Sighting in New gun in cold..
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Fork Horn
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Sighting in New gun in cold..
I just bought a new rifle yesterday. A Savage .17HMR. I was wondering if it would be ok to zero it in now in cold weather?, since I will primarily be shooting it in hot summer weather. Or should I wait until it gets warmer out? The reason I ask is when I shoot my .22 it tends to hit about an inch high on the first shot, cold barrel, then after that it settles in,when the barrel warms on the next shots. I couldn't figure out why I tended to miss the first shot at squirrels and hit them on the second. I then tryed at target shooting 3 shots and then waiting 5 minutes and shooting again and it was a trend. Does anyone else experience this? I'd hate to zero it in now only to be wasting my time and have to do it again. Thanks for any help in advance.
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Fork Horn
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RE: Sighting in New gun in cold..
May I also suggest you don't clean it every time after you shoot. A fowling shot or two is usually needed on the hummer. It will throw the next few hundred perfect after that. If your cold bore is off of a clean barrel every time. Your second or third shot will shift POI. which may be enough for a miss out a ways. Have a cold bore fouled barrel and it will duplicate over and over. BTW velosity difference will not be enough from summer to winter to make a noticeable change to impact. So sight it in when ever you are comfortable with the temperature. Don't worry about the barrel.
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Fork Horn
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RE: Sighting in New gun in cold..
Thanks for the input guys. Then I'll go ahead and sight it in. I am really excited to try it out. I want to wait for a real calm day to do it though so I can get accurate results.
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RE: Sighting in New gun in cold..
I highly recommend "breaking in" the new barrel before concentrating on sighting in. Savage as most (all) manufacturers have a reommended process for breaking in a new barrel.
http://www.savagearms.com/cs_barrel.htm explains it all.
Then fine tune your sighting in process. Cold is preferable.
http://www.savagearms.com/cs_barrel.htm explains it all.
Then fine tune your sighting in process. Cold is preferable.
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Sighting in New gun in cold..
ORIGINAL: game4lunch
I highly recommend "breaking in" the new barrel before concentrating on sighting in. Savage as most (all) manufacturers have a reommended process for breaking in a new barrel.
http://www.savagearms.com/cs_barrel.htm explains it all.
Then fine tune your sighting in process. Cold is preferable.
I highly recommend "breaking in" the new barrel before concentrating on sighting in. Savage as most (all) manufacturers have a reommended process for breaking in a new barrel.
http://www.savagearms.com/cs_barrel.htm explains it all.
Then fine tune your sighting in process. Cold is preferable.
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Fork Horn
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RE: Sighting in New gun in cold..
Game4lunch and Bernie P,
Did you guys actually do this whole break-in process? What does this process do for your gun as compared to just shooting it? Just curious.
Did you guys actually do this whole break-in process? What does this process do for your gun as compared to just shooting it? Just curious.