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ZERO 25 yd 100 yd 200 yd 300 yd 400 yd 500 yd 100- 300 yd vertic al spread 25 yd 0 2.9 3.2 -1.9 -14 -35.4 5.1 100 yd -0.8 0 -2.7 -10.7 -25.7 -50 10.7 200 yd -0.4 1.4 0 -6.6 -20.3 -43.3 8.0 300 yd 0.1 3.6 4.5 0 -11.4 -32.1 4.5 1. Disclaimer: Winchester non-military ammo using Winchester ballistic calculator. 2. The Army E-target is 40” high. 29.5” from bottom to shoulder. Ctr of Mass roughly 15”. 3. Aiming at the top of the head at 500 yd, the bullet would roughly hit 10” below Ctr of Mass. 4. Conclusion: No meaningful difference between 25 yd zero & 300 yd zero. Given a real-world shooting in a variety of scenarios (wind, moving shooter, moving target, prone vs offhand, etc.), ammo accuracy round to round, the batch-to-batch ammo variability, rifle handling, etc., 3.3 inches is not significant. It would be

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ZERO 25 yd 100 yd 200 yd 300 yd 400 yd 500 yd100-300

yd vertical spread

25 yd 0 2.9 3.2 -1.9 -14 -35.4 5.1100 yd -0.8 0 -2.7 -10.7 -25.7 -50 10.7200 yd -0.4 1.4 0 -6.6 -20.3 -43.3 8.0300 yd 0.1 3.6 4.5 0 -11.4 -32.1 4.5

1. Disclaimer: Winchester non-military ammo using Winchester ballistic calculator.

2. The Army E-target is 40” high. 29.5” from bottom to shoulder. Ctr of Mass roughly 15”.

3. Aiming at the top of the head at 500 yd, the bullet would roughly hit 10” below Ctr of Mass.

4. Conclusion: No meaningful difference between 25 yd zero & 300 yd zero. Given a real-world shooting in a variety of scenarios (wind, moving shooter, moving target, prone vs offhand, etc.), ammo accuracy round to round, the batch-to-batch ammo variability, rifle handling, etc., 3.3 inches is not significant. It would be far more important to zero fairly frequently (e.g. printing a zeroing target on ration cases).