Question? Man gets new toy, man buys used scope, man sights in new toy, man shoots new toy, after 10 shots scope is off no movement of scope or rings I know cheep _ass should have just bought new scope, now the problem, got new scope, the only ammo I have now is untested reloads how do you think I should go about sighting in this gun now and I cannot find any factory ammo (.338 Lapua)Thanks in advance for any input. Happy shooting.

Ray,
Your handloads will get you on target and mostly sighted in. Don't be afraid to try them out. Get it on paper, where you wanted and shoot your groups.

Load a few more of the handloads at your starting powder charge and site in as usual.

I shoot almost any ammo of the right cailber I have to get the scope close.

The cheaper the better after the rifle scope in close with in a couple of inchs. I move to the ammo I am normally going to use in the rifle.

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Originally posted by Ray Fryar:
Question? Man gets new toy, man buys used scope, man sights in new toy, man shoots new toy, after 10 shots scope is off no movement of scope or rings I know cheep _ass should have just bought new scope, now the problem, got new scope, the only ammo I have now is untested reloads how do you think I should go about sighting in this gun now and I cannot find any factory ammo (.338 Lapua)Thanks in advance for any input. Happy shooting.

Your reloads or someone else's reloads that you bought because you could not find the ammo?
What scope di you use that did not work?

What convinced you that the scope was no good?
Did you mount it or did you pay someone to mount it and bore sight it?
You only fired 10 rounds with the old scope?
What happened in those 10 rounds that turned you against the scope?

Easy answer. Set a target up at 25 yds. and bore sight the scope to dead on. Shoot 1 shot. This shot should be somewhere on the paper. Adjust the scope the required number of clicks to hit dead center. Note to self: Most scopes have their adjustments set for 100 yds. Ie., 1 click might be 1" at 100 yds. The adjust ment at 25 yds. will be 4 times that needed for 100. So, if you're off by 1" @ 25, you would have to adjust your scope 4 clicks.
After you adjust your scope, shoot another round and adjust again. Once you're on @ 25 yds., move the target to 100 and shoot a 3 shot group. You should be in the neighborhood of 2-3" high. From there, you can adjust accordingly.
This is the method I always follow & it's easy.
Good luck.
Bear in Fairbanks

Pull the bolt, and with the gun pinched in sandbags look through the bore. Pick out an obvious target to center in the bore. Now adjust the crosshair to center that same object. If you are carefull to check that the object is centered in the bore and dead on with your crosshair it will be very close with your first shot.
On paper with the first shot you can "zero" it by carefully locking the rifle to the original POA and then adjusting the wires to the actual bullet hole.
You've now accomplished a zero with one shot. The rest will be fine tuning.

After bore sighting, put up a blank sheet of paper at 50 yards and shoot a single shot at the middle. Shoot your next shot aiming at the first bullet hole. The second shot will tell you exactly how far off you are. Make your scope adjustments (don't forget that at 50 yards you have to double your turret values) and shoot another shot. When you are hitting the original bullet hole, move to 100 yards and, if you scope is up to it, repeat the shoot at the bullet hole routine. If not, use as small a bulleyes as you can to do your shooting.

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