New Guy Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 I just got a new BSA airrifle with a scope. At the moment the scope is way off how do i set the scope so it will be accurate at 50-60 yrds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammergun Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 Set up a target at your desired distance, either a standard target or a piece of card with a cross drawn on it. Steady your gun and shoot 10 pellets aiming at the target, check to see the grouping is good and see how far the centre of the group is from the mark. Adjust either horizontal or vertical settings on the scope, and repeat firing. Get one axis correct first before starting on the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 Hi New guy Is your gun fac rated??if not 50/60 yds is a bit ambitious,my airguns get zeroed at about 25/30 ish.The first thing you needis a good backstop to stop any stray pellets,set your target up and fire a group at a mark on it,you will then see where the pellets are stryking and you can adjust as per the scopes instructions from there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deako Posted July 27, 2003 Report Share Posted July 27, 2003 If you go into your local gunshop and buy a couple of tins of pellets, they should bore sight the rifle for you for free. This takes a couple of minutes, uses no ammo, and should mean you only need to fine tune the zero when you get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Guy Posted July 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2003 Thanks a lot guys i will try it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 Start off at 10 yds. You just won't know how far out you could be at 50-60 yds. Once you have got the aiming point at 10 yds, gradually get further away from the target, but be perpared for some funny results as the sight line and the trajectory cross each other and then converge again. Get the windage(direction) right and then try at various ranges for elevation until you are back to 50 yds. I bore sighted my .308 and when I fired the first shot, it was only 2 inches adrift at 100yds. If you can look through the barrel it is easy, but you will need a gizmo that fits in the end of the barrel if you can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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