Please allow me to suggest some math help based off of my dot sight instructions. 1 adjustment click is 1 minute of angle. This maths out to roughly 1/10 of an inch at 10 yards (.104 inches adjustment at 360 inches of distance). The adjustment is to bring the target holes to the center of the target. A 9 mm casing is about 4 clicks wide at 10 yards. At a 5 yard distance, the casing is 8 clicks wide. At 20 yards, it's 2 clicks. In other words, a 4 click adjustment at 10 yards and mechanically held, the bullet will hit a previous hole, being a very tight group. If your grouping is this tight at 10 yards, you're not likely to be watching this video. If your sight doesn't have clicking adjustments, try 1/4 turn at 10 yards. This could be a huge adjustment, but suggested to create a visual effect. A small adjustment can be difficult to see and you can always turn it back. Should a new shooter begin to turn the adjustment one way, then back the other, its likely the grouping is too large or the adjustment too small. That solution is more practice and better grip/trigger control. Before making any adjustment to your pistol dot sight, I suggest firing at least 50 rounds.
Can this target be used with a Boresighter ? And then hit the range to fine tune. Curious if I align my Boresighter to the center of the lower circle and my dot to the upper circle will I achieve a 25yd zero
lol that's all pretty irrelevant. The height over bore for a pistol is usually 1" or less. Meaning if zeroed at 25 yds you'd want to aim 1/4" higher at 10yds. 1/4" is smaller than the diameter of a 9mm bullet. If you can make a 1/4" adjustment in your point of aim at 10yds, you Might be the greatest marksman on earth. If you zero to 25 yds, you can accurately shoot point of aim until about 65yds, that's when you get to about a 2" drop for 9mm.
This is fine for elevation. But elevation is rarely much of an issue when zeroing at different yardages. It’s windage that is generally where you want to concentrate. I don’t think this would do much for windage at 25 yards using this 5 yard calibrated target. I could be wrong. I certainly am not a pro shooter or expert by any stretch. So if I am missing something, please let me know. If I am missing something, I’d love to use this target. Seems like an ammo saver!
Nope it's "5 yards" We specifically chose that distance because it's the minimum distance allowed at most indoor ranges. Also, it's a fairly easy distance for shooters with decent trigger presses to get a decent grouping at.
Try it. We use this, then walk back to 25 yards and hit a small round plate about the size of a headbox. It hasn't failed us since we designed it. As a matter of fact, it was meant to help people who need to zero at indoor ranges that don't go out to 25 yards. Also makes Zeroing less tedious.
Why? I zeroed my iron sights on my M16 for 300 meters with a target at 25 meters for 10 years in the army. Recently spent an entire afternoon getting frustrated at the PD range trying to zero an M4 at 50 meters because some idiot thought you had to zero at 50 meters to be able to shoot at 50 meters. Zeroing a red dot at 5 meters for 25 meters makes perfect sense to me. My thanks to @TacticalFirearmsAcademyFL for developing this target and making it available for free.
Please allow me to suggest some math help based off of my dot sight instructions. 1 adjustment click is 1 minute of angle. This maths out to roughly 1/10 of an inch at 10 yards (.104 inches adjustment at 360 inches of distance). The adjustment is to bring the target holes to the center of the target. A 9 mm casing is about 4 clicks wide at 10 yards. At a 5 yard distance, the casing is 8 clicks wide. At 20 yards, it's 2 clicks. In other words, a 4 click adjustment at 10 yards and mechanically held, the bullet will hit a previous hole, being a very tight group. If your grouping is this tight at 10 yards, you're not likely to be watching this video.
If your sight doesn't have clicking adjustments, try 1/4 turn at 10 yards. This could be a huge adjustment, but suggested to create a visual effect. A small adjustment can be difficult to see and you can always turn it back. Should a new shooter begin to turn the adjustment one way, then back the other, its likely the grouping is too large or the adjustment too small.
That solution is more practice and better grip/trigger control.
Before making any adjustment to your pistol dot sight, I suggest firing at least 50 rounds.
Can this target be used with a Boresighter ? And then hit the range to fine tune. Curious if I align my Boresighter to the center of the lower circle and my dot to the upper circle will I achieve a 25yd zero
Thankyou guys so much for creating this tool! It helps out so much!
No Problem! Glad it helped!
Thank you! Using the targets at home dry firing with a laser cartridge, before live firing at the range.
Used this for my rmr. Great tool, thanks
Love to hear it helped! Thanks!
Would it be possible to use a bore sight and align the red dot to the top circle while keeping the bore sight on the bottom circle?
So if I zero my red dot at 25 yards where will it land at 10 yards ...will I need to aim higher
lol that's all pretty irrelevant. The height over bore for a pistol is usually 1" or less. Meaning if zeroed at 25 yds you'd want to aim 1/4" higher at 10yds. 1/4" is smaller than the diameter of a 9mm bullet. If you can make a 1/4" adjustment in your point of aim at 10yds, you
Might be the greatest marksman on earth. If you zero to 25 yds, you can accurately shoot point of aim until about 65yds, that's when you get to about a 2" drop for 9mm.
does this work 100 percent of the time?
Nothing is 100% however we use this for every optic we zero and double check at 25 yards. It's always on for us.
This is fine for elevation. But elevation is rarely much of an issue when zeroing at different yardages. It’s windage that is generally where you want to concentrate. I don’t think this would do much for windage at 25 yards using this 5 yard calibrated target. I could be wrong. I certainly am not a pro shooter or expert by any stretch. So if I am missing something, please let me know. If I am missing something, I’d love to use this target. Seems like an ammo saver!
You start close up then move out to 25 to tune the zero. Makes life easier I have a similar process for zeroing rifles
This seems so much easier than what I’ve trying! I can’t find the targets to print on your website tho….
tacticalacademy.us/pistol-red-dot-zero-25-yards/
Hey thank you. I used your 5 yard method today and holy shit it worked.
Awesome! Love to hear that!
Can I use this to zero my psaAk-47 gf5 ?
Depends if the height over bore distance is the same or close to a pistol's.
Thank you!
What's the POI measurement? 1 inch?
Correct, if you're referring to the bottom circle, it is 1 inch
This is awesome thank you.
You're welcome!!!!
You say 5 yards but you look closer. Do you mean 5 feet?
Nope it's "5 yards"
We specifically chose that distance because it's the minimum distance allowed at most indoor ranges. Also, it's a fairly easy distance for shooters with decent trigger presses to get a decent grouping at.
Looks to be about 14 feet 12” from the target. 😊
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No way you can zero a 5 yards
Try it. We use this, then walk back to 25 yards and hit a small round plate about the size of a headbox. It hasn't failed us since we designed it. As a matter of fact, it was meant to help people who need to zero at indoor ranges that don't go out to 25 yards. Also makes Zeroing less tedious.
Why? I zeroed my iron sights on my M16 for 300 meters with a target at 25 meters for 10 years in the army. Recently spent an entire afternoon getting frustrated at the PD range trying to zero an M4 at 50 meters because some idiot thought you had to zero at 50 meters to be able to shoot at 50 meters. Zeroing a red dot at 5 meters for 25 meters makes perfect sense to me. My thanks to @TacticalFirearmsAcademyFL for developing this target and making it available for free.
Why not? It’s absolutely no different than the AR 25 or 50 meter “combat zero” (argue amongst yourselves what’s the best combat AR zero.
Sorry, no thanks I don’t have a red dot. I have a front site and I already know how to shoot a handgun.
Ok boomer...
@@TacticalFirearmsAcademyFL
Glad you agree
For sure a noob red dots are amazing you on your front site me on my rmr your toast
@@TacticalFirearmsAcademyFL your boomer response is an argument between idiots.
@@TacticalFirearmsAcademyFL😂 Probably the first time I’ve laughed at a “ok boomer” comment.