SIGHTING IN NEW HORTON HD 175

[scottk2008]

I just bought a brand new Horton HD 175 crossbow with a scope. This is my first year with a crossbow. I was wondering when shooting in my new bow with the scope, is there anyway of first maybe of bore sighting my scope so I dont loose a buch of bolts. And at what yardage should I start shooting in at. This is all new to me guys so I need some help on this one. Thanks

[COP614]

start off at 10 yards when dead on move back to 20 yards then 30 40 50

hope this helps
jim

[Arthur P]

I've never been much of a scope user, even on rifles, so I made a basic mistake when setting mine up. I didn't do first things first and get that scope set at the right eye relief for me. And I didn't check it in multiple shooting positions before really settling down to sighting in. I finally noticed myself having to scoot my face backward along the stock just to get a clear view through the scope. After I moved the scope forward, checked eye relief off-hand, sitting and kneeling, and then re-leveled the crosshairs, I was in business. No more problems.

Everything else is all technique. Cocking, loading and shooting form... Make all those as consistent as you can. Use a rest while sighting in. Then do like COP614 said. Start at 10 to make sure you hit the target, then move back to your other distances.

[awshucks]

Set the Dial-A-Range in one position [scope parallel to rail] and leave it that way unless you don't have a multiple aim point scope. Use a rope cocker. Watch rope cocker doesn't move D-A-R knob on you. Good Luck!