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Sighting in a rifle
Posted on 12/26/14 at 8:53 pm
Posted on 12/26/14 at 8:53 pm
After reading the last few days I would like to remind everyone that there are places you can go BEFORE you go hunting and make sure your scope is properly sighted in.
This method is MUCH better than finding out after you crippled a deer because you shot low and AFTER the fact you find your scope is off!
It's not fair to the deer, for christ sakes if you are going to pull the trigger know where your gun shoots, if it's a borrowed gun don't shoot it until you know where its shooting!
Merry Christmas
This method is MUCH better than finding out after you crippled a deer because you shot low and AFTER the fact you find your scope is off!
It's not fair to the deer, for christ sakes if you are going to pull the trigger know where your gun shoots, if it's a borrowed gun don't shoot it until you know where its shooting!
Merry Christmas
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Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:28 pm to Da Hammer
Indeed great advice that should be followed. My sons sight in every season and keep checking again after each handful of hunts. They hunt within 1-2 miles from the house and hunt 8-10 times a week during the 3 week stretch around Christmas and New Years. 
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:35 pm to Yewkindewit
I shoot on average about 200 rounds a month out of my hunting/target rifles. That isn't necessary for any hunting application.
However after listening to all of these the one that got away stories with rifles that were off it doesn't take but a minute or two to check where a rifle is hitting.
However after listening to all of these the one that got away stories with rifles that were off it doesn't take but a minute or two to check where a rifle is hitting.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:38 pm to Da Hammer
One can only wonder how many misses were bc the sights were off and not yanking the trigger.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 9:41 pm to brass2mouth
If memory serves me correct both of the threads where crippled deer were left were confirmed off target AFTER shooting the gun later in the day to check if it was sighted in still.
Simple things could make life a lot easier, however it wouldn't be fun around here if we couldn't give people hell!
Simple things could make life a lot easier, however it wouldn't be fun around here if we couldn't give people hell!
Posted on 12/26/14 at 10:54 pm to Da Hammer
That, or more likely it's an excuse as to why they missed in the first place.
I've had the same scope on the same 30-06 for going on 9 years now, and carry it all the time in condos, ladders, and climbers. Have shot that thing once before each season to check it and have NEVER had to adjust it due to the scope magically 'getting knocked off.' So, long story short (IMO), 9 times out of 10 it's the operator, not the weapon.
I've had the same scope on the same 30-06 for going on 9 years now, and carry it all the time in condos, ladders, and climbers. Have shot that thing once before each season to check it and have NEVER had to adjust it due to the scope magically 'getting knocked off.' So, long story short (IMO), 9 times out of 10 it's the operator, not the weapon.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 11:30 pm to halleburton
I haven't really had to adjust my scope since I mounted it either, and I've knocked a scope or two pretty hard while climbing.
I hunted with some guys that all went and bought .45-70s the first year they became legal in MS. Threw on some entry level scopes and couldn't get them zeroed in, or it wouldn't hold a zero. That's been one of the knocks I've heard about some of the Nikon scopes is they don't handle the recoil as well as some of the other brands, but that's just hearsay.
I hunted with some guys that all went and bought .45-70s the first year they became legal in MS. Threw on some entry level scopes and couldn't get them zeroed in, or it wouldn't hold a zero. That's been one of the knocks I've heard about some of the Nikon scopes is they don't handle the recoil as well as some of the other brands, but that's just hearsay.
Posted on 12/26/14 at 11:56 pm to Da Hammer
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If memory serves me correct both of the threads where crippled deer were left were confirmed off target AFTER shooting the gun later in the day to check if it was sighted in still.
Not the situation with my blunder. Gun was sighted in 2" high at 100yds. Zeroed @ 200 yds.
I had shot it about a week earlier to check it. On a lead sled. Shot it today to check it again. It was on then and it is on now.
This post was edited on 12/27/14 at 12:02 am
Posted on 12/27/14 at 8:07 am to Da Hammer
I agree with this, we spend a TON of money every year chasing these things. Not to mention it is only fair to the deer, and you owe it to the deer to make sure you'll put an ethical shot on it.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 9:22 am to KingRanch
I knocked one off zero once in my life, but it took a hell of a hit to do it. It was my long time go to gun. Winchester Model 70 Featherweight with a Leupold scope and Redfield rings and Redfield one piece base. Dropped it on a mountainside in New Mexico, slid 50 feet down the slope and was still on zero. But the time I knocked it off I tripped over a guy wire in the dark and slammed it into a rock hard enough to leave a dent in the turret cap. That knocked it off several inches. Put it back on zero and haven't touched it since. Good equipment means a lot. Some of these cheap aluminum rings make me wonder.
This post was edited on 12/27/14 at 9:30 am
Posted on 12/27/14 at 10:03 am to KingRanch
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you owe it to the deer
Damn entitled arse deer.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 10:10 am to brass2mouth
Meh, shite happens, do your best , have a rifle you trust, but I think most people that miss or make a bad shot end up blaming it on "my gun was off" as that sounds better than I was so nervous i could not keep the cross hairs steady, or I Mis judged the distance, or I jerked when I pulled the trigger, or I did not gave a steady rest, etc. it happens, it sucks but it is part of the sport. Just like having crippled ducks get away and throwing back undersized fish that have swollowed the hook and will certainly die
Do your best, but don't kill yourself over it
Do your best, but don't kill yourself over it
This post was edited on 12/27/14 at 10:23 am
Posted on 12/27/14 at 11:00 am to Tigerpaw123
I disagree tigerpaw. In the last few days I've read of people crippling deer with low shots they later confirmed were from the scope being off. To take a rifle out that you "think" is sighted in properly is unacceptable. It takes two minutes to take a practice shot let alone actually practice shooting some before the season.
I will agree most misses are from lack of practice or jerking the trigger, nerves, exciment. However the more you practice the less of an issue the small things become.
I will never claim to not miss we all can miss we all can botch a shot but I can Garuntee that a rifle I take to the woods will be sub MOA to 500 yards so if I miss its not equipment its me.
I will agree most misses are from lack of practice or jerking the trigger, nerves, exciment. However the more you practice the less of an issue the small things become.
I will never claim to not miss we all can miss we all can botch a shot but I can Garuntee that a rifle I take to the woods will be sub MOA to 500 yards so if I miss its not equipment its me.
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