Didn’t take too long.
One shot zero on each, to be sure threw a few more down. The .17 is dead on at 50 and 100. I put the .223 an inch and a half high at 100. That puts it dead on at 50/200.
That .17 is a real tack driver once I put the sun shade on the night vision. What a blurry mess before hand.

What .17 is it. I take it a HMR? You should get a .17 centerfire. The HMR is about the bottom of the pot when it comes to 17's

Yes it’s the Ruger Precison, HMR. I’ve had nothing but great luck with HMR personally in the past with other guns. I intend to kill raccoons with it and in the past they’ve done quite well. I’ve also always been a ruger fan. I’ve beat up so many of their guns and they just keep going bang. I wanted something outside basic, I have a lot of their basic rifles. As with everything right now ammo availability was also an issue. I have a local store still selling the HMR at cost which was very appealing. I swing by the store after I leave the clinic and buy a few boxes here and there. I’m up to 1500 rounds now.

I do intend to put on an aftermarket IR on it. I don’t really know why. This one should be plenty for what I intend to use it for. If the random coyote shows up for the show I don’t think I’ll have any questions about going for the head within 100 yards. There was a 15 mph wind yesterday and I still kept it pretty close.

I do already want to upgrade the thermal on the .223 but it’s also been consistent. I’ve been looking at some other options but for now this one will do.