Mike Green of Green Ops talks about how to ZERO your EOTech and which zero to use.

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Well, it's a 200 yard zero and a "whatever ends up being your close up zero" which USUALLY is around 50 for a typical 55 grain 5.56 with a 16" barrel. This gives you a 0-300 yard dead hold point of aim at the chin/throat, delivering 100% kill shots. I've heard it explained that when he's 200-300 out with your 3moa sight, get in a good prone, and put the giant dot just under his face. If you're close enough or have a 2moa optic, put it on his chin. The highest you'll be, even with 77 grain, is to high center of face. The lowest your drop will be, same point of aim, is lower center mass but still in the vitals. Theoretically, anyone with decent eyes or corrective eyewear (adjusting your red dot optic choice for astigmatism) can shoot a 3MOA red dot and even peeps to 300 and get kills without compensating. That's the beauty of the "50/200", as long as you understand that the 50 is a little arbitrary. The principle still applies.

Someone may be able to jump in and help me out but if I remember it being explained correctly, that if a 3moa red dot (the most common size right now) is bigger than the height of chin to top of head, basically covers the whole noggin for sure, that means you're beyond 300 yards if you assume the adult head is just about 10" tall. 3moa x 300 yards is 9 inches. So the fellow I learned this from explained that you can use this same 50/200 zero scheme to take some incredibly long kill shots (all theoretical, of course. I hope that none of us civilians ever have to deploy this tactic. But it's better to practice and know you can do it than not). If the dot is slightly bigger that the head, you're beyond 300 yards so you set the dot right on the top of the head – a fairly easy target to make out. At 350ish, that bullet is really going to start to drop and now wind is going to play so that bullet should be dropping in to the 24" – 28" territory, center mass. And you have about 12 inches of wind defection which, unless there's a 25mph cross, is plenty of margin for error. If that massive cross IS there, use some Kentucky windage. If the dot is twice the size of the head, you can only pull this off with amazing eyes or a flip up magnifier but just go up two dots above his head and that's your limit for drop with a reasonable chance for a hit.

I saw this on a YouTube video where the dude went out on steel human size sillouettes and was dropping plain Jane Federal .223 55s ball in to the breadbasket all the way to 400 with a Rock River 16" GI middie. I can't see that far without optics so it wouldn't work for me but I've practiced the 50/200 on cardboard to 300 and they dropped in just as the doctor ordered.

But I prefer my Colt with a Viper HS 2.5-10 and dialing in my MOA to the coyotes at 500 and even 600 that sit out on the skyline watching me thinking that they're out of range. My 40-something eyes see through glass much better! But this new 224 Valkyrie I'm building should change EVERYTHING if it really holds those promised groups. Should be done in a week.

I'm out.

My red dots and irons get a 36/300. Any BDC gets a 100 to match the drop.

Grouping further out also forces the practice tight groups

I've got an old school Bushnell Holosight. Would all of this apply to this optic as well?

Complicated to do this at your average shooting range . Other shooters will not be happy having to stop for me to check my 50,100,200 Target and repeat 200 100 50…

Very valid point. I did a 50 yard zero with my leupold because the reticle was designed that way only to find out that it was way off at 200. Around 16 inches high. I’ve learned that your bullet impact not only changes with the weight of your bullet but also how much powered the manufacturer uses. Just because the reticle was meant for 55 grain, doesn’t meant that Hornady, PMC, Wolf Gold, American Eagle, etc. are all going to come out at the exact same speeds.

I’m a 100 yard zero guy but I really like what this guy had to say. Best argument I’ve seen against a 100 yard zero yet.

36 yard zero

I just did a zero video on the Holosun that I put out today. I prefer a 200 yard zero for my rifles as well. I did a 50 because it was a borrowed rifle.