Was this a fluke?

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I own a Savage Axis 22-250 and it came with a 3x9x40 Bushnell scope. I had it sighted in for 200yards. Once sighted in, I checked with my boresighter and it was sitting at 3 of 3. I bought a new scope and had it installed. After sighting it in for 200 yards, I checked it and it also is sitting at 3 of 3 on the bore sighter grid. Both scopes have a 1" tube, using the same rings. I did change the rails with the new scope cause the rings were interfering with the markings on the new scope.
Is this a fluke or since both are 1" tube and same rings...it should stay exactly the same???
If I had known this, I wouldn`t have had to go out and waste shells sighting it in, I could have done it and watched TV at the same time lol.
 
So you went out and did some shooting?
Booh hoo?
I have learned to trust the target more so
than the bore sight apperatus.
It is a tool for hitting paper after optics
install/adjustment.
If you're not shooting your ammo, it will go stale....... :D
 
kamlooky said:
So you went out and did some shooting?
Booh hoo?
I have learned to trust the target more so
than the bore sight apperatus.
It is a tool for hitting paper after optics
install/adjustment.
If you're not shooting your ammo, it will go stale....... :D
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LMAO yeah I know....anyday out shooting is a good day!!
I do know that a boresighter will only get you on paper at 100yards, but after going out and sighting it in, I checked it on the boresighter grid and it was exactly same as my old scope.
 
I wasted more bullets back when I used boresighters and thought they where good for something. They are still good for something but I can't type it without an infraction. They are good for gun stores to sell bullets and to charge to boresight..
 
I'll say it again.
Mount your rigg'in and bore sight your optics.
Set up a target at 25 yards and adjust to hit bullseye.
Move to your 100 yard target and make adjustments.
This has worked for me for years.
I have never missed the 25 yard target.
The fussyer you are with the bore sight proceedure,
the closer to bullseye at 25 yards you'll be.
 
iv never used a bore sighter, the most iv done was remove the bolt look down the barrel at the target, look in the scope and adjust, that will usually put u close at 100 yards

can't do that with semis tho


the last scope i put on i didnt bore sight at all just put it on , it was 2 '' low at 100 and the windage was dead on, just good luck i guess
 
Holy Cow, lol Ok OK, not sure how I can make it any clearer to describe my question. It has nothing to do with sighting my gun/scope in.
Lets put it this way: My boresighter is a Bushnell. It has 4 quadrants surrounding the cross hairs. Once I have my gun sighted in bang on at 200 yards, I "RE-INSTALL" the bore sighter and see where my cross hairs "ended up". With my old scope: It was 3 up and 3 to the right in the upper right hand quadrant.
With my new scope installed and sighted in at 200 yards, It was the same thing as my old scope when all done: 3 up and 3 to the right in the upper right hand quadrant.
If this wasn`t fluke, I guess a guy can remove his scope and throw any old scope on as long as it is a 1" tube and make sure it is 3 of 3 in the upper right quadrant and it will smoke bulls eyes at 200 yards without ever sighting it in.

The real reason "WHY" I check with boresighter is: Just in case a guy "THINKS" his scope has been bumped, or is out......this will confirm it and is a quick turn of the turrets back to the number you had when it was zeroed in at.
 
darcy32171 said:
Holy Cow, lol Ok OK, not sure how I can make it any clearer to describe my question. It has nothing to do with sighting my gun/scope in.
Lets put it this way: My boresighter is a Bushnell. It has 4 quadrants surrounding the cross hairs. Once I have my gun sighted in bang on at 200 yards, I "RE-INSTALL" the bore sighter and see where my cross hairs "ended up". With my old scope: It was 3 up and 3 to the right in the upper right hand quadrant.
With my new scope installed and sighted in at 200 yards, It was the same thing as my old scope when all done: 3 up and 3 to the right in the upper right hand quadrant.
If this wasn`t fluke, I guess a guy can remove his scope and throw any old scope on as long as it is a 1" tube and make sure it is 3 of 3 in the upper right quadrant and it will smoke bulls eyes at 200 yards without ever sighting it in.

The real reason "WHY" I check with boresighter is: Just in case a guy "THINKS" his scope has been bumped, or is out......this will confirm it and is a quick turn of the turrets back to the number you had when it was zeroed in at.
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Yes it is normal I suppose. Everyone underestimates these cheap scopes they work well in my expierience so why would there be any difference
 
aprilfoolsme said:
Yes it is normal I suppose. Everyone underestimates these cheap scopes they work well in my expierience so why would there be any difference
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I was always under the impression: If you remove a scope and re-install the same scope or a new one, you had to re-sight it back in. I guess I was totally wrong. Learn something new everyday.
 
Tried a boresighter once. thank god it was a friends. Hands down the most useless thing I've ever attempted with a rifle.

pull bolt, set up, look down bore, move scope. fire, adjust (number of inches x4 clicks) = sight at 25. adjust it accordingly. shoot 100. make finer adjustments or confirm it's hitting where you want. done. takes about five rounds and ten minutes.
 
JJ-65 said:
Your still totally wrong.
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So how can two totally different scopes read the exact same once sighted in? I`ll bet $100 that I can remove my scope and re-install it and reset the cross hairs back to the 3 of 3 position and I`ll hit the same spots at 200 yards without any adjusmnet of the turrets when i`m all done.
 
I had a pretty easy time sighting in my scope.

Installed scope

Went to range

Shot at 50yd target

6 inches to the right and 1 inch down

Adjust to centre of target

That's all
 
darcy32171 said:
So how can two totally different scopes read the exact same once sighted in? I`ll bet $100 that I can remove my scope and re-install it and reset the cross hairs back to the 3 of 3 position and I`ll hit the same spots at 200 yards without any adjusmnet of the turrets when i`m all done.
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Best you prove this logic on paper, not fur.
You could be in for a surprise and a long pack back.
 
darcy32171 said:
I was always under the impression: If you remove a scope and re-install the same scope or a new one, you had to re-sight it back in. I guess I was totally wrong. Learn something new everyday.
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Yes, Darcy, it was not needed!

My recording of the rifle, scoped and targetted OK, was to list the elevation setting and the windage setting on the BS grid something like this:

M70.338 Scope Bush 3X9 225 gr. Horn, primer, gr. **.* El. -2.3;W.Rt 0.5

It never failed me
 
Here's a target of a scope just installed and bore sighted.
The cartridge is 6.5X55 in a Mauser 98 action.





Here's another rifle with a freshly intalled scope and bore sighted only target.
My little modified stock gal Winchester 69A.





And this newly acquired Cooey Model 60 from jimbow47 with a used given to me scope.
Bore sighted only and fired at 25 yards.







I'm really not sure what some of you out there are doing with your bore
sight equipment, but it sure works for me.

Cheers.
 
I hope I never get a bore sighter that good I like shooting. I agree with Kamlooky, I have a cheap Bushnell laser boresighter, however as fussy as I am the first shot is quite a few inches high at 25 yards but windage is bang on.
 
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