Is it ok to ask someone else to sight in your rifle?

[Hugger-4641]

I've done it enough that I can almost predict the difference. I have an astigmatism in my right eye that could be part of the equation. I have two Bil's and one Sil who shoot consistently about 3/4 moa to the right of where I shoot. For some reason, elevation doesn't change much, just left/right. So I've learned to sight thier rifles in 3/4" left at 100yds and it's dead on for them.

 

[lysanderxiii]

I would only recommend someone else zero your rifle if:

1) You suspect a problem and need verification, or
2) You are such a bad shot you cannot shoot a consistent group.

If No. 2 - after that someone zeros your rifle for you, you practice, and practice a lot.

 

[kerreckt]

My son sights in most of our rifles. Especially any with optics. He does it faster and better than I do. I will shoot them and make sure it works for me. Never had any problems.

 

[Bcwitt]

I have the guys @ the club sight my BMG for me. Is a thrill for them, & saves my shoulder & face a bit.

 

[Picher]

I used to do some gun repair for friends who owned a Trading Post and before hunting season in the Fall, I'd sight-in maybe 40 rifles, mostly with scopes. I never had one come back because the people couldn't hit with it. One guy with a Browning Semi-Auto had me sight in his rifle that had a receiver (peep) rear sight, that couldn't move, but he was paranoid, so I'd sight-it-in, but it never went off from my original setting.

I have a sighting-in vise that the rifle is clamped-in, after shooting a group on a target. It's called a Sweeney Sight-Align. To use it, the rifle is clamped in this portable 4-legged vise and pointed at the group on the target that you just fired. While it's fixed at that point, you make adjustments on the scope until the crosshairs are in the relationship with target center that you desire. Then, remove the rifle and shoot a shot or two at the target and the shots are usually exactly where you wanted the rifle to group.

The process worked very well and I not only made money, but didn't kill my shoulder doing it. We never had any complaints about a rifle not shooting where they wanted it to.

 

[JimKirk]

I've sighted in rifles for people who trusted me more than themselves. No biggie.

I wish I had $10 a piece for every one I have sighted in for others .... for that very reason ... I always handed them the target said it was zeroed when it left my range ...the rest is on you ...

 

[Picher]

I would only recommend someone else zero your rifle if:

1) You suspect a problem and need verification, or
2) You are such a bad shot you cannot shoot a consistent group.

If No. 2 - after that someone zeros your rifle for you, you practice, and practice a lot.

One of the problems that many people have is that they tend to flinch when shooting, especially women who have just been introduced to centerfire. JP

 

[GBExpat]

Is it ok to ask someone else to sight in your rifle?

IMO, ab-so-lute-ly!

 

[CraigC]

Not for me. I used to be just as bad about my vehicles but I've relaxed that in recent years. In my youth, I tried detailing cars to earn extra money and I think it burned me out. That said, I sight in rifles for the old man all the time. In fact, I've probably zeroed every gun he owns.

 

[Picher]

I used to repair/adjust rifles for a sporting goods store owned by my old school buddy. Out of the about 300+ rifles I sighted in, over about 8 years, I never had any complaints, even though nobody that I could remember asked to have their rifle sighted-in for other than 100 yards! I also had direct customers who brought their guns to me each year. One such guy had a Browning semi-auto with receiver sights and he brought it to me every year to make sure it was dead-on each year. It always was.

I wonder whether any of the people I sighted-in rifles for ever fired at a target to check the zero. I don't remember anyone who wanted their rifle to hit any differently than zero at 100 yards, either. I always adjusted my rifles to hit dead-on at 200 yards and have shot deer at that distance, though could have compensated for shots at about any range.

 

[roval]

i would love to sight in somebody's rifle so long as it is their ammo and no rush.

 

[Chief TC]

I think it is fine if people ask and I’d do it for someone but I would be inclined to encourage them to learn to do it for themselves. This question bring up the scenario in my mind of a hunter who is not a shooter. I can see a hunter asking a friend. Who is more of a shooter to make sure their rifle is good to go.

 

[Bud4FSU]

You can sight in my scope. You can tune my guitar. You can align my truck (if you’re qualified). A scope that has been zeroed in on the bullseye will do its part. It’s up to me to finish the job.

 

[Spats McGee]

Ideally, I like to sight my own rifles. That said, I've been on both the giving and receiving ends of Helping Sight In a Rifle. If I'm on the giving end, I'll usually get it "close enough," then have the other person get on the rifle and help them dial it in.

 

[doubleh]

It has been my experience that the final user will have to tweak the sight setting a little. Not always put usually. More so with iron sights that scopes.

 

[Click_Here]

Id do it for someone else if they were having PROBLEMS with their initial attempts. I would not help someone who did not even try. Thats a paid service at that point for the lazy and confident lacking individual. That said my first attempts at zeroing a scope was using 40+ rounds and leaving confused with an un-zeroed scope.

 

[DDDWho]

My nephew is the best hand gun shooter I have ever known personally. I asked him to zero a couple of 22 pistols. After firing and adjusting he put 10 rounds in a 1/2 dollar sized hole with me Ruger Mark IV Competition at 25 yards. He handed it to me I put 3 in the same hole.