yepGreybeard wrote:Quote "Rifle @ 25 yards? Why?"
Hey, it can beat not shooting at all if 100 yards or better is not handy outdoors ...
And, coincidently, a 25 yard zero with many rifles whose sights (or especially) scope recticles are a couple of inches above the bore, makes 'em pretty close to dead-on at 200 to 250 yards.
The trajectory of a .223 will give you a 25/300 battle zero. That means that you zero at 25 yards and you will be on zero again at 300 yards. At 100 yards you will shoot about 6 inches high with this zero. So you aim about 6 inches low.
You can also do a 50/250 zero. It gives you a flatter trajectory.