Sight In?

[MKMGOBL]

I’m totally frustrated with my 22-250 sight in sessions I’ve never had so much trouble but I’ve got it figured out after a lot of shooting. I’ve always believed that when sighting in a scope, if you are low…you move your scope elevation up. So if I’m hitting high, moving my scope elevation down would be the ticket right? It’s the opposite of sighting in a bow where you move your pin to the point of impact.

So at the range today I shot at 30 yards and was about 5 inches high and to the left. Working on just my elevation and not the right to left, I moved my scopes truant down 12 clicks to just get it down. Next thing I know I’m off the paper. I moved it back 12 clicks and when up 4 clicks up just to see where it’s hitting. Well it turns out with my TruGlo scope is opposite of every scope I’ve ever used. Shooting high, I need to click it up and not down! Am I having a brain fart or my TruGlo scope backwards?

[MKMGOBL]

Never mind....it's a brain fart

[MKMGOBL]

Quick easy sight in method. After placing your three shot group, place you crosshairs on the center dot of the target. While holding them on the center dot, move your crosshairs to the center of your group. This should place you on target for the next shots.

The key things with this method is to keep your gun solid and DO NOT start on your group or shot and work to the center dot Take it from this knucklehead...it does not work that way

[MKMGOBL]

So I gave the 22-250 a barrel cleaning and heading for the range this morning. Set it up at the 100yds bench and sent 3 shots down range. The first shot was just low outside of the center dot between 5 and 6 o’clock. After a barrel cool down, my second shot was the 9 o’clock flyer. I’ve got two excuses for that one. One the mosquitoes were pretty bad and I might have rushed it. Two, it could have been me trying to hold the TruGlo 2-7X32 crosshairs on a 1” dot @ 100yds. For me its tough when the crosshairs block out the dot so I’ve really got be on my game with my breathing, my hold and squeezing off the shot. Anyways, after another barrel cool down time and loading up on bug stray, my third shot was on its way. ¾” group wasn’t bad so I ended up giving it 4 clicks DOWN which should put me just right

I wanted to shoot at 50 and 150 but I was pressed for time but mostly on ammo. With only 5 rounds left, I’d like to keep them just in case it takes me a while to pick up a few new boxes. It will be a while but eventually I’d like to put a better higher powered scope on this set up.

[regnar]

Did you check out Nikons spot on? IF not you really should. It is by far the best free program out there and one of the better all around ones period. It will save you a LOT of time.