Thread: Sighting in a rifle on a short range

Dad....whom while is/was no legendary culler or anything has shot more deer/pigs than any other recreational hunter I know and he always sighted everything absolutely bang on at 25y
He was quite confused when I shouted him a modern scope and zeroed his 06 at 200y.

end result is if you have a standard caliber and fairly standard scope height of 1.5-1.65" if you zero absolutely bang on at 25 you will effectively be zeroed at around 180-220y and are good for a shoulder 0-250 and more if you know your range and drops.