Thread: Rifle shooting to right query

Originally Posted by gimp

What wind conditions? What bullet?
What scope? Does it track straight? Are you shooting such that the reticle is plumb?
What does your zero look like at 100m?
How many shots to determine MPOI? Where is MPOI? At zero, and at 200 and 400.

Dead calm.
Berger 150Gr. Classic hunter.
Leupold VX 2-10 X 42CDS-ZL2 30MM Duplex
Not sure what "track straight" is, but locked down rifle/scope this morn. to check vari power POA at 140m through 2-10 power. OK.
Plumb reticle? Rain and wind got up so I could not check after shots this morn.

I only fire 2 shots as shots at 100m and 200m are 20mm apart.

My question is, if I say I am holding my rifle (right handed) with a scope lean to the left will that make my impact point go to the right and if so, further right, as the distance increases?

PS Rifle is a Tikka I bought new, well looked after but never used at more than 200m. Not interested in using CDS.

Originally Posted by Gamehunter

Dead calm.
Berger 150Gr. Classic hunter.
Leupold VX 2-10 X 42CDS-ZL2 30MM Duplex
Not sure what "track straight" is, but locked down rifle/scope this morn. to check vari power POA at 140m through 2-10 power. OK.
Plumb reticle? Rain and wind got up so I could not check after shots this morn.

I only fire 2 shots as shots at 100m and 200m are 20mm apart.

My question is, if I say I am holding my rifle (right handed) with a scope lean to the left will that make my impact point go to the right and if so, further right, as the distance increases?

PS Rifle is a Tikka I bought new, well looked after but never used at more than 200m. Not interested in using CDS.

When you say dead calm - what are you using to assess that? 1 m/s wind full effect would give you maybe 6cm of drift at 400. 1m/s is not very much wind.


Re: tracking straight - does the scope track in a straight line dead vertically ? is the tracking aligned with the reticle.


2 shots at 100m doesn't give you enough information to be confident in your zero. It might be good or it might not - could easily be a click or 2 off. Especially if you are basing your MPOI at longer ranges off equally small samples.