Ammo for rough sighting in?

[mnhunter2]

I need to sight in a rifle I had some scope work done on and was wondering if I can use some old ammo that I don't use for hunting anymore, lighter bullets and different powder, for the first round of sighting it it to get it generally close and then go to the ammo I use for hunting?

 

[birddog 68]

I need to sight in a rifle I had some scope work done on and was wondering if I can use some old ammo that I don't use for hunting anymore, lighter bullets and different powder, for the first round of sighting it it to get it generally close and then go to the ammo I use for hunting?

Not sure if it's correct but that's what I do

 

[Joefrazell]

I need to sight in a rifle I had some scope work done on and was wondering if I can use some old ammo that I don't use for hunting anymore, lighter bullets and different powder, for the first round of sighting it it to get it generally close and then go to the ammo I use for hunting?

Why not ?

 

[scrmblr1982cj8]

In my experience, that works fine. I zero at 100 yards, and I've never had to move more than a few inches to make final adjustments.

I've got a few rifles that I used to hunt over corn piles for pigs at around 75 yards. I used whatever I had lying around and never checked zero. If I was making shots that were several hundreds yards away, I'd be alot more picky.

 

[john k]

I need to sight in a rifle I had some scope work done on and was wondering if I can use some old ammo that I don't use for hunting anymore, lighter bullets and different powder, for the first round of sighting it it to get it generally close and then go to the ammo I use for hunting?

Send it!

 

[Idaho Lefty]

The biggest "Disparity" I usually see between Old / New ammo for POI change, is when, Ones, a Boattail Bullet and One's,.. a Flat Based Bullet.
Otherwise usually, old ammo is, "close enough" to get Me,.. NEAR the center of the Bullseye after,.. a couple of shots.

 

[sable tireur]

Zeroing your rifle should only take 3 shots. No need to waste valuable ammunition:

 

[marksman1941]

That works just fine. Get yourself on paper, then swap to the quality ammo for fine tuning.

 

[bultinkle]

Yes it will be fine to get you on a target

 

[2rjshort]

I do that all the time after swapping or installing new scopes

 

[hesse]

For sure just did it my self glad I did it was off by about 9 inches so I made adjustments still have to find toon I want the barrel cold to see where it shoots

 

[Brad Quarnberg]

Absolutely fine to do: I've done it for years. That said, I usually shoot at 50 yards first to make sure I'm on paper, then move out to distance.