Scope Zero Check Thread

[Dobermann]

All of it. Spuhr’s historically have done poorly with impacts and long term zero retention. The ring design is poor, the small screws for bases don’t hold well, etc.

What? Spuhr no good?

Next you're going to tell us that there are problems with Remington 700 actions and Leupold scopes.

Oh, wait ...

 

[Nine Banger]

I've been staring at 5 boxes of 77gr TMK's I loaded a night or two before my trip to Montana this summer.

26gr must be right on the cusp of over pressure in the coastal plain of the SE USA but I got to MT and they were too hot. The kinda hot where funk is hitting your hands, primers are backing out, etc.

I changed the load to 25gr LeverEvolution when I got home and have been shooting those just fine.

I figured my Hornady crack dealer scale was off when I set the powder drop so I pulled a few last night and they were right on the money at 26gr of LeverEvolution. I shot some today to see if they were were still OK in my AO and they shot OK, but the accuracy sucked. I'm throwing them in the trash because pulling will take a lot of time and the collet is mashing up the bullets.



After looking at that mess I did a zero check with what I've been shooting since July which is IMI 77gr SMK Razor Core:



Also here's something trivial. I shot a group with leather gloves for the first time. My bag hand felt awesome with the extra material and friction. I need to focus more on the trigger control moving foward with the gloves:

 

[pathnz]

Looks like your zero is a bit off

 

[Nine Banger]

Looks like your zero is a bit off

I can drift around clicking .1 mil back and forth for a couple thousand more rounds but I just leave it be.

If I put 30 rounds on that dot I bet it would look different.

 

[huntnful]

Finished my last hunt of the season with the 6.5-7PRC topped with a trijicon tenmile HX FFP 5-25X50. Was shooting in camp with @mxgsfmdpx before packing up, so I did a final zero check with it before putting a new barrel on. I haven’t touched zero since early September and it’s been beat around plenty good on pickups, side by sides and strapped to my pack. This was 144 LRHT’s at 3200fps. Touch base again on next years zero check thread

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

We had to check the 6 creed with 115 Bergers as well.

4 states, 12 kills, thrashing around the back country, over 4,000 miles in the back seat of the Jeep.

@huntnful had never even shot this gun and zero checked it for me…

 

[huntnful]

We had to check the 6 creed with 115 Bergers as well.

4 states, 12 kills, thrashing around the back country, over 4,000 miles in the back seat of the Jeep.

@huntnful had never even shot this gun and zero checked it for me…

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That setup is legit!

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

That setup is legit!

Blood on the stock and all haha.

 

[Jordan Smith]

Finished my last hunt of the season with the 6.5-7PRC topped with a trijicon tenmile HX FFP 5-25X50. Was shooting in camp with @mxgsfmdpx before packing up, so I did a final zero check with it before putting a new barrel on. I haven’t touched zero since early September and it’s been beat around plenty good on pickups, side by sides and strapped to my pack. This was 144 LRHT’s at 3200fps. Touch base again on next years zero check thread
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I don’t think you need a new barrel yet.

 

[huntnful]

I don’t think you need a new barrel yet.

Seriously haha. I’ll be hanging onto this one for sure, just in case. It’s a longer, thinner new barrel. More speed, less weight, and hopefully still shoots well lol

 

[MT_Wyatt]

6 Creed, SWFA 3-15 Gen 2. Zero’d in mid 50s, was 21F out on the range today. Put together towards end of season but has about 100mi of dirt road on it (40mi of which were extremely rough), and a couple full weekends of hunts.

I actually checked zero because I fell on this rifle ( was in my Exo carrier) while packing out a mule deer solo. Pretty okay and confident in this system. Took it out to 550 on steel after.

 

[WyldGoose]

Took a 1 pound suppressor off my 16” .223 and swapped it for a 7.5 oz can.
Those four upper shots are the POI change from the lighter can.
The other six are after dialing down .3 mils

 

[Formidilosus]

Confirmed zero shift on the TRG 308win. Whether it is the scope or the rings remains to be seen.

 

[sargent]

Something happened and I had a wandering zero. When I mounted the Talley rings I didn't degrease or loctite, so I figured it was just a matter of time. One shooting session the gun was shooting about an inch low. The next session, it was an inch left.

I took the opportunity to change rings to Sportsmatch T084 rings, degreased and nail polished all the action and scope ring screws and established a 5 shot zero just in time for the CBC. I got out today and shot a couple of ten round groups.

The top group is ADI 69 grain SMK. The bottom is AAC 77 grain TMK. I think I'll adjust U.1 and L.1. Hopefully, I won't have to change anything for a while.

Checked zero on my RSS .223. After making the adjustments noted in my last post, I shot all summer without changing the zero. In late September, I brought it down .1 MIL to perfectly zero the Bone Frog 77 TMK loads. 7 animals, thousands of miles in the truck, and lots of banging around in a backpack and the zero is still on.
There was a stiff left to right wind that I did not hold for. (center target dot is 2")

 

[HGL]

Taking a friend and his son (who hasn't shot a rifle much other than .22 rimfire) hunting later this week, figured I'd double check the zero from a few months back. Been riding in the back seat of the truck or on the 4-wheeler front gun rack. Not babied, but not horribly rough on it. About 180 rounds fired between initial zero and today's check.

Bighorn origin, PVA .223 Wylde
Seekins rings
Bushy LRHS
Hawkins dbm
Stocky's VG2 (unbedded)
Berger 80.5 gr zeroed in early November

Seems to be holding up, no problems. Hopefully the young man can connect with a wood goat this week.

 

[Nine Banger]

I hit about 8" low today.

Post in thread 'Informal Cold Bore Challenge'

Wednesday at 11:09 AM

I can start popping my target if you want more content.

I think I missed the bus on audience participation.

I am enjoying your results and candor. It's refreshing. I like seeing the weather change too.

The threads like this on here with bunch of dudes arguing with some other dude cherry picking groups are dull.

• Nine Banger

I did a zero check and velocity check as a result.

I've dumped 89fps since my summer readings.

I'm not going to touch my windage knob yet. I'll put 20 more on there a couple of times over several shooting days and see what's up. Might just be trigger control and cheek pressure and sloppy body position.

 

[nephewjephew]

Shot this weekend, with a new lot of Black Hills. Did it right and it was totally painless

30rd for cone and center of cone
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Make adjustment in this case .2up and .1R. Shot 10 to confirm
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Move out to true MV. 509 in this case.
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Smile, crack a beer.

Just goes to show if you do it right from the beginning...

Was able to get out last weekend, first "zero check" since the quote above.


still in the orange.


ETA. Gun went to Mt and back in the back of a truck. Miles of FS roads, hunted for a week.

Another couple hindered miles back home and hunted for another week. And accounted for 2 deer this year.
And still dead nuts. Something to be said about systems that work…