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.

Shoot the gun at 25yds. to zero it.

Then, shoot at 100yds, again just to zero it.

Once sighted in at 100yds. , start testing your handloads.

Shoot the best of them at longer range.

George

You don't say what scope you bought. Bore sight the gun and scope ie. with pistol target (large black) at 25 yards remove bolt, center the black in the bore and then without moving the gun adjust the scope so that it is centered on the black. Shoot one round. Should be on the paper somewhere. Holding the gun steady, adjust the gun so the crosshairs are centered on the target, then adjust the crosshairs so that they are centered on the hole you just created. You can shoot one more round (if you want to)and it should be in the center of the black. Set up target at 100 yards. Shoot one round. You should be on the paper. Adjust the scope to whatever you want eg. if you want to shoot at 200 yards, zero it at say 2" high at 100. Shoot for groups!
Peter.

For ammo, have you tried ?

http://ammoseek.com/?gun=rifle...=noblanks&sortby=cpr

Or luckygunner.com. If it isn't in stock it won't be on their website.

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Originally posted by Peter:
You don't say what scope you bought. Bore sight the gun and scope ie. with pistol target (large black) at 25 yards remove bolt, center the black in the bore and then without moving the gun adjust the scope so that it is centered on the black. Shoot one round. Should be on the paper somewhere. Holding the gun steady, adjust the gun so the crosshairs are centered on the target, then adjust the crosshairs so that they are centered on the hole you just created. You can shoot one more round (if you want to)and it should be in the center of the black. Set up target at 100 yards. Shoot one round. You should be on the paper. .

That is the method I use to get a good basic dial in. The key is to mount the gun into a steady rest. The first time I did this years ago I just fashioned a rest out of wood. Takes the guess work out of sighting in and is possible to get into the 10 ring with one shot..