Free: Contests & Raffles.
I am feeling like a kid on Christmas eve, and I started going though my pack making sure I have everything. I bought some gloves today so I decided to run a few snap caps through to see how the trigger pull and cycling was. I noticed that when I was aiming that my muzzle seemed to be pointing a little lower than what my scope was saying I was aimed at. I had my firearm sighted in at 200 yards and now it seems that my scope is 2 inches Higher. so my first question is, is this normal to be high when aimed at something only a muzzle length away, when sighted in at 200 yards? If this is not normal (which I have a feeling it is not) If I have my gun bore sighted again how will my aim be at 100, 200, 300 yards? Will a bore sighted weapon be useable? Keep in mind I do not have the ability to run to the range tomorrow to sight in again, so Heading into the woods with a bore sighted weapon would be my best bet.I am asking because my wife just informed me that she has bumped my firearm a few times pretty hard.
It all depends on how far off. your are right to about 20 yards. That is why I say, if you have to ask, go prove it to yourself.
Thank you all for your very good advice. I am not sure if I worded the question correctly. I am going to try and get some shooting time in today. The problem is I do not have access to a range any more. I used to be a member of the Grays Harbor gun club but when I moved to Olympia from Aberdeen I decided not to renew my membership. I dont want to go to the woods the day before the season and scare them deer away. I WILL NOT go to the woods without my weapon being sighted in. I don't care so much about the missing the deer but I couldn't live with my self if I hurt someone. What do you guys think about a bore laser? If i put a laser in my bore then walked out 100yards, think I could sight in my weapon without letting off a shot? I think it is obvious I am a newbie to the sport but I am trying to be ethical.
Everybody better take tomorrow off to shoot there guns, because there shooting two inches low at three feet. lol I don't know of any set up that the center of the scope isn't around two inches higher than the riffle bore.