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If I'm reading the above quote correctly . Instead of zeroing at 50 to also get a 200yd zero . I should zero at 200yds and see what I get at 50yds ? Interesting , That sounds like a good idea ??
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Sorry for the delay responding.
From a horizontal sight displacement standpoint, yes, the 200yd zero should be best. By zeroing the gun at 200 yards, you're setting the bullet on a horizontal line that will eliminate the horizontal sight misalignment over a range of 200 yards. That's a much more gradual change than if you try to eliminate it all over a range over 50 yards.
That means that as the bullet continues on that line past the zero distance, it moves away from alignment at a rate 4x slower than it would with a 50yd zero (200/50=4).
But, again, the sight misalignment has to be pretty large and/or the range beyond the zero distance has to be pretty long before any of it makes a big difference.
As Bart says, there are other issues that are probably going to make bigger differences.