How To Zero a Rifle Scope
Even the best rifle scope will need to be zeroed in every once in a while. Without doing so, the rifle scope will not be accurate when shot. Trust me, there's nothing worse than putting your cross-hairs on the target and ending up shooting elsewhere.
Follow These Steps To Zero in Your Rifle Scope
Step One: First and foremost, you will need to put the scope mounts on your rifle, leaving the top mount off.
Step Two: Now you should tighten the mounts to a point where they are stable, yet tightened down as far they will go. You want it to have a little wiggle room.
Step Three: You can now take the rifle scope back out and place in on the mount.
Step Four: After placing the scope on the mount, you may need to adjust the mounting rings, so that the scope lens will be at a suitable distance away from your eye. You don't want it to be too far back, or else you may have to go back and move it later. A good rule of thumb is to have a couple inches between the scope eyepiece and your eye when you are looking through through it.
Step Five: Now it's time to put the top mount bracket on. You will need to tighten it securely, but still giving it a little room to give. This will allow you to adjust it as needed later.
Step Six: You will now need to sit down and look through the scope of the rifle as you would normally do. Locate the horizontal cross-hair and align it to perfectly bisect the vertical cross-hair by adjusting the scope.
Step Seven: Now you can tighten base mount down as far as it will go.
Step Eight: Now for the fun part, the shooting the range. I would recommend going to a safe shooting range to finish zeroing in your scope. It should make it easier with less distractions.
Step Nine: You need to place a paper target out about fifty to a hundred yards away.
Step Ten: Take aim at the target, placing the bulls-eye perfectly in the center of your cross-hairs, and pull the trigger. I recommend firing about three rounds in the same area before checking the target.
Step Eleven: Now go get your target and see how close the shots came to hitting the bulls-eye. If it isn't in the center (which it's usually not), then you will need to adjust the windage and elevation turrets. Since different scopes operate differently, you will have to refer to your specific rifle scopes instructions for information on adjusting these.
Step Twelve: After you make the adjustments to the windage and elevation turrets, place your target out there (or another one if that one is shot up) and take a couple more shots at it. Keep doing this until you are hitting the bulls-eye every time.
It's not hard to zero in a rifle scope. However, it does take a lot of patience and a little bit of time. I hope this article helps!
Follow These Steps To Zero in Your Rifle Scope
Step One: First and foremost, you will need to put the scope mounts on your rifle, leaving the top mount off.
Step Two: Now you should tighten the mounts to a point where they are stable, yet tightened down as far they will go. You want it to have a little wiggle room.
Step Three: You can now take the rifle scope back out and place in on the mount.
Step Four: After placing the scope on the mount, you may need to adjust the mounting rings, so that the scope lens will be at a suitable distance away from your eye. You don't want it to be too far back, or else you may have to go back and move it later. A good rule of thumb is to have a couple inches between the scope eyepiece and your eye when you are looking through through it.
Step Five: Now it's time to put the top mount bracket on. You will need to tighten it securely, but still giving it a little room to give. This will allow you to adjust it as needed later.
Step Six: You will now need to sit down and look through the scope of the rifle as you would normally do. Locate the horizontal cross-hair and align it to perfectly bisect the vertical cross-hair by adjusting the scope.
Step Seven: Now you can tighten base mount down as far as it will go.
Step Eight: Now for the fun part, the shooting the range. I would recommend going to a safe shooting range to finish zeroing in your scope. It should make it easier with less distractions.
Step Nine: You need to place a paper target out about fifty to a hundred yards away.
Step Ten: Take aim at the target, placing the bulls-eye perfectly in the center of your cross-hairs, and pull the trigger. I recommend firing about three rounds in the same area before checking the target.
Step Eleven: Now go get your target and see how close the shots came to hitting the bulls-eye. If it isn't in the center (which it's usually not), then you will need to adjust the windage and elevation turrets. Since different scopes operate differently, you will have to refer to your specific rifle scopes instructions for information on adjusting these.
Step Twelve: After you make the adjustments to the windage and elevation turrets, place your target out there (or another one if that one is shot up) and take a couple more shots at it. Keep doing this until you are hitting the bulls-eye every time.
It's not hard to zero in a rifle scope. However, it does take a lot of patience and a little bit of time. I hope this article helps!