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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
Do you use your hand loads to get on paper?
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<blockquote data-quote="smokey3" data-source="post: 2108771" data-attributes="member: 94479"><p>If you are going to work up a load anyway, sighting in is a good way to work on load development and sighting in the rifle at the same time, in essence, killing two birds with one stone so to speak. I generally bore sight my rifle, use a poster paper in bright green or bright pink that cost a dollar each at Family Dollar or Dollar General. The reason for the colored poster paper is that the bullet holes show up much more vividly at a 100 yards than either cardboard or white paper. Shoot one shot which should be on the paper which I believe is 30" square. Keep your crosshairs on the bullseye in the original holding point and adjust your turrets until you are aligned up on the first shot. Your second shot if you do it correctly and your ammo is accurate, should be on the bullseye or at least really close. I usually take no more than three shots to zero a scope/rifle combo. There is usually some fine tuning once I have determined my ammo is giving acceptable accuracy. This is just what has worked the best for me without wasting precious components. Any of the suggestions on here will work very well if done properly. For me, sighting in really close up is just not something that I have ever needed to do. Your mileage may vary, good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smokey3, post: 2108771, member: 94479"] If you are going to work up a load anyway, sighting in is a good way to work on load development and sighting in the rifle at the same time, in essence, killing two birds with one stone so to speak. I generally bore sight my rifle, use a poster paper in bright green or bright pink that cost a dollar each at Family Dollar or Dollar General. The reason for the colored poster paper is that the bullet holes show up much more vividly at a 100 yards than either cardboard or white paper. Shoot one shot which should be on the paper which I believe is 30" square. Keep your crosshairs on the bullseye in the original holding point and adjust your turrets until you are aligned up on the first shot. Your second shot if you do it correctly and your ammo is accurate, should be on the bullseye or at least really close. I usually take no more than three shots to zero a scope/rifle combo. There is usually some fine tuning once I have determined my ammo is giving acceptable accuracy. This is just what has worked the best for me without wasting precious components. Any of the suggestions on here will work very well if done properly. For me, sighting in really close up is just not something that I have ever needed to do. Your mileage may vary, good luck. [/QUOTE]
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