Sighting in a scope- confusion

[medvedqc]

All depends on the scope, most north american scopes move the bullet impact on the target, some european scopes move the cross hairs to the bullet impact. I own both, and one of them requires a lot more ammo to sight in then the others, I blame this on a design flaw

european are using 1cm at 100m, 1.5cm at 100m or 1cm at 50 meters european: have a great sense of humour .... you need a meter to makes some changes also.

 

[rgh470]

Yep, and Who's on first, What's on second, and I don oh is on third!

 

[Hitzy]

When I got my diopter set for my K31, they had done a run of u/d l/r stickers for the dials that were backwards..... I won't say how many rounds it took me to figure out.

 

[jjohnwm]

Your gun barrel will send bullets to the same place on the target no matter what you say or do...when you sight-in your scope, you are merely moving the reticle so that it looks at that spot where the bullets are going. The "up", "down", "left" and "right" on the adjustment turrets are referring to "moving" the point of impact to coincide with the point of aim, when in actuality you are doing the opposite (i.e. moving the point of aim to coincide with the point of impact). They only use that terminology in an effort to avoid the sort of confusion demonstrated in this thread.

Obviously, the effort is meeting with limited success.

 

[Longshot]

Think of it this way. Look at your target. See where your bullets need to go to be zeroed. Use the markings on the dials to make it go that way. If it needs to go right, turn it to the right. Needs to go down? Turn in the direction the dial says is down. Simple really.

 

[Edzzed]

If you have someone with you, aim at the bullseye and fire a shot on paper. Next while aiming at the bullseye (keep your rifle steady), have your buddy move your dials so the cross hairs cover the previous whole. Fire again and you are on target.

That's very similar to how I did it. Was by myself though. I also used a home built rifle holder so I took shooter error out of the equation. Took two shots to get it sighted in.

 

[snomad]

jjohnwm, that's the best laugh I've had in a while. Glad I wasn't drinking something at the time or this laptop would likely be smoking just now....

 

[Bigbubba]

Your gun barrel will send bullets to the same place on the target no matter what you say or do...when you sight-in your scope, you are merely moving the reticle so that it looks at that spot where the bullets are going. The "up", "down", "left" and "right" on the adjustment turrets are referring to "moving" the point of impact to coincide with the point of aim, when in actuality you are doing the opposite (i.e. moving the point of aim to coincide with the point of impact). They only use that terminology in an effort to avoid the sort of confusion demonstrated in this thread.

Obviously, the effort is meeting with limited success.

And this statement by JJohn is correct. If Your rifle was in a vice, it would shoot the same place every shot, you would have one ragged hole. No matter where the point of aim appeared to be in the scope. You could turn the dials all you wanted to, the hole in the paper stays put. because the rifle hasn't moved.

So what you are doing to Zero a scope is moving where the scope "looks" so that it is "looking" at the bullet hole. (not the reverse)
And that's what turning the dials do - they move where the scope "looks" so now you have to hold the rifle in a different position to get the cross hair on the bulls eye (to look where you were aiming before)

Turn the dials the way the instructions tell you and you wont have any issues.