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Default .22 scope adjustments

Ignoramus10132 wrote:
On 2010-10-24, Jim Chandler wrote:
On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:08:26 -0500, Ignoramus22870
wrote:

On 2010-10-24, Jim Chandler wrote:
On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:35:38 -0500, Ignoramus22870
wrote:

Never mind. I misread what I wrote down. It was 21 feet instead of
12. I made the adjustments and the scope is now dead-on horizontally
and vertically. It actually seems pretty decently made.

i

On 2010-10-23, Ignoramus22870 wrote:
I have a .22 rifle and I am trying to adjust the scope.

Unfortunately, I am limited to 12 feet distance at the moment.

I just made a great .22 target/catcher from a 12x12" 1/4" steel plate
and wood, so I can now work on the scope.

At exactly 12 feet of distance, impacts very reliably end exactly 1
inch to the left.

The scope is this:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001CRC20G

An adjustment of 1/4" MOA means 1/4 inch per click at 100 yards. 12
feet is 4 yards, so one click means 1/4*4/100 = 0.01 inch. So, to
adjust the point of impact by this much, I would need to adjust the
scope by 100 clicks?

This does not make sense to me. Would it suggest to you that something
is seriously wrong with the scope, or the way I mounted it?

i

Why in the world would you need a scope at 21 feet? Even I could see
that far with iron sights. Sounds like something is wrong with the
scope if it only focuses at 21 feet. Just my thinking.
I hope to shoot farther than that, but as of now, this is all the
distance I have.

i


Oh, O.K. You should sight the scope in at a distance of not less than
100 yards. I put a scope on my little Ruger 10-22 and tried to sight
it in at 100 and had to move it up to 50 to get it in the vicinity.
After that I was able to move out to 100 and was right on. Good luck
with it and have some fun.


Jim, I think that there is basically two separate adjustments:
horizontal and vertical.

Horizontal, obviously I want to adjust the scope so that when I align
the vertical optical sight line with the center of the target, I want
the point of impact to be on the vertical line going through the
target.


Yep, then you just need to account for any wind.


As far as vertical goes, I usually try to adjust the scope, so that
when I aim 1.5 inch above the target, I hit the target. This is so
because the scope is 1.5 inches above the rifle bore.


Good way to make sure you miss a lot...

You adjust the cross hairs to be ON target at the distance you are
shooting at. You you have to adjust the point of aim to match the
location along the arc of the bullet at the distance you will be
shooting at. There are VERY few rounds that shoot "flat" .22 isn't one
of them.


A .22 rifle is a lot of fun.

i
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