The Zero Check Thread

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Thanks. Interested to see how it tracks.

[earplay]

Your interest makes me nervous

[gimp]

Checked this zero a couple of days later to confirm - 8 March

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Then checked again today 2 May before going in the hills next week. Has been on a couple of hunting trips up and down the South Island and shot 5 deer and a pig. Zero still good within 0.05mil, I am not feeling like I'm shooting well today.

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March F 3-24x42
Talley ultralight torqued to 20inlb

Checked again today. Shot 129 goats on a trip the week before last. Been bounced around a bit and whatnot. Still holding zero within 0.1MRAD. The line is a shit aiming point

[gimp]

This March is a good scope. It does not get babied and it is reliable. @Tentman the zero check above is 10rd all hitting within a 0.5MOA radius of POA - so 10x hits on a 1MOA target.



Across the last 40 rounds of zero check - 39 have hit inside a 1MOA circle centred on POA. 1 has not. That's still not 100%....

[gimp]

How's everyone else's zero holding?

[SPEARONZ]

Developed 3 different loads now shooting 2 different projectiles with a spread of 200fps and this is the most deviation I’ve had.

I’m picking one of these charges and will adjust .25 up and right and be done for another 22 months or so.

[SPEARONZ]

*12 months

Do you loctite your Talleys or use better screws?

[gimp]

*12 months

Do you loctite your Talleys or use better screws?

Loctite. And align bases before torquing down

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Zero check of a couple of rifles yesterday.

Defiance 6.5 prc integral picatiny...Warn split rings VX6 3-18 illuminated

Begara mountain 2.0 .308 Talleys mounts VX3I 3.5-10.

Prc hasn't really done anything since it's last range visit but it did get cleaned.
First shot very low and right next shots all in zero...which is not surprising as I have never had it move since putting it in the macmillan.

The Bergara has spent quite a bit of time under the seat in my 4.5m fryan boat getting pounded and has shot a few goats and 2 deer and got wet last time out so also got cleaned.

The ttsx load seems a bit to the right and concerning the sub load has a lot of vertical in it that it never used to have....maybe due to being cleaned....

[andyanimal31]

I have fired plenty of rounds to ascertain grouping ability and Zero so I had taken the scope of and on my 22-250 and was just checking.
1 click up and done on 22-250 and 300nm good to go.
Both NF optics

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[earplay]

Result of my initial zero for later reference. I'm using an 'infamous' Leupold now, so will interesting to see what happens over time.

Details - 2nd hand Leupold VX-freedom 3-9 scope with CDS, Talley lightweight mounts on Howa 1500. (Group was shot in two lots of five on a different target, and manually overlaid hence the dots).

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Follow-up zero check at 100m, 8 shots. Only significant change to setup was using the concrete bench rather than the wooden one used for the initial zero. Since then only one hunt, which included a few bumps, multiple turns on the elevation dial and action in/out of stock about half a dozen times.

While it was grouping better, I'm not sure if I can be confident enough to call it a zero shift ? I wonder to what extent parallax error comes into play.

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https://youtu.be/X-2xkIenuIA?si=ruu-te57DagXByfC

[Trout]

Good test for the scope,good vid.

[veitnamcam]

When I think back over rifles I have had that haven't "held zero" its been the stock everytime...either wood changing shape with moisture/weather or just budget shit plastic stock with no bedding at all.

[gimp]

Zero check of a couple of rifles yesterday.

Defiance 6.5 prc integral picatiny...Warn split rings VX6 3-18 illuminated

Begara mountain 2.0 .308 Talleys mounts VX3I 3.5-10.

Prc hasn't really done anything since it's last range visit but it did get cleaned.
First shot very low and right next shots all in zero...which is not surprising as I have never had it move since putting it in the macmillan.

The Bergara has spent quite a bit of time under the seat in my 4.5m fryan boat getting pounded and has shot a few goats and 2 deer and got wet last time out so also got cleaned.

The ttsx load seems a bit to the right and concerning the sub load has a lot of vertical in it that it never used to have....maybe due to being cleaned....

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Very alarming "clean bore" shift on that 6.5PRC. Is that repeatable?