Knocking Out Of Zero

[mickeyfn19 16]

hi, normally before i go out i will quickly check my zero. then i will stick the gun in the bag and drive to where ever im shooting. today my zero was perfect when i left and then when i shot something it hit the chest instead of the head. how easy is it to knock a gun out of zero. could the gun bag be doing it as the scope is quite tight when it is all zipped up.

[The one 8,530]

I always dread going over a speed bump going to my permissions and have the guns in there covers lying on my jackets on the back seat

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

try get as much padding as you can to minimise shocks and bangs to the scope. I think a speedbump could be enough to knock it.

[Lewis Ste 245]

Was it not just a flyer? Everyone gets them from time to time with a dodgy pellet

[mickeyfn19 16]

i christ well if you guys are not fancying a speed bumb in a car i should s**t myself as im on a motorcycle!!

[Phantom 631]

Depends on the scope!

My MK4 Leupold stayed absolutely drop-dead-spot on for over a year and it's got finger adjustable dial in BDC turrets (no caps) then I knocked it off a low loader on the pig farm! I have to zero it every time I use it now

Also depends on the gun My Hawke HD (with covered Turrets) stays spot on, but after I knocked the silencer against the fence between the cemetery and paddock (only a tiny brush type knock) sent the barrel to one side.

[Andy_c 210]

I always open a tin off pellets and go though them see if any are dodgy then wing the shite ones I know it may seem a waste but It gets rid of the crap ones just a thought atb Andy

[mickeyfn19 16]

im fairly sure they werent fyers as both rabbits should of been headshots but one was heart and lung and the other was neck. i think you might be right phantom. my scope has had a shotgun dropped on it. i didnt think anything of it but i could be the scope oh well the scopes rubber covers and grips have all come away anyway. fyi the scope is a nikko sterling air king gold crown 3-12x42 aoir.

[topshot26 30]

i would suggest getting a hard case because i had the same problem with my soft case it going out of zero and when i had the hard case spot on all the time you can get a good quality one on ronnie sunshines for £40 take a look : http://www.ronniesunshines.com/shooting-equipment-1/gun-accessories/slips-cases/egg-foam-rifle-hard-case.html

[Buster321c 1,010]

Slightly off topic but as knocks in transport was mentioned I now transport my guns on the back seat. I used to put them in the boot until I had to do an emergency stop which ended with a toolbox on the scope and the zero way out.

Now I put the bag on the seat and pop the seatbelts round it/them so they can't go anywhere. The only time they go in the boot now is if I've got a carfull of would be rabbit bashers.

 

Fat ones ?

[mickeyfn19 16]

i actually adapted a shotgun hardcase so my gun would fit but the adjusting double d buckle thing is super weak and im not sure if the hardcase was knocking me out of zero aswell because of the pressure on the gun.

[AR177 588]

did you under estimate the range and the pellet naturally dropped low?

[mickeyfn19 16]

possibly however i must of got it about 10 yards out, although i am a bit rusty as i have been using a range finder. but the pellet also hit i little to the right when there was no wind.

[Craig Fosse 286]

I was a going to start a topic like this, I seem to have to re zero my s200 every time I go to shoot, a few clicks here and there and it's back on zero, sounds like its all the same

[Craig Fosse 286]

I was a going to start a topic like this, I seem to have to re zero my s200 every time I go to shoot, a few clicks here and there and it's back on zero, sounds like its all the same