5.56 NATO Holdover & Come-up — 50 to 500 Yards

A table, not a silhouette. At 500 yards M193 is fifty inches low off a 50 yard zero — you do not hold that, you dial 9.6 MOA, and the card gives both loads side by side so the difference between ball and green tip is one row apart.

Full preview of the Holdover & Come-up — 5.56 to 500 yd sheet
Download PDF · A4
Caliber · 5.56x45mm NATO
Load · M193 55 gr FMJ
Ballistic coefficient (G1) · 0.243
Muzzle velocity · 3100 fps (16 in carbine)
Sight height · 2.6 in
Sheet · A4 portrait, 210 × 297 mm

How to use it

  1. Print at 100% and check the 4 in bar.
  2. MOA up and Mil up are what you dial. The inches column is what you hold if you cannot.
  3. M193 and M855 diverge past 300 yd — read the row for what is in the magazine.
  4. Every figure assumes a 50 yd zero. Re-zero and the whole column moves.

Dimensions on this sheet

LoadDistanceDropDrop (ft)MOA upMil upVelocity
M19350 yd+0.0 in-0.00.02894 fps
M193100 yd+1.5 in-1.50.42700 fps
M193200 yd+0.8 in-0.40.12336 fps
M193300 yd-6.3 in-2.00.62001 fps
M193400 yd-22.1 in1.8 ft5.31.51696 fps
M193500 yd-50.2 in4.2 ft9.62.81430 fps
M85550 yd+0.0 in-0.00.02743 fps
M855100 yd+1.4 in-1.40.42592 fps
M855200 yd+0.2 in-0.10.02306 fps
M855300 yd-7.5 in-2.40.72037 fps
M855400 yd-23.7 in2.0 ft5.71.61788 fps
M855500 yd-50.8 in4.2 ft9.72.81562 fps

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