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    newbie - sighting in

    Kia ora all! I've been following posts and threads on this forum for a while now, recently got my FAL and bought a bergara single shot in .308 after reading what people on here thought about them. I went to a farm to sight it in last weekend and mucked it up by dialling my elevation turret the wrong way and wasting a box of ammo... duh!
    Anyway, I'm just putting the feelers out there and wondering if anybody knows of a place in or close to Auckland where I could have another go? Deerstalker's range is closed this weekend, otherwise I would have gone there. Would appreciate any advice or pointers! cheers!

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    Ive got a colometer i could throw on your rifle to get it close if you want. What part of auk are you in roughly
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    Don't worry mate,you not the 1st to dial yr scope the wrong way.Buy a packet of cheap ammo and try and sight in at 50yds for a start.Then try at 100yds.Expensive hunting ammo not that necessary shooting inside 200yd for a 308.
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    I'm feeling very smug: got a new scope and fitted it to the rifle, held the rifle between sandbags and bore sighted it as well as I could. Last night went and fired a few rounds through it at 100m to see how much more work it needed prior to the Xmas hunting trips. 5 inches left and bang on for elevation. Not bad for the old eyeometer.

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    In a hurry before a hunting trip,some guys have put a scope on rifle with the windage on top.Guess where the elevation was.lols
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    left handed scope
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    may be sarcastic may be a bad joke

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    A great way to get very close.
    Do it at 25yards first.
    Then 100 yards.
    But, you will need to confirm with a 3-5 shot goup.

    Happy hunting.

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    Look up who tee who on YouTube I use his 10 yard method followed by 100yard to confirm. I do yards as the range I use is set up that way

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    A little trick I've found when putting a new scope on a rifle is that when doing a bore sight with the "eyeometer", I do it at as longer range as possible, i.e. a tree on a ridge 4-5 km away, you'll be surprised how close your first shots are when you compare it to a short distance bore sight.

 

 

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