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Hey all,

I have been looking for a good, reasonably priced, gunsmith that does scope sight-in, in the Calgary area. I was hunting last weekend and my scope had gotten knocked off.

Anyone on here know of someone who can sight it back in for me before this weekend?

Thanks In advance.

Pete
 
You can do it yourself.

If you have a bolt action rifle, set up a target at 50 yards, take bolt out and align bore with target, adjust scope to target, fire one shot, it should be close, adjust reticle to bullet hole.

Set up target at 100 yards/meters, fire a shot, fine tune from there.
 
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When you get someone else to sight in, point of impact may be different than when you do it yourself.

i.e. Your trigger pull may be different...
 
If you don't have a bolt-action, get yourself a laser bore-sighter. It'll take you 5-10 minutes to learn how to use it. This will get you on paper, first shot.

Then just fine tune the scope from there.

The bore-sighter will be cheaper than a gunsmith and should last you a lifetime if you treat it right.
 
Please check your zero on paper before going back out hunting. I have yet to see any bore sighting equipment be any more accurate then somewhere on 8"x11" piece of paper.
 
NL-Hunter said:
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When you get someone else to sight in, point of impact may be different than when you do it yourself.

i.e. Your trigger pull may be different...
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All sorts of variables could be different.

I could never trust someone else to sight in my rifles.
 
Barnard308 said:
Please check your zero on paper before going back out hunting. I have yet to see any bore sighting equipment be any more accurate then somewhere on 8"x11" piece of paper.
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That's all it is for, to get you on paper. Anyone who thinks "mounted and boresighted" means "good to go" is in for a rude surprise.
 
A few things to consider:
1) You have to sight in your own rifle. If someone else does it for you it will be off for you!
2) Bore sighting gets you in the ball park only!

Bottom line is you need to shoot it with the ammo you intend to use. If you change the ammo you will change the zero.

To check the zero put up a target 100 yards out and shoot it utilizing a rest. Take 3 shots and see what the group looks like. If you are off, move the turrets accordingly (i.e. if the bullet is low, move the top turret up). The side turret moves the horizontal bullet placement and the top turret moves the vertical bullet placement. You have to know your particular scope (i.e. one click could be 1/4 MOA, 1/2 MOA or 1 MOA). At 100 yards 1 MOA is 1 inch. So if you are 4 inches low at 100 yards, and your scope has 1/4 MOA clicks, you must move the top turret 16 clicks up.

It is really easy once you know the basics behind zeroing your rifle.

Cheers
 
BCBRAD said:
You can do it yourself.

If you have a bolt action rifle, set up a target at 50 yards, take bolt out and align bore with target, adjust scope to target, fire one shot, it should be close, adjust reticle to bullet hole.

Set up target at 100 yards/meters, fire a shot, fine tune from there.
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Advice is to site in at 50 yards or less to avoid wasted cartridges. Nothing more costly then trying to site in at 100 yards to see rounds striking everywhere but the target. Secondly have a large piece of cardboard so you can observe where the first few rounds go. Then do not adjust the scope until you have fired a few rounds off so you know that the first hits are because of the rifle and not from you.
 
I try and keep my commentary warm and friendly lately but stumble here and there, this thread I can tell will be one of those stumbles. If you cannot set up and sight in your own rifle and scope you likely really shouldn't be hunting yet, sight in is something you should do yourself.
 
Ardent said:
I try and keep my commentary warm and friendly lately but stumble here and there, this thread I can tell will be one of those stumbles. If you cannot set up and sight in your own rifle and scope you likely really shouldn't be hunting yet, sight in is something you should do yourself.
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You aren't the only one....... last time a retailer boresighted a rifle for me, it was my BP......... and, as anyone who shoots BP knows, each shot was expensive.......

I could have done better with measured yardage and a big sheet of cardboard........
 
Superbrad said:
You aren't the only one....... last time a retailer boresighted a rifle for me, it was my BP......... and, as anyone who shoots BP knows, each shot was expensive.......

I could have done better with measured yardage and a big sheet of cardboard........
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The first scope I ever owned I had bore sighted by a "smith". It was terrible. Screws werent tight. Total waste of money. Ive likely done 2 dozen since, and have never touched a bore sighter. Centre the scope prior to putting on gun, install on gun, start at 25, get close, move to 100 and fine tune. Done. Usually less then 10 shells.
 
If you don't know how to sight in a rifle there is no such thing as wasting ammo. You need to do some shooting. It's fun! Go buy 5 boxes of shells and go shooting. Don't quit until they are gone. Don't be scared to crank those turrets. You won't break anything. Get that berrel warm (not hot) and have some fun. Be careful.
 
Yeah I actually enjoy sighting in my rifles. Trigger time, concentration, etc. I find it relaxing and when you get it Centre on 3 rounds (or less if you have a fancy bore sighter) it's more time and ammo for groupings. I'm surprised how many guys don't site in their own rifles.
 
As was said sighting in gives trigger time and also lets you learn more about your gun. It amazes me how someone gets their gun boresighted then just packs up and goes hunting. Also, sighting in needs to be done often when you hunt. I used to have a good boresighter that I used before heading out to the range. I got rid of it and went back to the old fashioned way. It was never on target for any rifle I used it on.

1) before the season is mandatory
2) after you have traveled with your gun is a good idea.
3) if you have had your gun travel by air to a hunt
4) any time you switch loads or ammo brand
5) during a long season

If you bowhunt you will know the value of continuous practice all year so why wouldn't that apply to shooting a rifle too. I just chuckle to myself when I hear a guy brag on how solid his set up is because a box of shells has lasted him for the last three years.

A competent rifleman gets that way because he shoots. Not because he had a smith boresight his gun.
 
Pay someone else to shoot MY guns?! Are you crazy? Sighting in is half the fun!

I make it a practice to take all my scopes off at least once a month, and put them in the dryer on fluff for 5 minutes. Then hi ho hi ho it's back to the range I go!! :-D
 
Ardent said:
I try and keep my commentary warm and friendly lately but stumble here and there, this thread I can tell will be one of those stumbles. If you cannot set up and sight in your own rifle and scope you likely really shouldn't be hunting yet, sight in is something you should do yourself.
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Following that logic, I guess millions of people shouldn't be driving because they don't know how or choose not to change their own oil? Some people simply don't have time, a proper location, or have too much money to care.
 
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