I have the opportunity to sight in my rifle with some buddies but it's only at 50 yards. I'm gonna be shooting the Hornady Leverevolution 200 gr. If I sight it in dead center at 50 yards, where should it be at 100 yards. Thanks guys.

Hate to say it, but shoot it to know for sure.

Yeah, your right hippie. I figured all I have now is 50 yards, but when I can I'll shoot it at a hundred. Just want to know about where it should be.

if it was me i'd want it to be at the bottom of a 1ish in bullseye.

The height of your scope needs factored into it also. I have 2 35rems and don't feel comfortable saying where yours will shoot because mine don't shoot exactly the same.

Iron sights or scope? Is this a Marlin 336?

Yep, to kill a deer that's a good spot to go for.

Love that ammo, made my 336 a 150 yard dead on killer. Before it was real good with the 150 grain but not to good with the 200 old stuff. But now = WOW......jk

Yes, on the Marlin and it's scoped with a vortex 3x9 x40

Hi Catch, with that ammo, a 24" bbl and a scope 1.5" above the bore, zero at 50 yards, about +3" at 100 yrds and about zero again at 200 yrds...
So dont be afraid to zero it at 50 yrds to start
good luck and good hunting

Billy

Thanks Billy, the scope does appear to be 1.5" above bore but the barrel is 20"

it depends, the one thing that will change trajectory the most is sight height. if you have factory irons at an inch or 1.25 above bore axis vs see through rings and a scope 2.75 inches above bore axis

1. how high the sight is from center of bore
2 the round your using - the Hornady leverevolution 200gr lists a 2225fps 0.223bc and 200gr bullet
3 what your intended target distance range , what is your farthest shot your likely to take


then put your data in https://www.hornady.com/team-hornady/ballistic-calculators/#!/

shoot every distance you can on a 50 yard range 25 and 50 to verify your results match the expected numbers , this should be close enough for shots to around 125 if you need to go past 125 yards you really need to find a range that is 100 to verify

factory velocity is usually form a 24 inch test barrel , most rifles have more like a 20 inch barrel so you give up some velocity you may be closer to 2100 fps in reality if you have an 18-20 inch barrel

I usually just sight my 35 in at 25 yds and it is good out to about 150 yds. One of the best brush rounds out there.

Most bullets pass the line of sight the first time at somewhere between 14 and 25 yards to get your maximum point blank range.

Maximum point blank range calculator. http://www.shooterscalculator.com/p...;bc=0.48&vi=2000&sh=1.0&ts=4

with a front sight height 1.25 inches above center of bore and the leverevolution load you would be right on at 25 yards about 2 inches low at 150 yards and never been much more than an inch above your sights and very usable for deer to 150.

however if you sight in at 25 yards with with the high see through rings and your scope center is 2.75 above bore axis on at 25 is 5 inches high at 100 and 3 inches high at 200 and zero at about 230 yards

if you sight in at 50 yards with the same load and 2.75 inch high scope center you would be on at 50 yards 5/8 inch high at 75 and 100 and 1.5 inches low at 150

for simplified inside 125 yard hunting a zero that is on at 50 with a high scope or about 1 inch high at 50 with low irons

I like to see the target with irons any way a 2 inch dot target at 50 yards hold the bottom edge and hit in it centered around the middle would be near perfect

This is how the scope is mounted.

I plan on deer hunting with it probably out to 125 yards max. Most likely be!ow a hundred yards.

I would guess 1.75 to 2 inches above bore axis from the picture

ran both numbers try for 1/2 inch high at 50 yards this should be about a 1/2 inch low at 25 yards , 1 inch high at 75 yards and a 1/2 high at 100 yards and 1.75 low at 150

assuming the box velocity is spot on for leverevolution

running it at 2100fps it will be about an inch lower at 150 and all the other measurements will be with in 3/8 of an inch

of course checking the zero at full distance or at least longer distance is ideal because a foot or 3 in miss measurement or a 1/2 inch in trajectory at 25 yards can change all those numbers , on a 1.75 high scope those numbers come to a 115 yard zero

but a 50 yard check is better than just a 25 yard zero

If all that you have to start with is 50 yards and zero it in on the bulls eye, you will still be on paper at 100 yards. I urge you to zero that gun with that cartridge at a target at 100 yards That will give you the best all around results for deer from 25 to 125 yards without having to worry about where to hold other than the middle of the chest of a deer.