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Hey all, not too sure what to do here. This deer season I'm trying something different. I picked up a fully rifled cantilever barrel and Bushnell Banner dusk to dawn scope for my Rem 870 Shurshot. I'm going to use the Hornady SST 12ga sabot slugs. I used my cousins last year, instead of my typical foster slugs, and fell in love.
Anyway...I zeroed the scope in at about 50 yards, just playing around, and got it hitting dead center on my target. Now, after some other reading recently, I found out I'm wrong in this practice. Presumably, these slugs have an effective range of 200yds.
Question 1: what yardage should I zero for? 75 or 100? I'm thinking 100, but I want some recommendations.
I read that when zeroing a scope, I shouldn't set zero at dead center of the target, but, actually a little high, so no matter what distance my target (deer) is at, be it 50 yards, or 200 yards, I will still hit within the 9" kill zone. This brings me to,
Question 2: at whatever your recommended "zero" range is, how high above dead center should I zero my scope to hit within the 9" kill zone at a range of 50-200 yards?
Again, this is using Hornady 12ga SST sabot slugs, fully rifled barrel, Remington 870.
Thank you, hope I didn't confuse the s$#t out of everyone, I could really use some suggestions here.
--Phil
Anyway...I zeroed the scope in at about 50 yards, just playing around, and got it hitting dead center on my target. Now, after some other reading recently, I found out I'm wrong in this practice. Presumably, these slugs have an effective range of 200yds.
Question 1: what yardage should I zero for? 75 or 100? I'm thinking 100, but I want some recommendations.
I read that when zeroing a scope, I shouldn't set zero at dead center of the target, but, actually a little high, so no matter what distance my target (deer) is at, be it 50 yards, or 200 yards, I will still hit within the 9" kill zone. This brings me to,
Question 2: at whatever your recommended "zero" range is, how high above dead center should I zero my scope to hit within the 9" kill zone at a range of 50-200 yards?
Again, this is using Hornady 12ga SST sabot slugs, fully rifled barrel, Remington 870.
Thank you, hope I didn't confuse the s$#t out of everyone, I could really use some suggestions here.
--Phil