Elite 3200 knocked off zero..

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I made a stupid mistake when moose hunting, I put my Winchester M70 30-06 with boresighted scope on my front rack and the terrain was very bumpy etc..

Now I see the zero did not holod on it.. does it mean the scope is wasted ??
 
moose hunting with a bore sighted only scope, I'll be surprised if you hit the animal, and if you do, it probably will not be in the right spot.

After bore sighting, one should be at the range, to test the accuracy, and make adjustments accordingly, I have yet to hear of a bore sighted scope/rifle to be accurate enough to go hunting.
 
Like everyone said boresighting is only to get you on paper at the range, you still have to sight it in by firing see if it hits paper at 50yrds then center it and shoot it again at 100yrds and then zero it.
 
I usually find boresighting to be a rough meausre only. My practice is to boresight at home and then when at the range I put up a target at 100m on clean, unmarked, backing paper so I can see where I am if I'm not actually hitting the target. From that first impact, I make the appropriate adjustments and finally zero at whatever range I plan on shooting.

I think it is quite risky to rely on boresighting for much more than a rough estimate of where the bullet will impact.
 
Maybe he just brought it out the boresighter to save firing a test shot at the hunt, and found it didn't match up with what he thought it would. I wouldn't be surprised if a boresighter failed to reconfirm an actual sighted in zero, even if it never moved.
 
DarkStalker said:
I made a stupid mistake when moose hunting, I put my Winchester M70 30-06 with boresighted scope on my front rack and the terrain was very bumpy etc..

Now I see the zero did not holod on it.. does it mean the scope is wasted ??
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First, I would be surprised that your scope is wasted (no longer useable). Like many people have said, boresight it as well as you can (repeat it a couple of times) and then go to the range and do the final sighting.

Boresighters are usually fairly repeatable (not necessarily accurate) and for this reason, can be used to verify if your scopes adjustments have been significantly knock off alignment during hunting. After sighting at the range, you should check where your reticule lines up on the boresighter for reference purpose in case you need to do some checking later on.

This happened to me during the last moose hunting season when I hit my barrel against a rock. My scope reticule was knocked off by a number of divisions (4"/div) in the windage plane as checked by the boresighter and based on my recent sighting numbers at the range.

Also, because my rings are very high, the boresighter has my elevetion zero aprox 3.5 div high on the boresighter which is equivalent to approx 14" at 100 yd. This is not a problem as I know this offset and only use it for reference.

I don't have any further test results on the scope and as far as I know, it could be damaged.

In the end, I would be surprised that a bumpy ride on an ATV would significantly change the settings of a quality scope.

BTW, what is the change on the boresighter in div and inches at 100 yd? (1 div. = 4" at 100 yd on Bushnell BS)

Duke1
 
Take it to the range and shoot it. It's the only way to know for sure. To take a rifle that you have boresighted only and not shot and go hunting is irresponsible.
 
Sorry for the confusion, it as boresighted and also adjusted at the range prior to the hunt.

I would hit 3/8 of an inch at 300 feet

WHat happened is I shot a moose from 125 feet from my tree stand at an elevated angle and missed, I assume the bullets went between the legs since the body is pretty big and I never even hit it :confused:

I need to go back to the range and confirm if the scope is not zeroed anymore. Just wanted to know if a scope that loose its zero can still be fine afterwards new adjustments are done.

The scope is an Elite 3200.
 
Shoot it at the range to find out if it is in fact off. Assuming it is off, it's possible the scope could be damaged, but the problem is more likely to be loose mounts or rings than the scope itself.

Jim
 
If you put in on the front rack of an atv without a thick cushion under the gun and in bounced around on the rack your head must be damaged. Maybe you need to get out to the rifle range more and take better care of your guns!
 
Im bettin there's a good chance that if you take it out to the range you might find that the scope isn't off. There's been plenty of Moose etc. missed by guns that were sighted in dead on.:sniper::runaway:
 
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