200 yard open site.

[Mosinowner]

So I have been shooting at targets at 10, 25,75,100 yards. Now I wanna go to 200 with my mosin. Any tips what gr weight of ammo. Sight adjustments. Thanks

 

[the1kidd03]

I've not shot the mosin past 100....but it more than likely will strike slightly higher than the 100 yard shot would be my guess....granted it's not the most accurate of rounds but wind deflection shouldn't have very much effect on it still

 

[sloughfoot]

First off, I will say that I have never even held a Mosin, much less shot one.

Generally speaking, your 25 yard zero should be pretty close to a 200 yard zero.

I hope you will consider bringing your rifle out to a CMP Military rifle match. Shooting with friends is always fun.

 

[Mosinowner]

First off, I will say that I have never even held a Mosin, much less shot one.

Generally speaking, your 25 yard zero should be pretty close to a 200 yard zero.

I hope you will consider bringing your rifle out to a CMP Military rifle match. Shooting with friends is always fun.

Where and when

 

[sloughfoot]

www.odcmp.org Go to the "competitions" link. There are matches all over the country and it gets updated as matches are scheduled.

We had one in Ft Wayne in August.

 

[pinshooter45]

So I have been shooting at targets at 10, 25,75,100 yards. Now I wanna go to 200 with my mosin. Any tips what gr weight of ammo. Sight adjustments. Thanks

Hey I'll meet you and we'll go to Crosley any time you want. doing a little work on the house, but I could squeeze a few hours out to shoot at 200yrds, it's a fit distance for men to shoot at!

 

[Walt_Jabsco]

Your Mosin probably has a ladder sight on it. Notch it up to two hundred, aim center mass on your target, that's all it takes.

 

[N_K_1984]

No open sights for me, but sharing my info anyway...

Generally speaking, your 25 yard zero should be pretty close to a 200 yard zero.

Per my experience with 174gr ammo, I will concur. The last time I took my M44 sporter out, I shot a steel swinger, 10" diameter, repeatedly with relatively no elevation adjustment (10x Mil Dot scope). This was using 174gr Brown Bear FMJ 'Match.' I saw no significant drop at 200 yards, compared to a 25 yard zero.

ALSO For me, that day, with that same 174gr ammo, my Hold-Over at 400 yards was just over 24" (1.5 mil) and at 500 yards it was 52" (just under 3 mil). This was shooting for center mass on a steel 19.5" x 40" E-Type silhouette.

 

[Mosinowner]

Hey I'll meet you and we'll go to Crosley any time you want. doing a little work on the house, but I could squeeze a few hours out to shoot at 200yrds, it's a fit distance for men to shoot at!

If you come to Texas maybe we can arrange that.

 

[pinshooter45]

If you come to Texas maybe we can arrange that.

Did not know Texas was in range!

 

[Dtruck260]

For a Mosin it is

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Now 'splain this to me. How can the zero at 200 be equivalent to the zero at 25? I'm not disputing anything, just trying to learn. If you zero at 25 it should be pretty low at 200, and if you zero at 200 it should be a little high at 25. Is there something I'm missing? Once a bullet leaves the barrel, it starts dropping, and zeroing at a given range compensates for the drop at that range. At a different range, the drop will be what it is. There are not two ranges with the same drop.

 

[sloughfoot]

The bullet is rising through its arc at 25 yards and falling through its arc at 200 yards. It isn't exactly the same, but for the crude sights on a Mosin, it is pretty close.

I am sure someone here can post a picture.

 

[Pyriel]

I still haven't gotten to shoot past 50 yards yet, I'm gonna hit the 100 at Atterbury using my 25yd sights and test this out

 

[sloughfoot]

I understand the scepticism, but the US Army has been zeroing the M16 for 300 meters, at 25 meters for about 40 years. The difference is the high sights of the M16 versus the lower sights of traditional rifles. One click up at 25 meters for center hits. Remove that click for a 300 BSZ.

Appleseed is shot at 25 yards. It corresponds to a 200 yard zero on traditional centerfire rifles.

The bullet does not come out of the barrel horizontally to the ground. It is rising so that as it descends, in its arc to the target, it strikes the target. With a 25/200 yard zero, the bullet should strike high on a 100 yard target. I just don't know how high. Probably 2 inches (2 minutes)

Check out a bullet trajectory chart. It is shown in everyone I have ever seen.

 

[subtlesixer03]

Now 'splain this to me. How can the zero at 200 be equivalent to the zero at 25? I'm not disputing anything, just trying to learn. If you zero at 25 it should be pretty low at 200, and if you zero at 200 it should be a little high at 25. Is there something I'm missing? Once a bullet leaves the barrel, it starts dropping, and zeroing at a given range compensates for the drop at that range. At a different range, the drop will be what it is. There are not two ranges with the same drop.

Well one thing most dont know is that some rifle bullets are still speeding up at very close ranges and as another post said that it also might be that it is just droping back to its bore line at 200. Look at your sights on most war guns most often the combat notch is just a little lower then the 100yrd notch. aks i know for a fact have this as well as mosins i believe.

 

[N_K_1984]

 

[Mosinowner]

Then what he stated is correct