Garand Zeroing Question

[Savage .250]

Little help please...

I cannot find my notebook/shooting log and need help remembering the appropriate point of aim/impact for a 200 yd zero with the M1 rifle - when shooting on a 50 yd range. :banghead:

Thanks Gang.

 

[tryshoot]

Try center and go from there.

 

[Slamfire]

Fifty yards is very close for zeroing a rifle at range. When zeroing a scope I start close, like 50 yards, and there have been many times when I am in the center of silver dollar sized bull at 50 yards, only to be outside the black at 100 yards.

For a 200 yard zero I recommend being 1" to 2" high at 100 yards. Given that a Garand is a 4 MOA thing, you will have to fire a group and move the center of the group.

 

[jaimeshawn3]

200 yd zero should be 2" high at 50 yds. At 100 yards you'll be about 2.5" high which is close to perfect for resting black area of a NRA High Power target on your front post.

At 275yds, which is the classic battle zero, you'll be 5.5" low and at 300yds you'll be 8" low.

I think there is a gunclub that shoots High Power over in Fairfax. There will doubtless be a number of old Garand shooters there, that would love to talk about Garands.