Right, this probably doesn't make a whole lots of difference from a stalking perspective but it would be good to get it right and understand things!
I shoot with a .270, mainly woodland and farmland roe with the rifle zeroed at 100m. Furthest shot I have taken was 184m and I don't really envisage going much further than that. For shots above 140m I just use a little holdover - but whatever, at that range its a dead deer.
I have just upgraded my scope to a Zeiss Conquest V4, with ballistic elevation turret and ZMOA illuminated reticule (wasn't really planned but there are some unbelievable deals on these) and so want to take advantage of the features.
I know that 1 MOA is as near as makes no different to 1" at 100yards and I can set my range finding binos to yards BUT the range where I zero my rifle is 100 meters, which is 109.36yard, nearly 10% further. I suppose I have the option to find somewhere to set a zero target at 100 yards but the indoor range I use is convenient and has no wind to worry about.
I use Winchester powerpoint ammo (cheap and it works with my rifle) and so plugged the data into the Winchester ballistic calculator to get an indication of drops and the click allowances I would need to make - but it only accepts zeroing parameters in meters.
So.…how much difference is teh fact that I have zeroed in meters but am shooting in yards going to make???
Or can some point me to an alternative ballistic calculator that allows me to put the zero distance in yards and will accept all the other required parameters.
I shoot with a .270, mainly woodland and farmland roe with the rifle zeroed at 100m. Furthest shot I have taken was 184m and I don't really envisage going much further than that. For shots above 140m I just use a little holdover - but whatever, at that range its a dead deer.
I have just upgraded my scope to a Zeiss Conquest V4, with ballistic elevation turret and ZMOA illuminated reticule (wasn't really planned but there are some unbelievable deals on these) and so want to take advantage of the features.
I know that 1 MOA is as near as makes no different to 1" at 100yards and I can set my range finding binos to yards BUT the range where I zero my rifle is 100 meters, which is 109.36yard, nearly 10% further. I suppose I have the option to find somewhere to set a zero target at 100 yards but the indoor range I use is convenient and has no wind to worry about.
I use Winchester powerpoint ammo (cheap and it works with my rifle) and so plugged the data into the Winchester ballistic calculator to get an indication of drops and the click allowances I would need to make - but it only accepts zeroing parameters in meters.
So.…how much difference is teh fact that I have zeroed in meters but am shooting in yards going to make???
Or can some point me to an alternative ballistic calculator that allows me to put the zero distance in yards and will accept all the other required parameters.