223 Drop Chart
The following data was taken from various sources including reloading manuals and the online ballistics calculator provided by biggameinfo.
223 drop chart. It will a produce a line graph showing the bullet drop and flight path of the bullet. Individual firearm may vary from test barrel results. In fact the bullet drop and performance is about the same as for the 223 round fired from a carbine but of course the 308 has a lot more energy.
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Personal choice here as long as you know your drop. By adding trajectories to the panel on the right you may produce charts and graphs that show the different trajectories side by side. You ll find 300 win mag ballistics 308 ballistics 30 06 ballistics 223 ballistics 243 ballistics 30 30 ballistics and much more.
This calculator will produce a ballistic trajectory chart that shows the bullet drop bullet energy windage and velocity. The charting shows the range drop based off a 1 5 scope mount current velocity energy and time in seconds in relation to the bullets movement through space and time. Hold over about 3 at 200.
This is a 223 ballistics chart external generated using our ballistic trajectory calculator. Specifications are nominal ballistics figures established in test barrels. Based off a standard 55gr bullet leaving the barrel at 3 215fps and follows the bullet trajectry all the way to 1000 yards in steps of 50 yard increments.
If you zero for 200 yards your 100 yard holdover is about 1 4. My calculator is giving me a reasonable fit for your numbers using a b c of 0 209 mv of 2825 and yielding a 200 drop of 2 5 300 yards 13 2 400 yards 35 8 500 yards 75 8 and 600 yards 141 0 but i would not trust those numbers. For an expanded version of this table showing more loads including british european wildcat obsolescent american and proprietary calibers see the expanded rifle trajectory table.
I d suggest a 100 yard zero if most of your shooting will be 50 150 yards. This energy has the advantage at longer distances and the 308 doesn t drop as far as the 223 past 500 yards. 4 5 at 200 yards is a lot of drop.