Take down rifle zero?

[Shanghai McCoy]

I was watching the movie "Executive Action" today and all but one of the shooters is seen with a scope mounted take down rifle. They then put them together and make their shots with no zero defect. Now, I know it's fiction and "just a movie" but this has shown up in other films and I just wonder how much accuracy one could expect from a previously zero'd take down rifle after it's been disassembled,carried in a case, then reassembled and fired.. ?

 

[badkarmamib]

I have wondered the same thing. With the proliferation of Ruger 10-22, Marlin Guide Guns, and the like, I would assume that the deviation would be acceptable, but am looking forward to hearing first-hand experiences from members that have them.

 

[troy fairweather]

I've seen guns stay within 1 moa. The better the machining the better.

 

[walterelm]

If you have a quality scope mount ... intentend for takeing off / on the scope without need to zero in .. its more than just good enough for hunting at distances up to 200m .. that is 218 yards

These scope mounts cost ca 250 .. 400 € ... that is 270 USD to 430 USD

 

[briansmithwins]

The Steyr AUG has a quickly detachable barrel. Removing and replacing it for cleaning or transport doesn’t seem to have any appreciable effect on POI. I’ve got pictures or multiple targets shot over a few years and the center of the POI doesn’t move.

My AUG’s a 2MOA rifle, so we aren’t talking about the ultimate in precision shooting.

BSW

 

[taliv]

accuracy international take downs are pretty dang repeatable. there are a few others.
but i think most would stay within 2 MOA

 

[MikeInOr]

My Ruger PC9 does quite well keeping zero after taking it down and putting it back together. For the 100 yard and less I usually shoot with it I have no complaints at all. I also swap back and forth between a quick detach red dot and a quick detach 3x9 scope without having to re-zero the scope... for my uses (cans at 100 yards and less). This isn't exactly a 1000 yard match but for me it is fine.

Speaking of movies, I was watching "Mud" on Netflix last night. Not a bad movie, at least it was in English. I laughed my rear off when the ex Marine sniper couldn't shoot the bad guy because he fumbled chambering a new round on a bolt action rifle because his technique was worse than my technique when I was 8 years old. It was sad! I just laughed at another Hollywood movie made by a bleeding heart liberal that had to hire a special advisor to ensure the actor was holding the correct end of the rifle. LOL!!! I am not sure but I think I also saw the Marine sniper actor mouthing to himself "pew pew" while he was shooting the rifle.

 

[cdb1]

The scopes on George Clooney’s takedown rifles have perfect return to zero when assembled. It’s written into his movie contracts.

 

[d2wing]

Sometimes I cringe when watching movies or tv with gun scenes.

 

[LoonWulf]

Sometimes I cringe when watching movies or tv with gun scenes.

i just dont watch them too hard.....

 

[Slamfire]

In so far as irons and scopes, if you are a Smallbore Prone shooter, you regularly remove the irons, for iron sight competitions, and install scopes for "any" matches. As long as I install the irons in the correct base hole any zero changes are due to me. And the same is true for the scopes.









this British dovetail base on my MKII is sensitive to sight placement. I have marked the base so the sight is installed exactly the same location.



for my centerfire rifles, with those picatinny bases, the scopes always line up the same when installed.



You know, unlatch the barrel of a FAL, and rotate it back, the zero is about the same. FAL's are proximity weapons.

 

[DM~]

My Krieghoff comes right back to zero, EVERY time! With either scope...



DM

 

[Grumulkin]

Quite some time ago I went to quick detachable scope mounts on multiple Thompson/Center and Blaser rifle barrels. I even have a quick detachable scope mount on a 378 Weatherby. There is no loss of zero on the Blaser barrels in removing and remounting a scope. For the heavier recoiling (say 300 Win. Mag., etc.) Thompson/Center barrels it may take a round or two to settle in but it wouldn't make you miss a 300 yard shot on a big game animal. The 378 Weatherby will also take a round or two to settle in but is still plenty accurate from round one.

The advantage I see with quick detachable scopes and barrels are three. It lets you travel with a rifle packed in a case that won't get you an extra charge on an airline and it markedly lessens the chance that the scope or mount will be damaged in transit. You also can move scopes around between barrels rather than buying separate scopes for each though when changed to a different barrel a rezero will be needed.