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OK. I am having little luck searching on this one, mainly because I simply don't know how to phrase it out...


I have my nice new Norinco M14 in a beautiful shade of "Cosmoline Tan" ready to go. I have my cheap ass B Square mount, I have my 6-24X43 Scope on that



My Question:

I know how to zero a rifle with a scope, but how can I tell if the scope itself is "zeroed"?

I mean, I have had this scope on another rifle and gone a few turns up and over etc etc. I know the cross hairs are not in the center of the tube or lens.

Do I have to reset my scope to dead center, then get my rounds close to MPI using the set screws on the mount (elevation only of course), THEN get really accurate (as I can with an M14) by dialing in the scope?
 
Good idea to start with a zeroed scope... then zero the base, if it is adjustable, as close as possible AND then fine tune the zero with the W/E dials on the scope.

You can get your scope back to a "mechanical" zero either by counting the clicks of each dial from one extreme end of their travel to the other and resetting them "halfway" (eg half the total clicks)

OR you can rezero your scope optically....

To do this, place your scope in two "V" grooves supporting the tube - sitting in the ring bottoms that are secured to bases on your rifle will work as will a shoe box with "V's" cut on either side of the box to cradle the scope.

Slowly twist the scope while looking at a distant target point ...if you are careful not to disturb the axis of the scope as you turn it ... you will see the center of the cross wires (eg: reticle) describe an ellipse around the target point (if the reticle is not centered) . Adjust your windage and/or elevation until the center of the cross wires remains fixed on the target point as you turn the scope tube.
 
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