30-06???

[Deerman]

I took mt 30-06 to the range and sighted it in at 3in's high.Why do you do this.Then I read in Deer and DeerHunter that it should only be 2in's high.Which is it???Old bow hunter wants to know.

[denton]

Depends on the ammo you are shooting. In most cases, the 30-06 is about on at 200 yards, when it is 1 3/4 to 2" high at 100.

The only way to really tell is to do some 200 and 300 yard shooting.

[M.T. Pockets]

denton is right, the only way to know for sure is to shoot at those longer ranges. Charts are a fine starting point, but you've got to shoot to know for sure, plus it builds confidence.

Remember, most misses are to the high side.

[Catfish]

If you want the maximum point blank range, the longest yardage at which you can hold in the middle of you target and still hit it, there are many variables. The 2 main thing are the velosity and the B. C. of the bullet. For a varmint rifle you want it so the bullet never goes to but not over 2 1/2 in. above the line of sight and then whem the bullet gets to 2 1/2 in. below the line of sight that is your max. point blank range. For large game they figure 5 in. above and below the line of sight. There are several charts and programs that will figure it for you but you also need to know the height of the center of your over the center of your bore. Most reloading manuals will have a blistic chart in them, but most are for scopes mounted 2 in. over the center of the bore to the center of the scope. Hope this helps clear it up alittle for you.

[Lone Star]

Another variable is the height of the scope above the bore. With the popularity of large objective scopes today, the line of sight is higher than in the past. This will extend the zero range when the rifle is sighted 2" above the point of aim. Iron sights will shorten the zero range compared to a scoped rifle.

BTW, the standard sight line used in virtually all of today's loading manual ballistics tables is 1.5" above the bore....

[HANDGUNNER]

I've never shot anything past 300 yards, (and that was prone with a bi-pod,) but if your going long, check out your ammo on the NET. Remington, Federal, Winchester, and probably more have their ammo ballistics with sight in ranges and drops on their web sights. If you reload, find something similar on one of the web sights and check out the ballistics.

[Evan03]

i think elevation, humidity a barmetric pressue effect flight paths.

my 220 shootin loads about identical as hornady loads shoots quite noticably flatter than what the trajectory reads on paper.

so flat shooting, 1" high at 100 a fuzzer high at 200 then about 1" lkow at 300.

printing paper its shootn 2-3"slatter than than the hornady numbers

the ammo companies test ammo in doors in a controled enviroment, so it may differ from sea level to 9000 feet. i coyote hunt at 3200feet and deer and elk hunt between 7 and 9000 quite change there.

[Deerman]

Thanks when I go back to the range I'll put it at 2in high.I'm going to the Remington web site now and see what they say.