Thread: Zeroing: Getting too cocky leads to cockups

So this morning I rescoped the swift, it's going south in 10 days and I wanted a more suitable scope with a bdc rather than a fine duplex.
Bore sighted at a hi viz cone at 200 yds, grab some ammo and targets and off we go.
Only 11 loaded rounds, no worry this should only take 5 or so.
The diamondback has no parallax so confident in my bore sighting I start at 100 yds.
Get comfy breath out and pull the trigger, it made the right noise but I can't see a hole in the target, I'd forgotton the spotting scope and think maybe it's cut the line so another one goes off. Still no hole.
I fire a third at a gong I have suspended in front of a clay bank at 275 yards, there is a shower of dirt to the right and high. Hmm,
Set up a target at 25 yards wind the magnification to 4 to minimise parallax and fire 1, 4 inches high, 1 1/2 right. Apply the correction and repeat, good enough.
Back to 100 yds.
2 shots 1 inch high 1 1/2 right apply correction.
The next hole appears at 6.30 1 1/4 low wind 4 clicks up and as i fire remember i forget to tap the dials like I always do after any ajustment.
The new hole appeared at 10 o'clock 2 left and 2 up.
Bollox 2 shots left do I go home now? Buggerit fire them all.
So hole 5 appears a correction is applied and lucky last no 6 appears on the line half an inch right of centre.
Now im plagued with doubt, is no 6 correct. It will be 3 days before I get a chance to find out.