Now adjust your bases and rings with one another as close to possible with zero on target at 25 meters as Thomst described or if you can get your hands on a laser( the one thats like a bullet that you feed into the chamber) even better. Put the scope in the rings, but don't tighten it yet, just a loose fit.

If the scope is new and has never been fitted, it is still at its factory zero. Sako you got a great scope in the Burris and don't let anyone tell you any different. This saves you lots of ammo, use the info as you wish. Now you can start shooting and do fine adjustments with turrets on scope. Now adjust windage by adjustments on scope bases, by keeping rifle centered on target through barrel and moving crosshairs of scope onto target. Remove bolt and look at target 25m away through barrel, moving rifle on sandbags to centre target in centre of barrel. Some scope bases allow you to do rough windage adjustments by allowing you to adjust the rings sideays. Now count the revolutions as you turn it to the right all the way and come back half the revolutions to the centre. Make sure your scope erector set is centered: turn the windage dial all the way to the left untill it wont go any more. Make sure your crosshairs are level! check against horisontal or vertical line on rifle. You stop turning ring when the crosshairs come into focus for the first time. If still blurred, continue turning focus ring in half turns. If the cross hair is blurred, turn focus ring in half a turn, relax eye (look at sky), and take a peek at sky though scope. (dont look too long as your eye will adjust to the picture). Bring the rifle/scope up to your eye and briefly look though scope at thr sky. Then relax your eye muscles by looking at something neutral like the sky of distant clouds. Sako 30-06, use the weight ammo that you will be using most often.īefore even going to the range: focus the cross hairs on the rifle by turning the focus ring allmost all the way out.

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