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HELP SIGHTING IN???????

Justhunt87

Justhunt87

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I recently put a bushnell scope on my Benelli M1 Super 90. I tried sighting it in and i've got my elevation all the way up on the scope and yet i shoot 1 foot low???? I have the square B reciver mount. help? thanks dylan
 
Take it wherever you bought the scope and have it bore sighted. Something may be out of whack with the bases or scope mounts as well.
 
maybe im having a brain cramp but shouldnt you turning your elevation down on the scope to bring the end of the barrel up. Maybe im thinking backwards which happens a little to often.
 
I went ahead and shimmed the front end of the receiver mount, i'll have to wait till morning to see what happens...
 
Just like sighting in a bow, remember the mantra "Chase the mess". In other words, move your crosshairs in the direction of the point of impact. If it's shooting left, move the crosshairs left. If up, move them up, etc. Eventually you'll be dead on. In your case, Dylan, you should be moving the crosshairs down if it's shooting low. Give that a try and see what happens.
 
If you are hitting 1' low, you need to adjust your scope about 48 clicks "up" (4/inch). Your scope adjustment tells you which way you will hit after the adjustment, not which way it will move the crosshairs. If your scope adjustment is all of the way up, shimming or something else might be needed. Shimming the back ring is correct. Confused now?
 
If you shoot low move the crosshairs up. If you shoot high move the crosshairs down. That's what I've been told. Opposite of what you do with a bow.
I could be wrong though.
 
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If you shoot low move the crosshairs up. If you shoot high move the crosshairs down. That's what I've been told. Opposite of what you do with a bow.
I could be wrong though.

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If you raise the crosshairs up it will push the tip of the barrel down further.
If you move the crosshairs down it lifts up the tip of the barrel.
Sighting in a gun is no different then sighting in a bow.
 
Sighting a scope is exactly the opposit of sighting a bow because with a bow you are moving the front sight pin and with a scope you are really moving the rear sight. If you are moving the rear sight you must move it in the direction you want the impact to move. The front sight controls the barrel tip, that is why you raise what you see of the front post in the rear sight notch if the range is longer than you are sighted for so that the point of impact is raised. On most guns the front sight post isn't adjustible for elevation so you must adjust the rear sight. If you can clamp the gun down, fire a shot then without moving the gun at all move the cross hairs to cover the bullet hole. That will get you very close.
 
With a bow you follow the arrow. (shooting right you move pin to right)

Scope is opposite. (shooting right you move scope left- where you want to hit)
 
One of the easiest ways I have found to dial in a Scope after the first shot is to:

- line the crosshairs up with where you orignally shot

- stabilize the gun after the first shot with sandbags or whatever you have

- without moving the gun "drive the crosshairs to your bullet hole"

- the next shot should be close your aiming point.

With a scope, always move the crosshairs towards the bullet hole.

Good luck with the fine tuning.
 
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