Biggfoot44
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- Aug 2, 2009
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I'm not sure how to interpret post #35 , did you get it sighted in ?
Buuut, given that, it's all still theoretical, at this point. No matter the theorem applied, he still needs real world application to confirm his settings. He can't get that off the interweb.
It's not that complicated. If you want to zero at 100 yards, you need to shoot from 100 yards. he needs to find someplace in which to do that.
I have encountered many 'new to optics' shooters, who after multiple trips to the range and sometimes hours of dialing and redialing, have no idea which way is up. In many cases, with most factory set scopes, they are often times able to hit paper at 25 yds. right out of the box.That is easier.
But not required.
Even the military uses a reduced range zero, instead of shooting at long ranges.
I have encountered many 'new to optics' shooters, who after multiple trips to the range and sometimes hours of dialing and redialing, have no idea which way is up. In many cases, with most factory set scopes, they are often times able to hit paper at 25 yds. right out of the box.
Sometimes it's better to start from scratch. No need to crawl deeper into the weeds.
Last month I helped a friend sight in his new Ruger 9mm carbine with a Holosun red dot. We shot it off a bench. What confused me was that the Holosun gave directions for turning the knobs to move the dot. My Aimpoint red dots show the direction to move the bullet impact. I only care about which way to move the bullet impact. All my scopes and iron sights show the direction to turn the knobs to "move bullet impact". So, I think it is nuts for Holosun to show which way to turn the knobs to move the dot which is opposite to bullet impact. Could this have been a reason for your difficulty in getting your Holosun sighted in?
Last month I helped a friend sight in his new Ruger 9mm carbine with a Holosun red dot. We shot it off a bench. What confused me was that the Holosun gave directions for turning the knobs to move the dot. My Aimpoint red dots show the direction to move the bullet impact. I only care about which way to move the bullet impact. All my scopes and iron sights show the direction to turn the knobs to "move bullet impact". So, I think it is nuts for Holosun to show which way to turn the knobs to move the dot which is opposite to bullet impact. Could this have been a reason for your difficulty in getting your Holosun sighted in?
This is why I like the method of moving the dot from center to the actual impact, without moving the firearm.
No figuring which way to turn. If you turn, and the dot moves away from the impact, turn it the other way.
Also no MOA versus inches per click, just turn until it is over the impact hole.
When you are shooting a match and need to make a sight adjustment, you don't have the luxury of shooting from the bench. I guess that I am old school from shooting matches.