Hi All,
I'm fairly new to rifle shooting. Up till recently, I've mostly shot rimfire rifles, carbines, and shotguns (clay sports). I recently bought a Remington 700 in .223 and with some help from THR, I was able to successfully mount a Leupold scope on the rifle and sight the scope in at 100 yards.
I was only using inexpensive Remington Ammo (55gr, fmj from walmart) but I got some nice groups the other day with the gun/scope combo at 100 yards. Being a novice when it comes to rifles, I had some questions about long range shooting...
1. when I sighted my scope in, I initially used the 25 yard range. When I switched to the 100 yard range, my rounds were several inches (maybe 4 to 6 inches) high. Is this normal? If I sight my .223 rem gun in at 25 yards, do I need to crank up the elevation 4 inches if I'm going to shoot it at 100 yards?
2. I'm planning on shooting the gun at longer ranges (200,300 yards). How much bullet drop can I expect from 100 to 200 yards? From 100 to 300 yards?
3. If I sight my gun in at 100 yards, then want to shoot at 50 yards, will there be a noticeable difference in elevation?
4. I've heard about ballistic tables that help long range shooters calculate the bullet drop at various distances - where can I get these tables and how are they used?
Thanks in advance.
I'm fairly new to rifle shooting. Up till recently, I've mostly shot rimfire rifles, carbines, and shotguns (clay sports). I recently bought a Remington 700 in .223 and with some help from THR, I was able to successfully mount a Leupold scope on the rifle and sight the scope in at 100 yards.
I was only using inexpensive Remington Ammo (55gr, fmj from walmart) but I got some nice groups the other day with the gun/scope combo at 100 yards. Being a novice when it comes to rifles, I had some questions about long range shooting...
1. when I sighted my scope in, I initially used the 25 yard range. When I switched to the 100 yard range, my rounds were several inches (maybe 4 to 6 inches) high. Is this normal? If I sight my .223 rem gun in at 25 yards, do I need to crank up the elevation 4 inches if I'm going to shoot it at 100 yards?
2. I'm planning on shooting the gun at longer ranges (200,300 yards). How much bullet drop can I expect from 100 to 200 yards? From 100 to 300 yards?
3. If I sight my gun in at 100 yards, then want to shoot at 50 yards, will there be a noticeable difference in elevation?
4. I've heard about ballistic tables that help long range shooters calculate the bullet drop at various distances - where can I get these tables and how are they used?
Thanks in advance.