The rifle is a .17 mach 2
2006-12-31 07:39:53 · 10 answers · asked by billmc81 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
A laser boresight is always a great choice for sighting-in any rifle. Barring that, get a good stable bench rest and head out to the range.
2006-12-31 07:44:29 · answer #1 · answered by brypri 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm assuming you are talking about a scoped rifle. If it's a bolt action set up somewhere you can look at an object thru the barrel from the breech end. Center the object in the barrel and adjust the scope so the crosshairs are on the same spot you see thru the barrel. With practice you will be on paper at 100 yards boresighting it this way. Then take it to the range and fire three rounds at a paper target aiming dead center of the target. You want a really small group when you do this. Then, looking thru the scope at dead center of target, adjust the scope to the group. It helps to put the rifle in a rest of some kind.
2006-12-31 18:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by Poking people with sticks ⚀⚀ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work as a gunsmith and licensed firearms dealer and we zero approx 300 guns per year. If your rifle has a scope on it you should zero it at around 30-50 yards. That should be about it's effective range for hunting small animals. You would be best served to use a bore sighter (lasers are very inaccurate) and then shoot it out of a vice. After shooting it simply move the cross hairs to the hole in the target and shoot again. It should be there. Always remember the most important thing in zeroing a gun is knowing where the cross hairs are when the gun goes off. If you can't call your shot then you'll never get it done.
2006-12-31 10:46:37 · answer #3 · answered by jmmccollum 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My Marlin .17 Mach 2 wears a 4-12x40 Simmons scope in high mounts. It is sighted 1/4 inch high at 50 yards. It will hit 1/4 inch low at 25 yards, dead zero at 33 yards, 1/4 high at 50 yards, and about 1/4 low at 100 yards. It is deadly on squirrels. I also have a .17 HMR and the Mach 2 doesn't damage the squirrels near as much if you have to take a chest shot on them instead of a head shot.
2006-12-31 10:13:50 · answer #4 · answered by .40 Glock 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
first off...alaser bore sighters does nothing special in sighting in you gun, any bore sighter does the same job,don'twaste the money. The get a 100 yard range and zero it in with trial and error. Once you get close to the target try diffrent ammo to see which one is grouping the best out of your rifle. Diffrent bullets do diffrent things and diffrent ranges. The more you try the better the result when you find that awsome bullet.
2007-01-02 12:10:33 · answer #5 · answered by Spades Of Columbia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The quickest way would be to bore sight it in and then adjust the scope from there. If you don't want buy a bore sight, you can always just start out at 100 yards and go from there. Try to find the range you will be shooting the most at and use that distance. If it is closer, aim lower, if it is farther, aim higher.
2006-12-31 08:01:15 · answer #6 · answered by wall_id_pike 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
site the rifle in at 25 yrds and see where it hits at 100 yrds remember if its dead on a 25 it should be on a 100yrds
2007-01-04 06:29:24 · answer #7 · answered by gunsmithbrannon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most guns should be placed in gun vice and then lazar bore sighted and then shot off sand bags and then make final adjustment.
2006-12-31 09:44:08 · answer #8 · answered by BIG SON 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Saturday morning. A target and a box of shells.......
2007-01-01 06:29:01 · answer #9 · answered by Wayne * 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zero the gun at the distance you believe you will be using it the most.
2006-12-31 07:42:45 · answer #10 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋