt. I borrowed my boss’ BAR 30.06 and brought it to the range to make sure it was sighted in properly. I started at 50 yds, where it shot about 3” high. Being told by the certain person that it would shoot higher at 50 than it would at 100, I figured it would be about dead on when I got to the 100 yd. Well, I got to the 100 and it was shooting about 6” high of center. So I zeroed it at 100 and knew that at 50 it would be about 3” low. When I told the gentleman this, he said it sounded wrong again.
Is there something wrong with me? When I picture the process of the bullet following a trajectory, this makes perfect sense to me. Does it make sense to be shooting 2” high at 50 yds and 1” low at 100 as he says he does? Also, if anyone has a site that does a good job of explaining rifle ballistics to a beginner? I'm getting tired of asking people questions that I think they might know, only to find out they don't know what they're talking about or I found an unreliable source in my research. I truly don't know what's what.
Thanks for taking the time to read this horribly long winded post.
I am officially, thoroughly confused. I think it’s from trying to get a bunch of information from people who act like they know what they are talking about...key word being "act". My first rifle shooting experience, outside of plinking around with a .22 at about ~25 yds or so, began when I bought a Mosin Nagant 91/30.
I brought it to the range to try it out and found that on the lowest setting for the rear sight, it shoots about 3-4" above point of aim at 25 yds, 8-10" high at 50 yds, and about 14-17" high at 100 yds. After doing a bit of research, I found out this was fairly normal for the 91/30's as they are zeroed at about 200 meters and can shoot high without the bayonet on. Before doing this research, I was told by someone, who shall remain unidentified, that it didn't make sense that the rifle was doing that as the bullet should fall below point of aim before 100 yds. This made no sense to me, but he talked like he knew what he was saying. This is where my confusion began.
Just last weekend I went with the same person on an early antlerless firearms hunt. I borrowed my boss’ BAR 30.06 and brought it to the range to make sure it was sighted in properly. I started at 50 yds, where it shot about 3” high. Being told by the certain person that it would shoot higher at 50 than it would at 100, I figured it would be about dead on when I got to the 100 yd. Well, I got to the 100 and it was shooting about 6” high of center. So I zeroed it at 100 and knew that at 50 it would be about 3” low. When I told the gentleman this, he said it sounded wrong again.
Is there something wrong with me? When I picture the process of the bullet following a trajectory, this makes perfect sense to me. Does it make sense to be shooting 2” high at 50 yds and 1” low at 100 as he says he does? Also, if anyone has a site that does a good job of explaining rifle ballistics to a beginner? I'm getting tired of asking people questions that I think they might know, only to find out they don't know what they're talking about or I found an unreliable source in my research. I truly don't know what's what.
Thanks for taking the time to read this horribly long winded post.