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#8,927
Got the call yesterday about my CMP 1911. I had forgotten about it. Mailed my application in September of 2018, the FFL license I submitted was expired. No service grades available so field it is. Should be able to pick it up Monday or Tuesday.
 
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#8,928
#8,928
This is definitely an amateur question.

I'm trying to zero a Romeo red dot on an AR15. I started at c. 25 yards and had it dialed in. I moved to 100 and only had a few minutes, but I think it was way high. Is my math right in thinking that the three inches i corrected may have been a drastic overcorrection at that distance? It was hard to see with my haphazard setup, but I think I was missing 9+ inches high.
 
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#8,929
kiddiedoc said:
This is definitely an amateur question.

I'm trying to zero a Romeo red dot on an AR15. I started at c. 25 yards and had it dialed in. I moved to 100 and only had a few minutes, but I think it was way high. Is my math right in thinking that the three inches i corrected may have been a drastic overcorrection at that distance? It was hard to see with my haphazard setup, but I think I was missing 9+ inches high.
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Good video IMO when it comes to zeroing a red dot. 36 or 50 yards is best IMO.

 
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DancingOutlaw said:
Got the call yesterday about my CMP 1911. I had forgotten about it. Mailed my application in September of 2018, the FFL license I submitted was expired. No service grades available so field it is. Should be able to pick it up Monday or Tuesday.
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Lol. Where do you live? California?
 
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DancingOutlaw said:
That’s how long the process has taken. They had 18k or so orders so of course my random assigned number was mid 17k. Plus they can only inspect what the Army sends them each year.
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Gotcha. I actually had to look up cmp 1911 and see what it was exactly. For a pretty much standard pistol it seems odd to have to wait so long.
 
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C-south said:
Gotcha. I actually had to look up cmp 1911 and see what it was exactly. For a pretty much standard pistol it seems odd to have to wait so long.
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For a government papered 1911 the price is quite good, you couldn't touch a DCM pistol for $1k. And nowadays you'd be incredibly lucky to get a USGI 1911 for a grand or less. Even the rattle traps I occasionally see at shows are $1500+, better examples are $2-3k. If you were to get a USMC rebuild it could easily be worth triple what you paid.
 
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DancingOutlaw said:
Got the call yesterday about my CMP 1911. I had forgotten about it. Mailed my application in September of 2018, the FFL license I submitted was expired. No service grades available so field it is. Should be able to pick it up Monday or Tuesday.
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Awesome. Please follow up with some pics.
 
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C-south said:
Good video IMO when it comes to zeroing a red dot. 36 or 50 yards is best IMO.

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I went with 50 y and am feeling much better. Had to go about 5 clicks down to undo my error. Admittedly, I'm still a little nervy on the trigger, but I was able to get 3" groups at that range using a heavy bag and at 25 y standing.

Thanks for the link -- it was extremely informative and helpful.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
I went with 50 y and am feeling much better. Had to go about 5 clicks down to undo my error. Admittedly, I'm still a little nervy on the trigger, but I was able to get 3" groups at that range using a heavy bag and at 25 y standing.

Thanks for the link -- it was extremely informative and helpful.
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Geissele eSSA. You’ll thank me later.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
This is definitely an amateur question.

I'm trying to zero a Romeo red dot on an AR15. I started at c. 25 yards and had it dialed in. I moved to 100 and only had a few minutes, but I think it was way high. Is my math right in thinking that the three inches i corrected may have been a drastic overcorrection at that distance? It was hard to see with my haphazard setup, but I think I was missing 9+ inches high.
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Guessing here, but at 25 yds the round is still climbing from the muzzle to the LOS, so yes...a 25 yd zero would put you high (very) at 100 yds.

I use a 50 yd, or “MPBR” zero. This results, in theory, in a POI within 3 inches of POA vertically from CQB range out to 200 yds. For me, this is the best setup for any scenario I might encounter, be it an active shooter at 50 feet, or a barricaded target at 50-100 yds. I simply put the dot on target, and squeeze.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
I went with 50 y and am feeling much better. Had to go about 5 clicks down to undo my error. Admittedly, I'm still a little nervy on the trigger, but I was able to get 3" groups at that range using a heavy bag and at 25 y standing.

Thanks for the link -- it was extremely informative and helpful.
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Do a search for printable red dot targets. There should be a variety that allow you to have a "sight" target to coincide with a bullet impact that sets you up for various ranges. Note most are calibrated for certain loads (55gr at x fps) but it should get you close enough to wiggle around for your preferred load.

Do make sure you get the scale of the target right or that will throw you off.
 
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#8,939
Generally speaking, a 25 meter zero is dead on at 300 meters.

A 50 meter zero gets you on at 200.

If memory serves, a 25 zero is about three
inches high at 100. A 50 meter is about two inches.

There's charts out there on it.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
This is definitely an amateur question.

I'm trying to zero a Romeo red dot on an AR15. I started at c. 25 yards and had it dialed in. I moved to 100 and only had a few minutes, but I think it was way high. Is my math right in thinking that the three inches i corrected may have been a drastic overcorrection at that distance? It was hard to see with my haphazard setup, but I think I was missing 9+ inches high.
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Years ago when my eyesight started to deteriorate andI I started mounting red dots on rifles I bought a relatively inexpensive laser boresight to get the sight aligned at about 20 to 25 yards before firing the first shot. The boresight has paid for itself by not having to waste ammo to initially get on paper.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
I went with 50 y and am feeling much better. Had to go about 5 clicks down to undo my error. Admittedly, I'm still a little nervy on the trigger, but I was able to get 3" groups at that range using a heavy bag and at 25 y standing.

Thanks for the link -- it was extremely informative and helpful.
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Doc, if you ever need a place to shoot, just let me know. My family owns a range that I can get you access to. It's on the north side of town.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Generally speaking, a 25 meter zero is dead on at 300 meters.

A 50 meter zero gets you on at 200.

If memory serves, a 25 zero is about three
inches high at 100. A 50 meter is about two inches.

There's charts out there on it.
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I use the Arma zero targets. Online and free.
 
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FYI, Miwall has .223/5.56 ammo at reasonable prices. If you are Military/LE, get an account (free). Then you can see & buy ammo you won’t see on the normal inventory. I found TAP 75 SBR there, after weeks of scouring the ‘net for it. Right up there with the GDSP 75 for shorties.
 
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