Mosin Bubba
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I wouldn't worry too much about the yards/meters correction. It's a built-in 10% distance error, but before that becomes a limiting factor, you have to deal with
-Estimating the range correctly. A known distance range solves this, but like @Jim Watson said, how often can you tell the difference between say 200 yards and 220 yards without a rangefinder anyway.
-Shooting a bullet-hose rifle with ~6 MOA accuracy that's likely going to throw your best laid of ranging plans astray.
-Shooting a dirt-slow 7.62x39 bullet that's dropping like a rock after 300 yards/meters anyway.
For unknown (but still short enough) ranges, I leave my AK and SKS rear sights on "1" and go for it, holding over a bit if distances get longer. Sometimes I bump it up to 2 if I want to shoot a ways out there. They are blasters and I blast with them.
My CZ 527 in x39 is lot more precise, and I zero it for 200 yards like @mustanger98 said. The 300 meter battle zero for the military rifles is a cool idea, but the maximum point-blank error for it is enormous. The internet has it at 10 inches for 300 yards, and I believe it. From experience, I have slung bullets over a 6 inch target at 100 yards every time using the AK battle zero. I suppose 10 inches of elevation error might still work for combat, but if you're shooting at anything smaller than a human torso, you should zero at 200 yards or shorter.
-Estimating the range correctly. A known distance range solves this, but like @Jim Watson said, how often can you tell the difference between say 200 yards and 220 yards without a rangefinder anyway.
-Shooting a bullet-hose rifle with ~6 MOA accuracy that's likely going to throw your best laid of ranging plans astray.
-Shooting a dirt-slow 7.62x39 bullet that's dropping like a rock after 300 yards/meters anyway.
For unknown (but still short enough) ranges, I leave my AK and SKS rear sights on "1" and go for it, holding over a bit if distances get longer. Sometimes I bump it up to 2 if I want to shoot a ways out there. They are blasters and I blast with them.
My CZ 527 in x39 is lot more precise, and I zero it for 200 yards like @mustanger98 said. The 300 meter battle zero for the military rifles is a cool idea, but the maximum point-blank error for it is enormous. The internet has it at 10 inches for 300 yards, and I believe it. From experience, I have slung bullets over a 6 inch target at 100 yards every time using the AK battle zero. I suppose 10 inches of elevation error might still work for combat, but if you're shooting at anything smaller than a human torso, you should zero at 200 yards or shorter.
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