It is time to sight in the rifle for the coming hunting season ....

[Rob Stewart]

I always do the following.

Box of 20...

5 shots at 50M to get decent zero on paper.
5-10 shots at 100M to get rifle grouped.
Back to 50 and take 5, in different positions, but not on bench. Offhand, kneeling, sitting etc.

Lots of guys can group at 100M, but when they get in the field they forget the actual skill of shooting.

For a new scope I follow much the same process as you.

First I hold the scope against a mirror and centre the crosshairs.

Next I mount the scope.

I then remove the bolt and do an eyeball bore sight at a distant object. When I get to the range I may confirm the bore sight against the 100.

I then zero it at 50 yards, then move to 100 and adjust accordingly.

Lastly I set the gun aside or come back the next day when the barrel is cold and do a SINGLE shot. I wait about 15 minutes doing other stuff and do another single shot. If need be I tweak my cold (and dirty) bore zero.

I never go back and repeat any of this. Instead I just try and get my rifle out a few times a year for target practice or ammo load development.

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[Rob Stewart]

I’m 2” high at 100 yards. Using handloads, I get .75” accuracy. Rifle is a Browning single shot 30.06. Scope is a Leupold Vari-X 3 2.5 X 10.

Our gun club is building a 200 yard range. I’m looking forward to trying it out.

I shoot at a civilian club and on Base Borden. The upside of Borden is access to longer ranges.

I'm a bit torn right now. There is a work party laid on at my civilian club this Saturday that I really should volunteer for but we are supposed to be shooting on the 500 yard at Borden this Saturday too!!!!

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[MikePal]

Back to 50 and take 5, in different positions, but not on bench. Offhand, kneeling, sitting etc.

Lots of guys can group at 100M, but when they get in the field they forget the actual skill of shooting.

Basic rule for a box of 20..x15 for practice x5 for hunting.

Not enough guys do that...happy to walk away with the result from a 'bench rest' shot. I see it here all the time, few take the time to develop their skills to be able to shoot off hand or at least, a fence post barrel rest. Then wonder why they missed the shot when it counted.

[Deer Hunter]

I have my own shooting range on my property, I shoot year round. I got rid of rifles that can’t shoot under 1” at 100 yard. No problem with most Tikka and Sako’s. Need to shoot the new Bavarian a bit more. Hopefully sometime this week.

[Bowjob]

I always do the following.

Box of 20...

5 shots at 50M to get decent zero on paper.
5-10 shots at 100M to get rifle grouped.
Back to 50 and take 5, in different positions, but not on bench. Offhand, kneeling, sitting etc.

Lots of guys can group at 100M, but when they get in the field they forget the actual skill of shooting.

yup me and my father basically do the same.

[Snowwalker]

45 Grain .223 1" at 100. SHOOTING STICK people buy them, make they, just please use the DARN things!

[gmartino100]

Basic rule for a box of 20..x15 for practice x5 for hunting.

Not enough guys do that...happy to walk away with the result from a 'bench rest' shot. I see it here all the time, few take the time to develop their skills to be able to shoot off hand or at least, a fence post barrel rest. Then wonder why they missed the shot when it counted.

Some good advice there!

Practice makes perfect, so spend time at the range and shoot a lot. Then practice without the bench, chair, rest, etc. I usually buy a brand new box specifically for hunting each year before the season. Practice different positions with 15 and keep 5 for the hunt. It's very seldom you'll need more and if you do you should have spent more time at the range.

[fishhawk]

I don’t wait for hunting season to sight in. I am a member of a shooting club and shoot year round. I don’t keep a rifle if it can’t shoot at least 1” group at 100yrds.

[jaycee]

I don’t wait for hunting season to sight in. I am a member of a shooting club and shoot year round. I don’t keep a rifle if it can’t shoot at least 1” group at 100yrds.

Right on !

[Gun Nut]

I don’t wait for hunting season to sight in. I am a member of a shooting club and shoot year round. I don’t keep a rifle if it can’t shoot at least 1” group at 100yrds.

Hi Fishhawk yours is one of the first intelligent comment I’ve come across, There’s actually particular point in the year for signing your rifle for the hunting season???? One of the best recommendation I came across in a Field & Stream Book I got a few Christmases ago, suggested if you’re serious about hunting you should be running through at least two hundred rounds of ammunition a year, roughly a box of ammunition a month. In other words there should be no particular point time for checking out your signing it should be an on going thing you do through out the year. Especially if your in the habit of buying ammunition in different lots or from multiple manufactures. Each manufacturer uses their own components and receipts for manufacturing ammunition and they are different from the components and receipts of other manufacturers, who compete for market share. Being a reloader I’ve experiment with changing components, I was really amazing how changing anyone component can substantially throw off your point of impact. Someone ask once, why reload is it to save money? Definitely. In addition I’ve found that I can load for what I’m shooting, I don’t need the energy to kill a moose, if I am only hunting deer. As well once you find a load that works well, you can reloaded it over and over again, resulting in an on going level consistency, as long as you don’t have to move on to a different component lot. When that happens you simply again have to do a sight in.


You don’t stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut