5.56 NATO 25 Yard Zero Target

For the indoor range that stops at 25 yards. Read the sheet before you adopt this zero: it puts the far zero out at 363–400 yd and the bullet more than nine inches above the line of sight at around 210 yd. That is a usable zero for a rifle used at distance and a poor one for anything inside 300.

Full preview of the Zeroing Target — 5.56 NATO @ 25 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. Set the target at 25 yd and fire five rounds supported.
  3. One grid square is one MOA at 25 yd, which is 0.26 in — the finest grid of the three 5.56 sheets.
  4. Check the maximum rise column. If that number is too big for what you shoot, use the 50 yd sheet instead.

Ballistic data on this sheet

DistanceDrop (mm)MOAVelocity (m/s)Energy (J)
M19325 yd0.00.029951095
M19350 yd+2.3-4.428941023
M193100 yd+6.1-5.92700891
M193200 yd+10.1-4.82336667
M193300 yd+7.5-2.42001489
M85525 yd0.00.028221095
M85550 yd+2.3-4.427431036
M855100 yd+6.0-5.72592926
M855200 yd+9.4-4.52306732
M855300 yd+6.2-2.02037571

Computed by the BallisticEngine G1 point-mass model at 15 °C, sea level, 1013 hPa, no wind. Negative drop means the bullet lands below the point of aim. A different bullet weight or barrel length moves every number in this table — run your own load.

Other targets

Customize for your setup. Barrel length, altitude and temperature all move the drop. The calculator takes any load in the database and recomputes this table for your conditions.