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Babydriver Full Member Offline Posts: 239 Joined: Mar 22^nd, 2024	Sight setting going from 100 to 200 yards Mar 11^th, 2026 at 7:23am	Print Post
	How many minutes do I have to go up?


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boats Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7720 Location: Virginia Joined: Apr 23^rd, 2004	Re: Sight setting going from 100 to 200 yards Reply #1 - Mar 11^th, 2026 at 7:49am	Print Post
	What cartridge, bullet, velocity ? Easiest and best thing is shoot at 200 yard dirt berm with your 100 yard setting. Note the strikes position vs targets position you have the answer Use something easily seen, orange clay target, tin can whatever and have an elevation reference point. How high is a nearby target frame, no frame use a measured 2x4 stake Our club's 200 yard match with spotters we get zeros for new shooters in 3 or 4 shots. If the shooter does what he's told and knows how to adjust the sight. Boats


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mes Oldtimer Offline Posts: 502 Location: Wisconsin Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Sight setting going from 100 to 200 yards Reply #2 - Mar 11^th, 2026 at 7:53am	Print Post
	At 25 yards its 7 inches high and you should be on the 200 yard offhand target. from 100 to 200 I think its 14 inches. that's a guess.

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boats Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7720 Location: Virginia Joined: Apr 23^rd, 2004	Re: Sight setting going from 100 to 200 yards Reply #3 - Mar 11^th, 2026 at 8:07am	Print Post
	Add more, Shoot one shot it strikes "about" 2 feet low. At 200 that's 12 moa. Raise sight 12 moa. 2nd strike it's a "little bit" low raise 2 more moa. 3rd strike it's "real close" that's enough berm shooting . Real close to what you want, go to a paper target shoot a group, 2 shots is enough, measure the center of impact vs Bull and make the precise adjustment, you'r home with the exception, bench and offhand zeros are not the same. Couple of MOA difference depending on the gun and how it rides on recoil. Boats
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bullshop Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 305 Joined: Sep 14^th, 2017	Re: Sight setting going from 100 to 200 yards Reply #4 - Mar 14^th, 2026 at 9:34pm	Print Post
	The amount of correction will depend on the sight radius. The shorter the sight radius the greater the shift in POI per adjustment increment. The longer the sight radius the less POI shift per adjustment increment.


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boats Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7720 Location: Virginia Joined: Apr 23^rd, 2004	Re: Sight setting going from 100 to 200 yards Reply #5 - Mar 15^th, 2026 at 7:01am	Print Post
	True, sight radius is significant factor. My two CPA's 28 inch barrels with MVA & Mike Stevens tang sights move 1.25 MOA per graduation. Individual rifle ranges will vary in actual distance firing line to target too. Another reason to prove your own distance adjustments Three ways to obtain sight settings. Calculation, asking someone else, observation, your rifle your loads your ranges distance. Observation the fastest and most reliable. Boats


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bullshop Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 305 Joined: Sep 14^th, 2017	Re: Sight setting going from 100 to 200 yards Reply #6 - Mar 15^th, 2026 at 6:22pm	Print Post
	Correct but now if one of those rifles had a 34" barrel or more correctly a longer sight radius it will require a greater amount of adjustment to equal the same POI shift as your 28" barrel. I dont know if I am the only one to ever catch this in the movie Quigley Down Under but when he is describing his rifle to Mr. Marshton he says two thing that can not both be true. First he says the usual barrel length is 30" but this one has an extra 4". Then he says about his sights that it is marked up to 1200 yards but (and here it is) this one shoots a might farther. NO !! That is exactly wrong. That extra 4" of sight radius would be dropping rounds short with the same sight setting as with a 30" barrel. Yes little things like that in movies bug me. The whole reason for the longer sight radius for long range target shooting is actually for that very reason, because slight movements in aiming have less affect on POI shift than with shorter barrels.
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