Posted: 3/15/2016 6:01:25 PM EDT
Well, my trusty little .17 got some new glass today (nothing special just a nikon 4x12 rimfire, it was on sale for 99$ this weekend had to grab it).. Anyway the rifle had a really cheap scope on it already so I decided to try something new... I put the gun in a vise in my garage, looked out the back door and zeroed in on a tree.. It had very interesting knot in the bark, so I held center of that.... Locked the gun in the vise, took the old scope of, installed my new scope, once the scope was torqued down, I got behind it, and adjusted the windage and elevation until I was dead center of that knot again... I estimated the tree to be about 70-80 yards away, so just for shits, I went out back and I set up a paper target at 75 and shot..... I was less than 2 inches off Now I know I cant be the first person to try something like this, can I? In the past Ive bore sighted my rifles to be on paper at 50, but even after that it takes at least 5 or 6 shots to get a solid zero.. I shot 1 time, adjusted and the next 3 shoots were dead on... Weird...
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I do something similar to boresight. Never got as close as 2 inches though  I was amazed.. Ive sighted in countless rifles in my life, Im the go to guy for my buddies as well when it comes to that, so I figured Id try something different today.. I confirmed zero at 100 with a golf ball, and a walnut.. Seems to me my .17 is read for pest control this summer...Damn red squirrels have declared war on my barn, and attic, but everytime I see them they are just out of .22 range ( I have shot them at 125+ with the .22 but .17 is more better at that range, plus they explode) |
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This is why I use a grid target with 1" squares at 50 yards. It's easy to shoot once on the paper and then just count the MOA to get on the bulls-eye. One confirmation shot and I'm good to go. Repeat at my zero range and it's done. This is my go to for New guns/New scopes, but with this situation I thought fuck it, lets think outside the box..... I dont expect it to work 100% of the time, but god damn when I saw where that round hit after removing a scope, installing a new rings, and scope base.... <------- my face actually looked like that.. lol
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