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Zoom does NOT affect POI. It affects what you see through your scope is all. Say you have a 3-9 scope. Put your crosshairs at a spot drawn on the target at exactly above the bullseye. Now look at the mil dot below crosshair. It will look MUCH lower on the target than if you crank power up to 9 and hold the crosshairs on that same spot 1"above. At 3 power the mil dot may be on the actual bullseye while at 9 power it my be halfway down the paper or even OFF the paper. The gun will still hit the same place your aimed(POI) you're just actually aiming at a different spot if using mil dots at different magnifications. In as simple terms as possible. At 3 power the first mil dot will be at a (fairly drastically) different spot on the target as that same mil dot is at 9 power. Crosshairs stay the same regardless of the power.

If you use a first focal plane scope it will make no different to the poi, a second focal plane does make a huge difference, as a rule i use second fp and zero at 30 yards on a 10 times mag and don't bother with zoom.

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I understand and knew this, but I wanted to keep the video as simple as possible for the target audience of newcomers to the sport. There is obviously much more physics going on with hold over / under and maybe I will do a more advanced version of the video at a later date. Many thanks for your comments as the more information out there, the better for all.

This has baffled me I zeroed at 25,so shooting at a 10 yard target I have to hold under?

@@simonspencer65 The trajectory will depend on the height of the scope above the barrel and the power of the rifle. I zero both .177 and .22 at 25 yards , .177 near zero is 20 yards and .22 has a near zero at 13 yards (the pellets flies more slowly). Between the 2 zero points the pellet is above the crosshairs.

Yeah, don't know why he missed the first zero point. I'm wondering what's the range between first and second zero point.

Yes you are correct. Strange nobody else has noticed this very significant error.

Yes it does for the more advanced shooter.

lol, yeah never thought of that :) Weird.

Thinking about it, you have no scope so only 1 line of sight, your eye and the elastic. No barrel, Ie your eye and the elastic are where the projectile are in the elastic in the same line. If you had a scope on the slingshot, you would get the same problem,

To add the logic to iron sights, cant will be greatly reduced with classic iron sights that are much closer to the barrel line of sight. Trigonometry is all it is :)

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