Do you really need to bore sight a scope?

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Hello all,
I finaly was able to buy a scope for my SKS rifle, I was wondering if you really need to take your rifle into a gunsmith so they can bore sight?

I figured because the 7.62X39 ammo is so cheap and if you work your way from the the 25yrd to the 100 plus yrds line you should be able to adjusted it that out having to bore sight.

And if you have bore sight how can you do this by your self? yes Iam very new to gun sports.
thanks al help would be great!
 
On a cheap rifle with cheap ammo, boresighting by a gunsmith is a TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY.

The basic premise is to look down the bore (or use a laser bore sighter) at an object far away. Move the scope until sighting down the bore and looking through the scope are pointing at the same place.

I don't think it's easy on an SKS, but on a bolt action rifle it's super easy - just take the bolt out and look down the barrel! Obviously, boresighting is much easier if the gun is in a solid vise/rest.

But like you said... as long as you start at 25 yards or closer, it shouldn't be a problem doing it yourself.
 
Bore sighting is used to save some ammo, and so you can start your sighting at 100 yards. 25 yards is the perfect place to start, just make sure your paper is big as so you can see where you are hitting. Once on target at 25, move out to 100 and you should be close enough to hit another large piece of paper. I use old blue prints for my range shooting.
 
I sighted in my 22-250 w/o bore sighting it, but I also started at 25 yrds with a big target...didnt take much to get it sighted in though.
 
If you have one of the mounts that allows you to use the open sights with the scope attached, just use the sights to roughly align your scope. Assuming your sights are aligned, you will be on paper from the get go and can dial it in from there.
 
I use a cheap laser pointer and shine the beam down the barrel and look through the scope and adj till I can see the dot in the center of the crosshair, then I add like a a few inches of clicks for 100m.. Will give me a rough Idea...
 
What I do...

Bench rifle, well supported, sandbags etc (don't rest barrel on bags), shoot 3 rnds at the paper 25 yards away...without moving the rifle dial scope so cross hairs cover your bullet holes on the paper.

Try a few more shot on a clean area of the paper to double check. :D
 
I just remove the bolt, look down the barrel, wile its resting on the bipod, center the bore on something, than look through the scope, make mental note how far its off... and then adjust acordingly. I have amost always got it on paper at 100 yards that way.
 
Thanks you all for all your help, i feel confident that i can sight this sks in. i had and idea about taping a laser pointer on my barrel and geting a rough idea where the first couple of shots are going
 
Set rifle on a solid rest - fire one shot at target - reposition rifle to gain the original sight picture - adjust cross hair to cover bullet hole in target - no hole appears in target - bore sight and repeat.
 
Most hunters just let the guy down at the sporting goods store install the scope and call it good.

Less chance of injuring white tails that way. You also save on the cost of ammunition to check your zero every year.

:D
 
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