ORIGINAL: stubblejumper
1)I boresight the rifle.
2)I fire a three shot group at 100 yards.
3)I adjust the scope to move the point of impact where I want it to be.
4)I fire a three shot group.
5)I readjust the scope if necessary.
Thia is pretty much what I do. After the above steps, I move to the distance I want it zeroed in at and fine tune it to that distance. (250 yards are whatever) At this point, I feel my rifle is zeroed. Next I practice out to "my" effective long range distance. My rifles can always preform at longer distances than I can.