close quarters shooting and zeroing

[Zorbar]

I have not posted for a while, forgive me. This may be confusing. I am looking for a red dot or something for a pistol/carbine that I can zero at 5 yards. I am planning to get an AO scope that goes down to 3 yards but even that scope is much larger than a red dot until i get my folding brace/stock.

I have tried a couple red dots and I notice something very strange after bore sighting the red dot to 10 yards or further when I shot said red dot at 5 yards or less the shot is is a bout 3/4 -1/2 inch down. I almost have to aim a bit higher to hit where I want it to go at 5 yards.

The area in my basement is not very long. Also very far from places to shoot.

Is there a red dot that can adjust lower and no I don't want to use a red laser nor do I want to tilt the red dot.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Zorbar]

NVM all I had to do was turn few clicks UP

sometimes I get confused going which direction

 

[delooper]

The closer to zero yards you get, the more extreme your adjustments will need to be to get your optic pointing at the point of impact.

If your goal is to shoot targets from the couch, I guess I could see why you'd want to zero so close. But the closer you zero, the more absurd the process becomes.

 

[shoot44]

Barzor - sometimes I get confused going which direction" - A while back someone posted to just think of the turrets as bottle caps. Screw them OFF to shoot higher/right and ON to shoot lower/left. All my scopes work this way - NO MORE CONFUSION!

 

[MikeVV]

All red dot sights that I've seen can easily be adjusted for height . Don't think that I've ever seen one that cannot be adjusted.

As others have said, since you are shooting at a close range, your adjustment will require more turns to effect a change in the dot placement.
I do the same. At my distance a "single" full turn on most sights (red dot and scope), changes the point of impact, by about 1-1/4".

So if you shoot at close range, adjust your sight in at that distance. You WILL need to change the dot/cross hairs when you shoot at longer distances. Just physics.

Mike

 

[esingle]

Hello with a red dot it comes down to height over bore line(closer to bore line the less deviation ). If you want to shoot at 5 yd you will have to zero at 5yds and probably use hold under at 10 yds. If you zero at 10 yds you will probably have to use hold over at 5 yds. Just try picturing your optic points down your barrel points up and your projectile is being pulled down by gravity as soon as it lives the barrel so you have 3 line. Your optic line going down, your barrel line going up and you projectile making an arch. I am not computer savvy so i can not post the link but if you google "bullet flight path ammoland" in google images you can see a diagram of what I'm trying to explain. Hope this helps Eric