Sighting a 22 mag scope

[shiftyer1]

I threw a 3x9x40 redfield revolution scope on my marlin 22 mag. I don't remember the model, maybe a 783.

Just curious what distance y'all sight yours in for? I've had this rifle quite a while but never really shot it much. I do know it pretty much hits where you point it.

Hopefully I can give a good review of the scope in the future. So far all I have is...my eyes suck.....and it's a very clear scope. lol

 

[chicharrones]

With a scope like you have, I'd probably zero at 75 or 100 yards.

My only .22 WMR rifle either has a red dot on it or the current 2x20 on it. Due to that magnification limitation, I sight it in for about a half inch high at 50 yards.

Even then, the zero can depend on if I'm shooting speedy 30 grain or 40 to 45 grain. I like the 30 grain for relatively flat shooting to 100 yards.

Just this morning I was shooting a mix of 30 grain Hornady Vmax, 40 grain Winchester JHP, and 40 grain Remington PSP. The 40 grain ammo was about a half inch low at 50 compared to the 30 grain. My rifle seems to like the Remington PSP very much at the moment.

 

[cdb1]

I zero .22 LR's at 50 yards and .22 WMR's at 75. Could go 100 since a Mag has more velocity at 100 yards than a LR does at the muzzle.

 

[FL-NC]

What are you using it for? If you want to just plink bottle caps at 100, zero it there. If you are going to shoot critters at a max of 100, zero at 50 and then fire it at shorter distances below 50 and longer distances out to 100 to collect the data for hold-overs and hold-unders, in inches. You can type up the data on a small piece of paper and attach to the stock or inside the rear scope cap.

 

[I6turbo]

I zeroed mine at 100 yards and try to memorize the trajectory at other distances.

Kinda related, a number of years ago when my job and hobbies had me outdoors almost all my waking hours I got into a habit of estimating distances to things within 500 yards or so and stepping them off whenever I was out walking for various reasons. Of course a lot more of my "tests" were in the 30 - 150 yard range than the longer stuff, but I was amazed at how good I got at accurately estimating distance. Accuracy within 5% or so at 100-150 yards was normal, and despite the conditions I'd rarely be more than 10% off at the longer distances. I developed my own built-in range-finder. My point is that I think anyone can get good at estimating distances if you practice some.