scarter Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 Hi guys I have a secondhand Yukon photon XT ( I think one of the older ones) but have no instructions on how to zero it. can anyone tell me how to do this please many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbrierley Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 http://yukonopticsglobal.com/support/instructions/night-vision-riflescopes/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 Mount your scope. Take 1 shot at paper and move the cross hairs to the bullet hole and take a second shot and you're ready to go. Sometimes you may need to shim or use an adjustable mount. I try my best to boresight it when I swap guns and that does help. I also start with paper close at 30 or 40yds to make sure I'm actually on paper before going any further out! Try and make sure its as central as possible because the crosshair isn't self centering and you can end up with it half way down the screen. If its got the doubler on you can shoot in daylight but don't even bother unless its overcast and you've got the lens cap with a little centre hole. I like mine, I bought an ATN to go on another gun and its very heavy in comparison. Use a better IR than the built in one and you'll be able to see a fair distance, probably further than you'd be wanting to shoot at night anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 9 hours ago, scarter said: Hi guys I have a secondhand Yukon photon XT ( I think one of the older ones) but have no instructions on how to zero it. can anyone tell me how to do this please many thanks Hello, you can find the instructions on the net and print off as Stuart posted, and follow Ben's post, what model Photon is it and for what rifle, ? Have you any mounts yet ? You may have to shim getting POI, or as many have use some adjustable mounts, so is it a 4.6 or 6.5 and what rifle, ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarter Posted December 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 It’s on a ruger 10/22 that the gun shop mounted for me. As far as I know they are just normal 30mm mounts........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 26 minutes ago, scarter said: It’s on a ruger 10/22 that the gun shop mounted for me. As far as I know they are just normal 30mm mounts........ Hello, ok, you may need to shim, I would print off instructions or Thomas Jacks the importer may have a spare instruction book, start with reticule centre of screen, try a target at 25 yards and see the POI from centre , and as Ben said move reticule to the bullet hole, if you find the reticule adjustment far off centre or to low or high you can shim front or back mount, this has most been on air rifles, once you have the XT instructions you can follow the setting up procedure, you maybe lucky and not need to shim , let us know how your getting on, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarter Posted December 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 Thanks for the advice guys. shims......what should you use as a shim or do u have to buy them ? I have no idea about these scopes sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow white Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 I have some adjustable mounts for sale if you would rather use them instead of shims shims are made out of very thin pieces of tin I cut mine out of bean cans or you can use plastic strip just wide as the mounts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarter Posted December 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2020 I’ll see how it goes and if I need some adjustable mounts I’ll let you know. Hopefully it won’t be too hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted December 27, 2020 Report Share Posted December 27, 2020 Hello, I am going to keep the XT I had for sale and try a new type mount, shims can be made from cutting strips off a coke can, I even found sportsmatch adjustable mounts a trial and error, keep us posted how you get on Scarter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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