The 50 Yard Zero

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Are you trying to decide what distance to zero your rifle at? Well, this video will give you the information that you need to help you make the best decision. It will also give you a strategy for sighting in your rifle and how to do it with limited space on a small range.
Like me, you might end up deciding that the 50 yard zero is best, but you only have access to a 25 yard range. Don't worry, I've got you covered! Just head over to my website at johnnytactical.org, go to the Downloads section, and find the 50 yard zero target to get you started.
I also created an exclusive discount code for my RU-vid subscribers so you can get the target for FREE. Just enter the code shown in the video when you check out and the target is on me. That's my way of saying thank you for being a subscriber!
0:00 Intro
0:56 Keeping it simple
1:28 Line of sight vs. bullet paths
1:41 Holdover and offset
2:25 The 25 yard zero
4:13 The 50 yard zero
4:49 The 100 yard zero
5:11 Which zero is best?
5:45 How to zero your rifle
6:30 But I only have a 25 yard range, now what?
8:00 Outtakes
Johnny Tactical exists to make law enforcement better from within and safer from without while helping you take your work seriously, but not yourself.
Thanks for watching!

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11 июл 2024

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@thokozanimaphalala7336 14 дней назад

Exceĺlent video. Very helpful. Tomorrow I'm going to the range to put this knowledge into practice. Thanking you million times.

@johnny_tactical 12 дней назад

Make sure you download the target if you need one!

@johnny_tactical 12 дней назад

And let me know how it goes

@addisonsmith3607 Год назад

Bro, great execution on the video. Bases covered thoroughly and very well explained . And I dig your motto. “Take your work seriously, not yourself.”

@johnny_tactical Год назад

Thanks Addison, I appreciate it

@charlespinson6693 7 месяцев назад

This is a HUGE HELP to me. Thank you.

@johnny_tactical 6 месяцев назад

You got it, Charles! Thanks for watching and commenting, I appreciate it 👍

@chetherron9566 9 месяцев назад

Concise easy to understand video. I like your delivery. I'm a bit of a noob with the AR15 and rifle shooting, so anything I can learn is a plus! Imagine....68 year old rookie...lol (handgun and shotgun guy)

@johnny_tactical 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! We all have to start somewhere no matter how old. Let me know if you have any specific questions I can address. It helps me choose new content to help people like you.

@thomaswallace3362 5 месяцев назад

I really enjoyed your video! Just one clarification you may want your viewers to know is because of gravity, your bullet is always dropping because of gravity. The only reason why it is actually rising first is because the barrel is actually pointed up to intersect at the zero you choose with your optic at a certain distance, hence the ark! Great video! Keep them up!

@johnny_tactical 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the feedback Tom 👍

@hfculver Год назад

Very informative! Thanks for sharing this info!

@johnny_tactical Год назад

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I appreciate it 👍

@koffeekiller Год назад

GREAT EXPLANATION! I hope everyone gets this information and applies it to their special way of aiming.

@johnny_tactical Год назад

Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it

@potasio101 6 месяцев назад

@@johnny_tactical I been wondering about this for so long this was plain and clear

@johnny_tactical 6 месяцев назад

@@potasio101 thanks Potasio! I’m glad you found it helpful 👍

@bobadebtt387 10 месяцев назад

Great explanation. Totally stealing that chart to show people when I’m explaining this!

@johnny_tactical 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, I appreciate it 👍

@spencercline101 9 месяцев назад

Great video! Easy to understand thanks

@johnny_tactical 9 месяцев назад

Thanks Spencer, I appreciate the kind words. Thanks for watching 👍

@RichM0410 2 месяца назад

Excellent video! Thank you!

@johnny_tactical Месяц назад

Thanks Rich, I appreciate it

@phantomtroubleshooter2793 6 месяцев назад

I zero my 20" 6.5 Grendel, 20" 5.56 and 16" 5.56 at 50 yards. at 300 5 MOA up for 6.5 and 3 MOA up for 5.56. I use the LPVO reticle for the 16" at 300.

@tobylopez445 7 месяцев назад

very nice video, Sir. thank you.

@johnny_tactical 7 месяцев назад

Thanks Toby, I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment

@Mumucapo 3 месяца назад

Gracias amigo, really helpful video for me tks !!

@johnny_tactical 3 месяца назад

De nada!

@TechieTard Год назад

Great video bud!

@johnny_tactical Год назад

Thanks Techie! I appreciate the kind words!

@jamesjodice2662 5 месяцев назад

I zeroed my AR15 at 50 yards after watching this then aimed at a 6" steel plate 200 yards away and was hitting it. I was using M855 green tips. I was on target with my M193 FMJ as well. Hint, if you want the M855 & M193 to be consistent, try a 20" chrome lined barrel from TNTE. My green tips always shot higher than my FMJ's with every barrel I used until I installed a TNTE barrel.

@johnny_tactical 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for that, James! Good to know 👍

@patrickaust7588 10 месяцев назад

Thanks 50 it is

@johnny_tactical 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching Patrick 👍

@richardvila3 5 месяцев назад

Love your chart! Iron sights I zero them at 36 yds. My Eotech 50 yds

@johnny_tactical 5 месяцев назад

Thanks Rich for watching, hanging out, and commenting. I appreciate it 👍

@user-us7xp5fi7c 4 месяца назад

Demm man, that's so helpful

@johnny_tactical 4 месяца назад

Awesome!

@badgumby9544 Месяц назад

Good video.

@johnny_tactical 16 дней назад

Thanks!

@armyrabb1 7 месяцев назад

Great presentation. I use my 15 primarily as a critter eliminator. Knowing that the 50yd/100yd points of impact are very close is very good information to have. I'm assuming the 50yd/50m difference is negligible. If I set up your target at 25m, the 50/100m points of impact should be relatively the same, correct? I've watched several videos on how to adjust the rear A2 sight drum to sight in at 100m. I'll be employing that information as well.

@johnny_tactical 7 месяцев назад

25 meters = 27.34 yards according to the googles. I would assume the +2.34 yards / + 7.02 feet is negligible as well - close enough for government work, as they say. Let me know how it turns out!

@saxmusicmail 10 месяцев назад

I think the misunderstanding about the 25 yard zero comes from, "Well, the military zeros at 25 yards." Yes and no. They shoot at 25 yards, then adjust Point of Impact to be 1" below Point of aim. It's right on the target they use. I figured out the 50/200 zero for myself over 30 years ago. Some years later after that it became known as the "Santose Zero" as advocated by Col. Santose, can't remember his first name, he and I traded some shortwave receivers, and I found out he was the same Santose. The problem with the 25 yd zero is shooting ~9" high. Who the hell came up with the 36 yd zero and why?

@johnny_tactical 10 месяцев назад

Maybe the guy who only shoots things that are 36 yards away?

@WEREWOLFUSMC 8 месяцев назад

The Marine Corps went to Colt Mfg to develope the M4/A4 mid length gas system carbine back in '83. Sight radius being the same for both 14.5 and 16" barrels using A2 sights set at the "Mechanical Zero"(and ignoring the Army 25m "Z"), POI/POA intersect at Exactly 36yds! Super easy. Now you know. Why the Army insists on using a 25m target using the Z and then return to 6/3 for 300m/yds? It's the same thing but with a 25m target on initial zeroing. When you set it back to 6/3, guess what? That's right, your first intersect is at 36yds! Both work perfectly fine😁

@05EVORS 7 месяцев назад

@@johnny_tactical36 yard(106 foot) has the tightest holds between 25 and 300 yards of ALL the common zeros...it has the least 'mind-hustling' to deal with. Go over to Vigilance Elites(Shawn Ryans) 36yd battle zero video and you see why it makes the best high stress/low math zero to deal with....from a room clearer out to 300yd it has a small 5.5" POI zone between all those distances. The others are 10"+ ....Using the Eotech reticle the circle encases a 100 yard enemy via height gauge. If a soldier fits inside the circle boot to helmet, threat is ~100 yds away. Eotech + 36yd zero makes holds 'no brainer'

@chtomlin 2 месяца назад

36 -40 yd zero is good close, med. and out to 300 or so

@ryco1865 9 месяцев назад

I sighted in my new rifle. Elevation good, but at zero; windage is at extreme left of adjustment on two different rear iron sight purchases. (I checked they were installed correctly). What would cause this?

@johnny_tactical 9 месяцев назад

Check for your dominant eye. If you are a right handed shooter, but left eye dominant it can mess up your sight picture / accuracy especially on a rifle. To check which of your eyes is dominant, try this: 1. With both eyes open, look at an object in the distance, like a clock on the wall across the room. 2. Put both arms straight out in front of you and make a triangle with the thumb and fingers of both hands. 3. With both eyes open center the object you are looking at inside the triangle shaped window you made with your hands. 4. Close one eye, then switch to the other. Whichever eye you can still see the object will be your dominant eye. If it’s the opposite eye from the hand you shoot with, then you’ll have to make some adjustments and have basically two options: 1. Shoot with your non-dominant eye, or 2. Switch hands Let me know how it goes and we can do more trouble-shooting if necessary

@WEREWOLFUSMC 8 месяцев назад

Front sight is likely the problem. Bore sight using your eyeball down the barrel after removing the charging handle and bolt. Use any target in your home at a decent distance(7-10yds) and check both the bore and sights without touching the rifle. Let me know what you discover😁

@ryco1865 7 месяцев назад

It turns out, the rear sight (bolt on carry handle) did not clamp square to rail. I filed down one side til it was centered. I ultimately bought a new rear sight as carry handle was of poor quality anyway.

@firedude911 Месяц назад

Johnny that’s just a printable PDF right ? Just need normal sized printer paper ?

@johnny_tactical 16 дней назад

Yes sir! You can print it at home

@firedude911 16 дней назад

@@johnny_tactical thanks! , I did that and it worked great - zeroed it with your target at 25 , then eventually got to an actual 50 yard range and it was right on

@johnny_tactical 15 дней назад

Glad to hear it!

@russelllowry1061 8 месяцев назад

for a 50 yard zero at 10 yards, aim roughly 1.9 inches above point of impact. Since the bullet is rising at this point it will be zeroed at 50 yards. I would guess a 50 yard zero at 25 yards, you would aim roughly 1 inch above point of impact.

@johnny_tactical 8 месяцев назад

I have a downloadable target that takes the guesswork out. Just go to my website johnnytactical.org and click on Downloads.

@frankensteincreations4740 8 месяцев назад

A guy told me, .5” high at 50 yards with a 223/308 will generally be poa out to 250 yards… ever test this?

@johnny_tactical 8 месяцев назад

I have not. 233 and 308 will fly differently, so I don’t see them having the same trajectories. But that’s just off the top of my head. If you can find the space the best way to know is to test the theory. I don’t have a 308 otherwise I’d give it a whirl

@JayGamesAndReacts 8 месяцев назад

So if you sight your gun in at 100 yards and you shoot 25 yards it wont be dead on?

@JayGamesAndReacts 8 месяцев назад

Just dosent make sense to me lol

@johnny_tactical 8 месяцев назад

No. I believe it will be about 4-5 inches low. If you have a range available, you could check it by zeroing, then working your way closer 25 yards or so at a time, marking your target, and record the results using the ammo you plan to shoot with. Testing it like that is the best way to know for sure. Anyone else have any suggestions for @michaelthegoat2437 ?

@JayGamesAndReacts 8 месяцев назад

@@johnny_tactical thankyou I appreciate it .me and my dad have sighted are sights in one way for years and im finally learning there is alot more to it than we thought haha .sometimes it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks (my dad) 😆 🤣

@johnny_tactical 8 месяцев назад

Awesome! Spending time with your dad is a win for both of you. Yeah, this kind of stuff can get very nerdy and there can be a lot of nuance. I try to keep it as simple as I can. If you’re a hunter, 100 yards may be the best zero for your hunting rifle, but if you want versatility, I believe in the 50 yard zero. Thanks for watching and for the conversion, it means a lot

@Texasbroski512 6 месяцев назад

50 is the longest I can do on my property so that’s what I’m doing

@mclovinjr3242 6 месяцев назад

You'll be on human size silhouette even at 200 yards. I wouldn't frett, 50 yard zero is the best

@johnny_tactical 6 месяцев назад

It’s also the best zero! Thanks for commenting and watching. I appreciate you

@bobbygray496 9 месяцев назад

Does not the arc of the bullet path depend on the weight of the bullet, powder load and the length of the barrel Mr Clownie man?

@johnny_tactical 9 месяцев назад

What’s with the name calling?

@chtomlin 2 месяца назад

40 yd zero

@johnny_tactical 2 месяца назад

No such thing. That’s like 5 minute abs.

@stevegentile7114 6 месяцев назад

Do you have the Tee shirts with a pocket?

@johnny_tactical 6 месяцев назад

Steve, sorry, not pockets on any of our t-shirts. We do have hoodies though and they have a pocket!

@stevegentile7114 6 месяцев назад

ok thanks -cant bring myself to wear a hoodie, though@@johnny_tactical

@Jwalls1980 9 месяцев назад

50yd zero is way off!!! 100 yds your more like 3in high

@johnny_tactical 9 месяцев назад

I said you’ll be plus or minus 2 1/2” on either side of zero at minimum/ maximum distance. You’re saying it’s “more like 3 inches” and that I’m “way off!!!!” I say you and I are not that far off. I’m no mathematician but 3 - 2 1/2 = 1/2. I don’t think half an inch is with arguing over. I’m pretty sure I’m right, but we can still be friends. Thanks for watching and commenting though, I appreciate it

@nelson587 6 месяцев назад

Disappointed Johnny ... There is no free download targets UNLESS we accept and Install One Launch an omni-present search application located conveniently at the top of your desktop! PASS !

@johnny_tactical 6 месяцев назад

I have no idea what you are talking about. You don’t have to install anything. In the video there is a code on screen to get the $0.99 target for free. Put the target in your cart, check out like normal, enter the code in the coupon code box, and viola! It’s free. Sorry if it wasn’t clear to begin with.