The Gun Thread

[blackawdtsi]

Originally Posted by CVD

I find I have to hold over about 12" at 100 yards with my 10/22 shooting standard velocity ammo. It is however zero'd for 25 yards. I found charts claiming everything from 5.5" drop, to 7" drop to almost 13" drop as here:

http://www.gunsmoke.com/guns/1022/images/22hv_table.gif

Take your pic. Personally I think 22LR is silly at 100 yards.

Right, 13" drop if you hold the barrel at 90*. Since nobody does this, you won't have 13" drop. Even that chart, indicated by "path in." shows 4.74" of drop when zeroed at 59 yards.

[CVD]

Originally Posted by blackawdtsi

Right, 13" drop if you hold the barrel at 90*. Since nobody does this, you won't have 13" drop. Even that chart, indicated by "path in." shows 4.74" of drop when zeroed at 59 yards.

That's true. And if you zero it at 100 yards then there's zero drop!

[Super Bleeder!!]

Originally Posted by CVD

That's true. And if you zero it at 100 yards then there's zero drop!

haha ZING!

[Pushit2.0]

Originally Posted by blackawdtsi

Right, 13" drop if you hold the barrel at 90*. Since nobody does this, you won't have 13" drop. Even that chart, indicated by "path in." shows 4.74" of drop when zeroed at 59 yards.

Yes but shooting the gun level yields the 13" drop at 100 the yards. But when you site in your gun at 100 yards you are aiming 13" above the target, thus no drop but anything less then 100I yards will be high.

[blackawdtsi]

... Which would be why you zero for 50 and you'll be ~4" low at 0 and ~4" high at 100.