Ep. 084 - How to Sight In a Rifle

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  @ronws2007 · 3 years ago

  Great vid. And yes, laser bore sight can be off. My favorite book is "Long Range Shooting Manual" by Ryan Cleckner. He is a lawyer and an author and podcaster. Formerly, he was a sniper team leader in the 1st Ranger Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment for some tours of duty in the GWOT. His instructional video has him zeroing a rifle at 25 yards. This always gets you on paper at 100 yards. And to that point, some outdoor ranges have a 25 yard zone in the rifle end of the range just for that purpose. It turns out that bore-sighting, old fashioned as it is, is still the best way to start the zero. It will get you within a few MOA at 100. And usually, the big variant is the windage.

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• BI

  @BillyBob-bd1hj · 4 months ago

  How could you go this whole podcast without talking about the 4 shot bisection method is insane.

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  @RMM--uv7uk · 3 years ago

  I have been using 4DOF for 2 years now. &nbsp;After the Podcast series you guys made on it, I switched over to ZERO ANGLE. &nbsp;its a complete game changer. <br><br>I test my reloads and gather all my data at Sea level. Roughly 80ft in elevation. &nbsp;But I hunt at or well above 5000ft. I recently set everything up at sea level. Entered everything into Zero Angle. Then went up to my hunting area at 5200ft. &nbsp;Entered the new conditions at high elevation. &nbsp;I put Clay Pigeons across a canyon from me all the way out to 300-550yards. In all different locations and distances. All I had to do was range the Clays. Input the yardage into 4DOF. &nbsp;And I was literally hitting every single Clay on 1st round impacts. <br><br>I know for a fact I could do it out further if I wanted. But I wanted to stay within reasonable hunting distance for my bullet and caliber that I am using. &nbsp;I&apos;m a true believer in 4DOF and Zero Angle. Long as you enter all the data as accurate as you can be. It works.

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• WV

  @wv50bmg · 3 years ago

  Your podcasts are extremely informative and I have really enjoyed them. I especially geek out on the reloading / dispersion / sighting in episodes.<br><br>I would really like to hear a podcast relating to LE rifles / AR rifles… 5.56 / 300 blk rifles / ammo / sighting in distances. (36 yard / 50 yard / 100 yard zeros) etc<br><br>Most of your videos relate to benchrest shooting and I would really like to hear how you apply this to red dot shooting. (Sighting in / dispersion / accuracy)<br><br>Additionally talking about SBR rifles / diminished bullet performance / etc.<br><br>Thank you!

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  @GunsWin · 3 years ago

  Y&apos;all need to get into the field for something like this.

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• PH

  @phils5411 · 2 years ago

  I bought a factory Savage 6.5 Creedmoor and shoot F-class 1000 yard and 600-yard matches. Shoots well. Just ordered 7mm prc for hunting. You guys do great job. Keep it up.

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  @wilfdarr · 3 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OORPayHawdk&amp;t=305">5:05</a> Exactly what I&apos;ve been preaching: if you know you don&apos;t hold the rifle straight, it&apos;s far better to level the rifle to gravity than to level to the rifle and then hold everything catawampus!

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  @DanielReyes-hz1qk · 3 years ago

  I really do appreciate these podcasts, informative and enjoyable. My local range has 50 and 100 yard rifle lanes and I&apos;ve always started off a new rifle, barrel or optic at 50. It&apos;s just easier to get on target and after a few shots you can move back to 100 and finish getting it dialed in

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  @TTT-du6oj · 3 years ago (edited)

  Leveling of a scope to the rifle is not always so cut and dry and the turrets are not always squared with the reticle as mentioned,I have an old Lohman padded sight vise that is an excellent tool which allows you to adjust your crosshairs to the bullet hole or your shot group with no gun movement and saves you on ammo,I throw a lead shot bag on top of the base for solid stability.Good talk,Thank’s Hornady 👍

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• KE

  @kenneider5317 · 3 years ago

  Best part of my week!!!

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• NE

  @newscoulomb3705 · 2 years ago

  For 25 yard zeroing, we would make adjustments after each shot until it was hitting in the circle, but the other thing to remember is that at 25 yards, even a 1&quot; circle is 4 MOA. Usually, that was no more than three adjustments before we had aligned our point of aim, and at that point, we were grouping within the circle.

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  @jonathanmitchell3733 · 3 years ago

  I use targets with little inch squares over the entire paper. Makes life sooooooo much easier.<br><br>But I love those Leupold bases where you can roughly adjust the windage with the bases before you even start to play with the scopes windage.

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