Question on zeroing your AR

[jcamp]

Do you zero at 100 yds or at 50?

If you zero at 100 how high will the round hit 50 yds and in?

Or what distance do you zero your AR.

[jcamp]

Wrong forum , can someone please move this to the other side of the ranch or tell me how to move it

[Jason19]

What kind of optic are we talking?

[PowThudBeer]

Just zero'd one of mine in today. Using .223, Remington Varmint X @ 55 grain, Remington says if zeroing at 100 then it should be .3 inches low at 50. I would guess and inch or slightly more at 25. If you are shooting factory ammo look up the round you are using on the manufacturer's website and there should be a ballistics table to reference drop out to 500 yards or so. Good luck.

[Hunter Dan]

I zero'd a 22 on AR platform I built for my kids today at 25 yards and put a new scope on my 308 and put that one to 100. It was dead on at 50 as well.

[freestylest22]

It will be 1.5" high at 50 if zero is set @ 100.

[TxHunter06]

I zero my ar in 6.8spc at 75 yards. That puts me dang near dead on at 200 yards. Don't think that's helps but give you an example lol

[jcamp]

Thanks all for the comments , they have been helpful and sorry again about posting in wrong topic

[TacticalCowboy]

Zero 200 with basically any modern cartridge and you'll be about 1.5" high at 100 and about 8" low at 300.

[MatHalon16]

Just zero'd one of mine in today. Using .223, Remington Varmint X @ 55 grain, Remington says if zeroing at 100 then it should be .3 inches low at 50. I would guess and inch or slightly more at 25. If you are shooting factory ammo look up the round you are using on the manufacturer's website and there should be a ballistics table to reference drop out to 500 yards or so. Good luck.

It will be 1.5" high at 50 if zero is set @ 100.

I don't have a clue.. and honestly don't know. . But can both these answers be right?

[jcamp]

I don't have a clue.. and honestly don't know. . But can both these answers be right?

Wondering the same thing.

Shouldn't it be hight at 50 and closer if it's 0 at 100?

[PSD Ryan]

I zero at 50 with my work rifle, so I zero all my ARs at 50. It should be pretty close to dead on at 200, and shoot a little high at 100, and shoot a little low inside 25.

As far as how much drop, don't trust the box. What length barrel did they shoot from? I guarantee the drop charts for most ammo isn't going to be even close for my 11.5

[Bowyer]

I don't think so jcamp. If you are shooting an AR with a scope then your line of sight is about 1.5" above the barrel. So for the bullet, 223, to be above your line of sight at 50 yards, it's going to still be high at 100 yards unless you are shooting subsonic ammo.
A 55 grain sighted in at about .25" high at 50 yards should be dead on at 200 yards.
PSD Ryan has it right.

[okrattler]

I sight my .223's in a little over an inch high at 100 yards. 1.5" at 100 should be plenty good.

[jcamp]

Makes better sense now, thanks fellas