N80
Super Member
I've hunted deer (and other stuff) since I was 8. And I've killed a lot of deer, most of them with rifles. But I'm not a gun guy. I like them but I'm not into them. I have a few deer rifles. They were sighted in many years ago. I check them each year and they are still dead on. My Dad was a gun guy. And he did all of the sighting in. I've done some but not a lot. Well, two things have changed. First, Dad has got severe Alzheimers now. So he can't help. Second, I've got his rifles now. Two of them are sighted in, no problem. But three of them are not.
My first inclination was just to sell them. How many deer rifles do you need? But, I got to looking at these guns and even though they are not super fine guns, the three guns in question are interesting guns and I'll keep them and use them (mostly for hogs since I don't deer hunt that much now).
Ruger 77, which is hardly interesting but it is chambered in .358 Winchester which is kind of neat and might become my go to hog gun.
Sears J.C. Higgins 30-06. These guns had Belgium Mauser actions and stainless barrels. Fine gun in a very modest package.
Smith & Wesson .308. These probably are fine guns. Beautiful blonde wood stock with dark fore end. Made in Sweden by Husqvarna. It is probably sighted in and was an absolute tack driver in the past.
Anyway, I mentioning all this to say that I've got to sight in at least two of these guns (I just put scopes on them). I bore sighted here at home. I know all the basics, how to adjust the scope and all that but my question is about the truth of what Dad always told me, which was to sight it in at an inch high at 100 yards and you could still shoot dead on out to 200.
And to clarify, I do not do any long range shooting. I don't think I've ever taken a shot over 150 yards and probably would not consider a shot over 200. Most shots are well under 100 yards.
So is the 'inch high at 100' a reasonable rule for the type of range I'll be shooting at? It seems like this has worked in the past with our 30-06's, 308's and 270's.....would it still apply with the .358 or should I put it dead on at 100?
My first inclination was just to sell them. How many deer rifles do you need? But, I got to looking at these guns and even though they are not super fine guns, the three guns in question are interesting guns and I'll keep them and use them (mostly for hogs since I don't deer hunt that much now).
Ruger 77, which is hardly interesting but it is chambered in .358 Winchester which is kind of neat and might become my go to hog gun.
Sears J.C. Higgins 30-06. These guns had Belgium Mauser actions and stainless barrels. Fine gun in a very modest package.
Smith & Wesson .308. These probably are fine guns. Beautiful blonde wood stock with dark fore end. Made in Sweden by Husqvarna. It is probably sighted in and was an absolute tack driver in the past.
Anyway, I mentioning all this to say that I've got to sight in at least two of these guns (I just put scopes on them). I bore sighted here at home. I know all the basics, how to adjust the scope and all that but my question is about the truth of what Dad always told me, which was to sight it in at an inch high at 100 yards and you could still shoot dead on out to 200.
And to clarify, I do not do any long range shooting. I don't think I've ever taken a shot over 150 yards and probably would not consider a shot over 200. Most shots are well under 100 yards.
So is the 'inch high at 100' a reasonable rule for the type of range I'll be shooting at? It seems like this has worked in the past with our 30-06's, 308's and 270's.....would it still apply with the .358 or should I put it dead on at 100?