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    Posted: September/12/2009 at 00:16

I was wondering at what range would be the best to sight in my EO if I wanted to use it from CQB ranges out to 100 yards?

I heard something like if you sight in at 50 yds. then you will be pretty much + or - 2 inches at all ranges under 200 yards.  Is that right?
 
Also, I have the EO mounted on a flattop AR that is used primarily for home defense and sometimes hunting (this is where the 100 yards comes into play)
 
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  zero at 200 

Edited by Urimaginaryfrnd - September/12/2009 at 20:15

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Well, seeing as I'm not military, I don't honestly see the benefit for me to zero at 200-300 yards.  In my mind, if I have to take a shot at that distance at anything I would want to use a scoped weapon, not my AR with the EO.  Like you said with the 12 ga. being the best for home defense (which I do agree, I just unfortunately don't have a shotgun) I think a scoped weapon would be better at those ranges.
 
I pray that I never have to, but if I were to have to fire on another human being in a self defense situation at cqb ranges with my AR, what would be the range that I would want to sight my EO in at?
 
As for animals and hunting, I also agree with what you said.  I am a hunter not some weekend shooter and wouldn't take a shot on an animal that wasn't humane.  Therefore I would know the correct zero, distance to target, holdover/under, and any other factor that I would need before I make that shot.  And these are small game (hog sized) that I'm talking about btw.
 
I could always zero my EO for CQB ranges and my irons for my hunting ranges, but again, what would be the optimum zero for both?  What are your suggestions?
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Oh and if this helps, the ammo that I am using is the 55 gr. Lake City XM193 and my AR is a 16" with a 1 in 9  twist rate.
 
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I have never fired a 16" barrel, or a holgraphic sight. But with a m-16a2service rifle battle zero was at 25 yds, witch put you dead on at 200 yds. This was with 62gr. NATO ammo. As always YMMV. and I am going from memory of a long time ago, but Marine Corps Drill Instructos are hard to forget!
If it is tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
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  You can always sight it at 25 meters which will zero it at 300 meters as well  -  same same, it shoots really flat from 0 to 300 meters.  As for using 55 FMJ that is a mistake for any hunting or self defense use - one should select a hollowpoint or expanding bullet like Horniday TAP or AMAX and the best ones are Federal, Black Hills & Horniday
 
 
 
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You are correct Wes! As soon as I read the the first line of your last post I rembered the -2 clicks for the 200 yard line! My apologies for the miss information.
If it is tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
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No Problem

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If you sight in at 50 you are correct you will be within 2 inches at 200 yards.  Up close for precision shots you will need to aim high though to compensate for the distance from the sight to the barrel.   
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Originally posted by supertool73 supertool73 wrote:

If you sight in at 50 you are correct you will be within 2 inches at 200 yards.  Up close for precision shots you will need to aim high though to compensate for the distance from the sight to the barrel.   
 
True.
 Many folks really do not understand this phenomenon, but you can prove it to yourself quite easily. Take a precisly -aimed shot at a very small dot on a piece of clear paper from five or ten yars off the muzzle. You will find that the bullet will hit LOW; perhaps an inch and a half low at five yards, the point of impact moving higher gradually as the range increases until it is hitting the actual point of aim at fifty yards (if that's the distance you sighted it in.)
 
 I know a guy Wink who had to know this trick to shoot a bat in the head at 1:30 AM last night with a scoped .22 and CBEE ammo, after it flew around inside the house terrorizing every SCREAMING female in residence. It landed on a curtain rod and hung upside down there for a few seconds. Said guy aimed (HIGH) at it's arse and dropped it DRT!
 Leupold 2-7 scope mounted 1-1/2 inches above bore. Bullet barely lodged in the oak trim, said guy was able to pull it out w/finger nails.
 
Said guy went back to bed after cleaning up crime scene.
 
Not the first time this has happened, either.
 
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 Wow Ron! That is quite a shot!(especially, with the insider knowledge of just how many females in your friends houseWink maybe screaming!)
If it is tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
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Ah the deep end of the pool.   Lets see .5 moa per click thats  1/2 in at 100 and 1/4 in at 50 and 1/8 at 25  and on the high end 1 in at 200 or 1.5 at 300 --- per click.  so dial it in

Now doesnt it follow that :  " If you sight in at 50 you are correct you will be within 2 inches at 200 yards."  that it also works the way I suggested that if you sight in at 200 you will be withing 2 inches at 50  or for that matter it is really a moot point because its so flat from 1 yard to 300 yds that any distance you want to sight in at   12 yds  39 yds 76yds or what ever the effect remains the same that the metal will strike the meat at any distance between the end of the barrel and 300 yds + because men are built up and down and the cartridge has a very flat trajectory.  


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 It was probably pretty stupid of my friend (Smoking Bandit) to fire a .22 inside the house, (in town !) in the middle of the night.
 
But I'll give him a pass on that minor indescretion, because sometimes a man has to defend his domicile against all enemies, foreign and domestic, including  marsupials (or whatever the hell those little, rabid, flying-monkey things are...)
 His wife agrees that it had to be done, and that's good enough for him, I guess.
 (His kids now think he's a pretty cool guy, too!)
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I got a mouse and a oops  kitchen cabinet one time with a 38 shot shell,  and I got a snake that dropped on me in the shower with a cavalry saber after I regained my composure.

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Max Point blank range is 304 yds when zeroed at 263 yds.
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50 2.3 -9 3045 1132 23.92 0.048 0.3 1 128
75 4.3 -11 2950 1063 23.18 0.073 0.6 2 117
100 6.1 -12 2858 997 22.45 0.099 1.1 2 106
125 7.6 -12 2767 935 21.74 0.125 1.7 3 96
150 8.9 -11 2679 876 21.05 0.153 2.5 3 87
175 9.8 -11 2592 820 20.36 0.181 3.4 4 79
200 10.4 -10 2507 767 19.70 0.211 4.5 4 71
225 10.7 -9 2424 717 19.04 0.241 5.8 5 65
250 10.6 -8 2342 670 18.40 0.273 7.3 6 58
275 10.1 -7 2262 625 17.78 0.305 8.9 6 53
300 9.2 -6 2184 582 17.16 0.339 10.8 7 47
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75 0.9 -2 2950 1063 23.18 0.073 0.6 2 117
100 1.6 -3 2858 997 22.45 0.099 1.1 2 106
125 1.9 -3 2767 935 21.74 0.125 1.7 3 96
150 2.1 -3 2679 876 21.05 0.153 2.5 3 87
175 1.9 -2 2592 820 20.36 0.181 3.4 4 79
200 1.3 -1 2507 767 19.70 0.211 4.5 4 71
225 0.5 0 2424 717 19.04 0.241 5.8 5 65
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Originally posted by Urimaginaryfrnd Urimaginaryfrnd wrote:

I got a mouse and a oops  kitchen cabinet one time with a 38 shot shell,  and I got a snake that dropped on me in the shower with a cavalry saber after I regained my composure.
 
 Shocked
 I would not have been able to regain my composure.
 
The news story would have read "Man found dead in shower, heart failure suspected."
 
 
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One of the funniest things I have ever seen was one time my Mother-in-Law called me to remove a snake from her house in a full blown panic! I arrived to find her standing on the kitchen counter screaming "kill it" and pointing at a 2" long baby king snake. I removed the snake from her house after a brief show and tell about how the snake was harmless(it did go over well!)

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I've delt with numerous snakes in peoples houses in Texas.  They bring in their potted plants in the fall and guess who hitches a ride inside. Snake

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Boy this turn sure took a wildass turn off topic! But entertaining none the less.

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Edited by billyburl2 - September/13/2009 at 13:17
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Entertaining and very informative. I will have to re-zero my AR. So Urimaginaryfrnd, just what type of snake was it that dropped in?

Also I would be hesitant to use an AR in home defense. I would be concerned about over penitration and hitting someone I care about.
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