What would you sight in a 17HMR and a 17Hornet at for small varmints?
Thanks Aaron
What would you sight in a 17HMR and a 17Hornet at for small varmints?
Thanks Aaron
I'd sight the rifle to hit at the average range the targets appear .
Jack
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I keep my 17 zeroed at 100 yards.
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Proverbs 1:7
One inch high at 100 yds. I've killed several crows to 150 yds with 17 HMR. 17 Hornet should work past 200yds same setting.
Look a the trajectory of the load being used. Then at the vital area of the given targets. Point blank range can then be figured to where a shot can be fired over a distance aiming dead on, up close it may be a couple inches high and at distance a couple inches low. Some older loading manuals gave this in the trajectory tables in the back. An 1 1/2 high at 100yds may allow dead aiming out to 200yds or a little more.
It's funny that so many cartridges do so well with a 100 yard zero impacting 1.5-2" high.
IIRC when I had my 17HMR I think the drop at 200 yards was about 4-5".
I never had much time beyond 100 yards.
Inside 100 yards it was point and shoot.
Zeroed at 100 yards the 17 HMR drops 8 1/2" to 10" inches as 200 yards depending on bullet http://www.varmintal.com/17hmr.htm
Thanks for the replies, think I'll set both 1.5-2'' high at 100 and go from there.
Aaron
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