Sight-In Right

[FForF]

Sight-In Right
By Jim Carmichel

This foolproof, one-shot method makes it easy.

October 2005

4 Steps to a Perfect Zero
1. Before firing your first shot, settle in behind the gun and dry-fire a few shots to get a feel for the trigger. Then crank the scope power all the way up so you can see the target clearly. When you’re comfortable, load and fire a single shot.

2. With the rifle unloaded and safe, aim again at exactly the same spot on the target that you held on when you fired your sighting shot. It’s extremely important that you hold the rifle firmly and that it not move from your original point of aim.

3. While holding the rifle firmly on target, have a friend slowly turn the scope adjustments—first the vertical, then the horizontal—until the cross- hairs line up on your bullet hole. Look through the scope and direct him until you’re on.

4. Once the crosshairs are aligned on your bullet hole, your rifle is zeroed. Now fire a second shot to confirm your zero and you’re done. The whole process takes only a few minutes to eliminate one of shooting’s worst problems.

 

[Railguner]

This is the way I have always sighted in my rifles. VERY fast sight in. The main thing to do is make the ABSOLUTE cleanest first shot you can. If you feel good about the shot...ajust away. Then shoot a 3shot group to confirm and put the caps back on! Great piece FForF. This will help most folks allot. WR+

 

[BelchFire]

And it's even a one man job with a Harris bipod. I've done it alone.

 

[inchr48]

I agree it's the way to git 'er done. One place where sandbaggers are a good thing.

One note though. Zeroing in during the summer when it's 85 degrees and humid, will be different than a hunt in the fall/winter when it's nearer to freezing and dry air.

I always recheck my zero prior to actually hunting. No matter what I'm shooting. (I really notice a difference with my bow also.)

Good thing to bring up once in awhile, FTTPOW.

 

[tmoniz]

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[tmoniz]

I go for 1.5 to 2 inches high at 100 yards. The practice you are speaking of is a benchrest competiton thing. Put the first shot up and then aim at the first hole. If I were to shoot at my first hole at 100 yards. I would be putting the next 1.5 the 2 inches above that. Think about it.

 

[jim in illinois]

tmoniz, I sight in the coyote gun 2 in high at 100 and use the same principle. Use the sight in targets with the one inch squares and if your first shot hits high where you want it just adjust left and right. Usually takes a few more than one shot but still a whole lot less than the normal shoot, adjust process. Just my 2 cents

 

[Railguner]

You can also do this.

1. Take steady aim and bang off a clean shot.

2. Measure how many inches high/low and right/left that you are from dead center.

3. add in the amount of clicks up/down and right/left to put you dead center.

4.bang out a 3 shot group on the bull to confirm. ( if you want you can do step 2 to get to dead center and then add in your elevation clicks to put you at whatever hight above the bullseye you want )

i.e if you shot 4" left and 3" hight. You would put in (assuming your gun is 4clicks=1inch at 100yds) 16click right to get you dead center vertically, then 12 click of down to get you down into the bullseye. Then your DONE! If you wanted to be 2" high at 100yds you could have only put in 4 clicks to bring you from 3"s high down to 2"s high.

Sounds hard for beginners but it's super simple once you get the concept.

this is basically the same principle as FForF suggested...its just easier. No having to hold a gun super steady. If you know your scopes clicks are true....you really could shoot one shot and adjust your guns scope and go home. I ALWAYS fire a quick 3 shot group to confirm. RG