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Bart B. · April 29, 2013, 08:46 AM

Shooting bullets and adjusting their impact to check a scope's adjustments allows errors equal to the accuracy of the rifle and ammo plus the non repeatability of the shooter. A 1 MOA or more error's normal.

If you scope's got 1/4 MOA/inch clicks, you and your stuff has to shoot no worse than 1/10th MOA using the "boxing" method to see if they really are that accurate. You don't measure how thick a human hair is with a yardstick, do you?

Do as Big Al suggests. That's gonna get much more accurate results.

April 29, 2013, 08:46 AM	#6
Bart B. Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2009 Posts: 8,927	Shooting bullets and adjusting their impact to check a scope's adjustments allows errors equal to the accuracy of the rifle and ammo plus the non repeatability of the shooter. A 1 MOA or more error's normal. If you scope's got 1/4 MOA/inch clicks, you and your stuff has to shoot no worse than 1/10th MOA using the "boxing" method to see if they really are that accurate. You don't measure how thick a human hair is with a yardstick, do you? Do as Big Al suggests. That's gonna get much more accurate results. Last edited by Bart B.; April 29, 2013 at 09:54 AM.