Trouble when sighting in
PROPERLY sighting in a scoped rifle isn’t always straightforward. It can give rise to problems. We’ll assume that you have a good quality scope on your rifle and that it has standard ¼-inch click adjustments that are accurate and repeatable. You’ll also need an easily seen target with proper aiming points. The 100-yard target I use is one I designed back in 1979 for benchrest shooters as well as hunters. It’s 12 inches square and marked out in increments of one inch. In the middle there’s a three-inch red square with a white one-inch square in the dead centre, and a red one-inch square on each corner.
I’ll admit the thought of having diamond-shaped aiming marks instead of square ones did cross my mind, but kept on going. I tried it but the crosswires obscured the points, making it hard to make out where the real centre of the aiming mark was. It is easy to see the corners of a
