9mm 15 Yard Zero Target

Fifteen yards is a defensive zero: close enough to be the distance most carry guns are actually used at, far enough that sight height still matters. Zeroed there the same load crosses the line of sight again at 48 yd and never rides more than four tenths of an inch high.

Download PDF · A4

Caliber · 9x19mm Parabellum
Load · 115 gr FMJ
Ballistic coefficient (G1) · 0.129
Muzzle velocity · 1180 fps (4.5 in pistol)
Sight height · 1.0 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 15 yd — 45 feet — and fire five rounds from a rest.
3. One grid square is one MOA at 15 yd, which is 0.16 in.
4. Read the 5 and 10 yd rows: inside the zero the bullet is below the sights by most of the sight height.

Ballistic data on this sheet

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.

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