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igotta40
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Posted: February/12/2015 at 14:35 |
This may seem like a silly question but I ask cuz I don't know.
Does a scope come from the factory set at "zero"? In other words I was adjusting my scope at the range the other day. I was OK at 25 yds, then tried adjusting at 50, then 100 and by then I was off the paper with no idea where my shots were going. To start over, back at 25 yds, how do I know where my scope was to begin with? New rifle and scope, never fired or had any adjustments done... Ruger American .270 and Nikon Prostaff.
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cheaptrick
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You can count the clicks, if you really want to know. Most scopes are sent out at a "mechanical zero".
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DCAMM94
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what he means is count the clicks from stop to stop, and then come back halfway - on both windage and elevation. Then you're at mechanical zero. If you were on paper at 25 and off at 100 I'd check my mounts.
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JGRaider
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Just sight in your rifle 2" low at 25 yds and you'll be near bullseye at 100.
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igotta40
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Just what I needed to know, thanks
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