Please review long dist. chart .30-06

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Chart I tried to make for scope adjustments. I got all the math from a post that 1858 posted a while back and used a ballistics calculator for needed impact points. I need to know if this is correct for the information provided. If my rifle is zeroed at 200 yds do I still use MOA adjustments just as if it were zeroed at 100 yds?
 

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i would simplfy by shooting a group at each range and recording the drop. you are already ahead of a lot of shooters who have no idea how much a given bullet will drop past 200 yards.
 
that is my plan but wanted to know if I was in the right ballpark with my calculations.
 
Every time your range doubles so too do your adjustments therefore:

For a scope using 1/4 MOA adjustment and zeroed at 200 yards with a drop of say 15" at 400 yards you would move UP 15 clicks as your 1/4"@100 becomes 1/2"@200 and 1"@400.

So for every distance you'll need that percentage of clicks: 1/2 as many at 200, 1/3 as many at 300, 1/4 as many at 400. Make sense?

It also works in reverse. If you were sighting in for 50 yards and your first shot was 1" high, you would need 8 clicks DOWN to equal 1".

The info you are looking for are "come ups" for your known POIs.
 
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Thanks!! that is what I was basing my chart from. 1/4" @ 100, 1/2 @ 200, 3/4 @ 300, 1" @ 400 ETC...

I still need to shoot those distances to ensure they hit where they need to when "comming up"...
 
I just noticed your sight height is labeled .5". I would bet with any scope it would be at least 1.5" (fairly standard).
 
**Not knowing how you will use the chart**
I would add a few more fields such as:
Rifle & Caliber - Later it may become handy
Bullet - Make & model, stock # etc. - I can only know it is a 150g with a .435 BC by looking
You might as well add brass, powder, primers, etc. if handloads and load name if factory.
Add what scope you used as I have some scopes I can swap between.

Run all your MOA from 1 baseline. Make a seperate column for differences between intermediate comeups, but that is not necessary & It might just get confusing to do. I would just have cumulative MOA comeups. Express all comeups in total MOA from zero. Your scope or irons will have a given amount of MOA on the elevation and that is what you are looking at on the rifle so that is what you want to look at on the chart. The chart should have the math already done if you are shooting from it.

Clicks really pertain to the individual scope. Your scope could be 1/8MOA, 1/4" or 1/4MOA or even mils. Scope don't always match up to the "clicks". Put the "Clicks" in the column as pure clicks not 10 @ .750. It is 10 clicks or 2.5 MOA. The @ .750 or 1.25 will confuse you later. Do clicks to MOA x yardage. Clicks are not as easy to manage as MOA. really you want to cut the clicks out of the equation so it is MOA x yardage. If you want a Click column I would run it same as MOA comeups. You may be able to tell the whole click column may be unnecessary as that is what the MOA comeups do.

So 1 column with comeups expressed and then dialed into your scope would be easiest to use when shooting. Of course I use a scope with target turrets and it tracks in MOA so you may have some other need for the click column. I dial in the MOA and don't count clicks. The turrets shows the MOA without having to remember anything. 16.25 MOA is just 65 clicks on one scope and 130 on another that I have. Both have turrets I can dial to easier using the marks.

I would put 10mph full value under drift even though that may be your standard.
 
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Regarding rifle being zeroed @ 200:
You are zeroed @ 200 so just figure your comeup from there. A lot of guys use 100 just because of the lack of ranges beyond 100.

Basically you already added MOA from a 100 yard zero to get a 200 yd zero. If you ever had a hundred yard zero or not makes no difference at this time.

As a real world example I shot a loaner rifle at a match. I literally picked it off the back of a truck and got a box of ammo. The keeper of the rifles checked the sights and said "It should be zeroed for 200, comeup up 1.5 MOA for 300 and come up another 13 MOA for 600. Oh, and those are half MOA sights." I wrote the comeups on the ammo box so I wouldn't forget them. I never even thought how many MOA between 100 & 200 as I didn't need to know at the time.

Like Skylerbone said the sight height may be off. The more accurate you can get the measurement the better.
 
Wow!!!
Thanks for all the info. I have made a few changes this morning and will incorporate the others as time allows!! I may also try to use my Nikon w/mil dot this spring to see about using the mils in place of come ups - just for experimentation and more reason to shoot. :D
 

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