3 shot scope method sight in

[Robert101]

Ford..... yes I agree. It is that simple.

 

[ford8nr]

I've been sighting rifles in for 40yrs and every time I read about a 'new' way I can't figure out what was wrong with the 'old' way. Learn how your scope adjustments work and how much they move impact. Don't know HOW you'd ever adjust for wind with that system.

 

[dubbleA]

I've been sighting rifles in for 40yrs and every time I read about a 'new' way I can figure out what was wrong with the 'old' way. Learn how your scope adjustments work and how much they move impact. Don't know HOW you'd ever adjust for wind with that system.

I have been shooting for 40 sum years also and the OP's method isn't new. It's been around as long as there has been scopes. Sounds as if a few people think it's a "new way".

Life's to short to be counting clicks lol

 

[hey_poolboy]

Sighted in a new rifle and scope tonight. No bore sigting. Shot @ 50. Measured. Adjusted scope. Shot @ 100. Fine tuned. 3 shots.
Same as I've done for years. Still works.
Of course, I once put a scope on a friends rifle and had to have a 2' square target to get on paper @ 50! It was a cheapo scope.

 

[henschman]

Why don't you just learn how many MOA or mils your click values are? (Pro tip - read the turrets). Fire a group, make the number of clicks required to move center of group to center of target, fire another to confirm, fine tune as needed. No buddy system or absolutely still rest required.

 

[Cee Zee]

All scopes are not created equally. A stronger powered scope is usually tougher to get right IMO. It's pretty much essential to bore sight a 36X before you start or you'll be wondering where your bullets are going for all day.

From bore sighting I'll generally go back to the tried and true method of chasing the bullet holes with your scope until they match. However many rounds it takes is what it takes. And starting at 25 yards can certainly make things easier. But there are tricks to going ahead and starting at 100 yards. I look for some water with a hill behind it high enough to keep any bullets from skipping out. If I can see where my bullets hit that easily it won't take long to be shooting 1" groups trying to work it down to .5" groups.

I wish turrets all worked perfectly but they don't. Maybe if you have a $1000 scope they do. I've never had one of those. But I've got good scopes and adjusting windage will affect height and vice versa. It may not be much but it happens. It depends on the scope of course.

I'm not happy until I can put bullets into a tight group at the appropriate distance for the rifle I'm using. I don't expect centerfire accuracy from a rimfire at 100 yards for example not to mention 200 yards.

I will confess it takes me more than 3 rounds. I can get close in 3 rounds but I like to shoot so i end up shooting 40 rounds even if I'm already sighted in. Scopes often settle and the crosshairs get off zero when the scope is new especially. Some move after they have been left overnight even if the scope is 40 years old. I never find it as cut and dried as some claim it is. But eventually I get my shots where I want them. I don't really believe I'm truly on until I've let a scope sit for a day or two and if need be do it again. I've had scopes drive me crazy moving off center especially when they're new. I just sighted in a 36X and it doesn't take much movement for the crosshairs to be off a good bit. I'll believe it when I can go out maybe 3 days with a day or two between and still get shots in a tight group.