Yes.
100 yard zero
- Thread starter SPACEFORCE
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He says he boresights at 100 yards and he's on paper. Didn't mention any adjustments between lining up his bore and making the first shot.
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Without making adjustments, you are just looking thru the bore, and not bore sighting. Very difficult if you don't make adjustments.
I mean bore sighting is no different than shooting aperture sights, got to make sure you got equal amount of white around the target and bore.
StrelokM38
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I usually dope out my sights or optics when it comes to .22. If I have the option of adjustable sights, gonna use it and get very familiar with what I've got. Never been a fan of a one zero does all sort of thing. Just make sure your windage is set on point and adjust up/down as needed.
Put together a junky Cooey 75 with a ladder sight for the fun of it. Guns beat to heck but it shoots incredibly well. Just needs a new bolt knob. Shooting it out to around 340 yards here in this vid, might need to turn up volume for the impact sound.
I like throwing certain calibers out farther than they're really meant to go for fun, just need to find the space to go further and further yet.
Put together a junky Cooey 75 with a ladder sight for the fun of it. Guns beat to heck but it shoots incredibly well. Just needs a new bolt knob. Shooting it out to around 340 yards here in this vid, might need to turn up volume for the impact sound.
I like throwing certain calibers out farther than they're really meant to go for fun, just need to find the space to go further and further yet.
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- Location
- Nova Scotia
Boresight. What do you do when you sight in a gun?
Check and make adjustments to the sights. So whats so hard to understand that?
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Love the ladder sight on it..
No. Sighting in a gun is sighting in a gun. Bore sighting is aligning your optic to your bore, by line of sight.
I base it on the accuracy of the specific rifle and its purpose I put it to use.
If it’s very accurate, 68 yards.
Less accurate, 59.
Less still, 50.
For bush hunting at stones throw distance using open sights, 35.
The exception is if it’s very accurate and has a bullet drop compensating reticle.
That’s my method, and it’s regarding hunting small game.
If it’s very accurate, 68 yards.
Less accurate, 59.
Less still, 50.
For bush hunting at stones throw distance using open sights, 35.
The exception is if it’s very accurate and has a bullet drop compensating reticle.
That’s my method, and it’s regarding hunting small game.
If you're making adjustments, you've moved past the bore sighting phase, and are now sighting in the full system at your desired zero distance.
I’m adjusting the scope to center of target after I center the target in the bore without firing a shot. If your really careful you’re on paper in one shot.
Guess it all depends on the size of paper.
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Boresight - To align the sights and aiming point of a firearm using a bore sight optical tool.
You know how many times I watched people fire more shots than needed because they plop a target on a already shot up target backing, so no idea where they hit. So bigger target makes it easier, don't knock it.
Exactly.
Aligning the bore with the optic at 100 yards is not going to get you on paper first shot with a .22LR. That's where I'm calling bull####.
Why wouldn't it just shoot 6 - 7" low at 100 yards?
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How big is your paper?
