Zero Distance for a Home-Defense AR-15
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April 11th, 2012 at 9:49 am
I agree. 100 yard zero for any military rifle round in a barrel it was designed for. Mr. Flasowski could have made the same, correct analysis, for the 8mm K98 as he did for the AR.
April 11th, 2012 at 1:21 pm
I don’t get it. The author says…
“This means the shooter does not need to use holdunder at any range, eliminating that factor and leaving only holdover as a matter of concern.”
Outside of extremely short ranges and long ranges outside of consideration for civilian home defense, why would you bother worrying about holdover/holdunder?
The whole point of a 200 yard zero is to eliminate having to worry about bullet trajectory. At any range between muzzle and 250 yards or so, the bullet will always impact within 2.5 inches high or low. Stick the red dot on the target’s center of mass and worry more about proper trigger squeeze than you do about bullet trajectory.
Only at extremely short range when shooting at small targets (like a head) do you really care about the fact that the bullet is going to impact low. So for hallway length shots, aim a bit high.
If you use an EoTech, instead of an Aimpoint, the bottom of the circle is the 7 yard zero point anyway. So slap the bottom of the circle between the intruder’s eyes and (again) worry more about the trigger than the bullet.