New gun, New land, And a thankyou to the forum :)

[Micky Duck]

you SHOULD be able to sight in without firing a shot...well good enough to get you on the paper anyway...dead easy with break open like that....open action and place in something form enough that it wont move and line up something through bore...them move Xhairs accordingly.... the smaller the object you can centre through bore the better.... something 25-50 yards away is ideal.cheap foam earplugs may be better than muffs and if worn inside muffs will really up the protection.

[mark kiwi]

you SHOULD be able to sight in without firing a shot...well good enough to get you on the paper anyway...dead easy with break open like that....open action and place in something form enough that it wont move and line up something through bore...them move Xhairs accordingly.... the smaller the object you can centre through bore the better.... something 25-50 yards away is ideal.cheap foam earplugs may be better than muffs and if worn inside muffs will really up the protection.

Cheers mate, some good ideas

[Ftx325]

Or another possible way is to take a single shot at a bullseye and holding the rifle on the bullseye best you can then move cross hairs to impact point. Easier with someone else helping and turning the dials , but even better if rifle is locked in place somehow . Remember if sighting in at 50 it takes 2 clicks to move the cross hair the amount stated on the turret eg 1/4 moa at 100 for 1 click is 2 clicks at 50 , so if you inch out at 50 it will take 8 clicks to shift the inch across

[mark kiwi]

Cool mate will give that a try

[Cordite]

you SHOULD be able to sight in without firing a shot...well good enough to get you on the paper anyway...dead easy with break open like that....open action and place in something form enough that it wont move and line up something through bore...them move Xhairs accordingly.... the smaller the object you can centre through bore the better.... something 25-50 yards away is ideal.cheap foam earplugs may be better than muffs and if worn inside muffs will really up the protection.

This. Two extra tricks.
- Put an unprimed case in the breech and bore sight through this.
- The target boresighted for is best round and just short of filling the "muzzle ring". Think soccer ball to ensure it's far enough out not to matter with the difference in bore/sight axis. A tennis ball fills the muzzle ring at about 10m in a .30 cal so is too close.

[csmiffy]

This. Two extra tricks.
- Put an unprimed case in the breech and bore sight through this.
- The target boresighted for is best round and just short of filling the "muzzle ring". Think soccer ball to ensure it's far enough out not to matter with the difference in bore/sight axis. A tennis ball fills the muzzle ring at about 10m in a .30 cal so is too close.

i did that with my 416. Bore sighting with a barrel that size is problematic. slight shift in head changes it quite a bit. almost like paralax.
Had a case with a split neck (initial loads made from 375h+h cases) so popped the primer out of that one