Zeroing a scope: Best way?

smokey0118 said:

Just do it in cold air, because it's less dense(which is why you can pack more air in a cylinder...u know....because cold air is less dense) and the contracted barrel will give you more velocity the colder it gets... It's facts....according to ih8demlibz. That guy is always full of helpul information...

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fabsroman said:

I was hoping to never see the "cold air is less dense" thing come up again. Same goes for using small pistol primers in .223 cases. Same goes for 1 bar of 3% antimony lead and 2 bars of pure lead result in sabots of 3% antimony because that antimony does not just evaporate.

Hoping I am never responsible for any quotes like that and wondering how people are not blowing themselves up in their basements.

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fabsroman said:

I was hoping to never see the "cold air is less dense" thing come up again. Same goes for using small pistol primers in .223 cases. Same goes for 1 bar of 3% antimony lead and 2 bars of pure lead result in sabots of 3% antimony because that antimony does not just evaporate.
Hoping I am never responsible for any quotes like that and wondering how people are not blowing themselves up in their basements.

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fabsroman said:

I was hoping to never see the "cold air is less dense" thing come up again. Same goes for using small pistol primers in .223 cases. Same goes for 1 bar of 3% antimony lead and 2 bars of pure lead result in sabots of 3% antimony because that antimony does not just evaporate.

Hoping I am never responsible for any quotes like that and wondering how people are not blowing themselves up in their basements.

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Mooseman said:

Boresight first. That will get you on paper. Then you can zero in at the range.

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armed ferret said:

eyeball?

just take the upper off, get it on a rest or vise (i know a ferret guy who has one if you don't) and then remove the BCG. look through the bore at something maybe 25-50 yards away, then get the scope as centered as possible on whatever you see centered in the bore.

enough to get you on paper, fo' sho'.

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Sling Blade said:

That's worth a try.

I was looking at those laser ones earlier, since I might wanna do it on some other guns. Are they worth the money?

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