Thread: Sighting in a rifle on a short range

Originally Posted by Sarvo

I have had the offer of a Rifle Range not to far from here - so I think I should sightin to the best of my ability and then go there and get someone to long range shoot for me (and waste a bit of lead myself for the fun of it)

No. I would suggest that you need to see where YOU hit at 200 not the other person. I have found in the past that what is set up as bang on for me will have a different point of impact for someone else. (technique, consistency even where you put your eye all have a minor effect) For sighting in I use as much bracing or steadys that I can like proper rests, and so on. This takes your wobble out as much as possible and confirms where you are shooting. If you wobble enough that this is not possible then I would have to suggest that you wont be in a condition to shoot at an animal at that range either. Bear in mind that while you are aiming at a smaller target, as long as you can hit an A4 page or a dinner plate consistently, that is as accurate as you need. If you get to sa distance that you cannot keep all you shots on that page, that is your range that you are capable of a clean hit in an animal. Any further is spray and pray and ethically getting into dodgy habits. I always remind shooters that your range of accuracy is more important than the rifles accuracy. 1 MOA means 5 shades of F all if you give the rifle to a 2 VHA shooter (Very Huge Angle...)

Personally I do not see it as a waste of ammo to practise.

I can now shoot reasonably well but I used to struggle to hit a barn door from inside a barn made of doors....

Windage is easy.It is the left right version of the elevation turret on your scope. Adjusting elevation is the up/down turret, and windage is the left/right adjustment. While it is pronounced windage as in win-dige it can help to think of it as not as wind as in it is windy outside but as in to wind a clock) Whine-dige (bloody stupid english language....why did I not learn another one when I was younger? Now I am stuck with this one)