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Posted: 1/6/2007 4:58:43 PM EDT
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hello was hoping someone could give me some words of wisdom. had my second trip to the range today. my 1st visit was sort of frustrating,everything kept going wide to the right. elevation was off to but i was more concerned with the left to right placement of my shots. once i cleared out of the range on the 1st day, i realized i had made a rookie mistake and had went the wrong way with my windage adjustments. now on my 2nd day at the range,i readjusted windage and did MUCH better. actually had multiple center strikes on target. problem is i had to adjust windage way over to the left. weapon seems to want to shoot high and to the right ,i find myself having to compensate by aiming low and left. weapon is bushmaster lower,cmt upper,bushmaster 16 in. m4 barrel. yankee hill flip up rear sight. collapsible stock. sighted in at 25 yds. got nice groups switched to 50 yds. and just wanted to go high and right. as i said windage is adjusted way left,not all the way but a good percentage. i imagine my shooting style needs work also. now if i want to lower my point of impact i raise my front post correct? just dont want to make same mistake again. so i was just wondering if anyone else has had same sort of experience. not a problem just experience. thanks for any replies mike e. |
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What I do is this: I sit down and shoot from a bench, fire three shots, check the target, adjust the sights, and do it again. I am NOT an expert or a pro by any means. It might take me a full mag to get where I need to be. (Thats ten tries) Today I went and busted a cherry on my new (used) AR, and got frustrated also. Its a flat top with carry handle, and I couldn't adjust the front sight high enough to properly zero the rifle. I became convinced I needed a .040" taller front sight post. It wasn't until I got back home I realized I had the elevation knob adjusted incorrectly, which was the whole problem. So my advice is recheck all your settings, and rezero the rifle from a bench rested position. Be very slow, and be very deliberate in your actions. When the rifle fires, it should come as a surprise to you as you are squeezing the trigger very slowly. Don't jerk it, just ease the pressure on very slightly until the gun fires. Do this three times and check your group. Then adjust and start over again. If this fails, give the rifle to someone who is experienced and let them try. You may also want to simply just shoot the hell out of your new toy until the excitement can be contained a little better and you are thinking more clearly and able to control yourself a bit better. I had this problem when I got my first AR. 
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