Sighting in yer rifle

[bubbawitha4570]

From Doc:

Whether it is a muzzleloader or centerfire, you need to get them sighted in so that you know it hits where you aim. There is no excuse to be in the woods with a rifle that wasnt checked prior to hunting.

If it was dead on last year, that was fine last year. This is a new year and new season. Things can happen to a rifles sights or scopes that can knock them off and make you miss. PLEASE CHECK YOUR SIGHTS!!



So you mean that I can't just do what my father claims he did every year??? Sight in is on the first deer he put down.

That sort of works for me, but I shoot my hunting rifle enough throughout the year that I don't go out and do the "sighting in" ritual.


Now don't get me wrong, I am a big proponent of having your rifle shooting where you think it is supposed to. I have seen way too many persons out in the field that just can't figure out why their rifle isn't shooting where they put that crosshair. ....them: ...me because they are wasting theirs and my time out there.

[psycho]

I always sight in in June and have never had a gun off from the previous year, until this year... What happened? I have no idea. I pulled out the .243 earlier this year and shot 3 rounds and said Ok lets see how well I did.... Well...in short.... It sucked!

I ended up shooting 10-15 rounds to get it sighted back in... I am going to shoot it again before season to make sure everything is still good... Im gonna do a run through of all the hardware as well. I hope its not the scope itself. I am planning on exclusively using this gun all year because of the predators in the area I hunt. I dont want to blow them in half with my 7mm's ballstic tips..

[DocHolladay]

Some people do as your dad Bubba and just pull it off the gun rack and head out. Me personally, I dont like having to chase wounded deer. If it is wounded, it is my fault because of bad shot placement, not because I didnt at least see where it was hitting before season started. I feel we owe it to the animals we hunt to make a "perfect" shot on them everytime. I dont want to aim at the kill zone and hit them in the gut or miss completely.

[bayoukid]

Man, this sounds all too familiar.

Doc, do you remember last year when we were telling everybody to not take forgranted about how their gun was shooting the year before and to make sure of what it was doing before going into the woods. Well, if you remember, Ol' Powderber at BOA did not heed the warning. He went on with his MZL and low and behold had 2 bucks come out on him. He shot and missed at 30 yards. The next day he came back and guess what, 2 doe came out and you got it, he missed again. I practically forced him to go and shoot at the target or he couldn't hunt anymore for fear of wounding one of my deer. Well, the gun was shooting 10 inches high and 3 inches to the left. The following weekend, a 5pt. walks out and BAM - dead deer, dropped in his tracks.

You are asking for a bad memory if you are not certain on what your firearm is doing.


Now Bubba, if you are shooting year round, you should be faithful in your firearm and good to go. This is more pertaining to folks who put their's up in the closet and then get it out opening morning thinking that it still shoots the same.

[smokepolehall]

Well the only gun i own that i know hits same every year fer past 58 years is my Model 12 16ga. pumpgun with slugs!

[bigblue]

Shoot 'em all every month, year round. Good to go anytime!
Don

[bubbawitha4570]

Figured I'd get some replies on this topic when I put it out that way!!!