Misunderstanding of ZEROING

Hi everyone,

I hear a lot of people throwing around false statements about ZEROING.

Such as: "You're hipfire didn't hit because your zeroing was set to 100."

By zeroing you change the position of the scope or iron sight. The barrel stays the same – that means when you hipfire the shots are going exactly where the rifle is aiming at!!!

Try zeroing when scoped in and you'll get what I mean. 😉

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Sighting in or zeroing a firearm is the goal of adjusting the sights so the projectile may be placed at a predictable position within the sight picture. The principle is to shift the line of aim so it intersects the parabolicprojectile trajectory at a designated point, known as a zero, so the gun will repeatably hit where it aims at the distance of that zero. The iterative procedure involves firing a group of bullets from a cool barrel, adjusting the sights to move the point of impact to the point of aim, and repeating the process until a group is centered on the point of aim. – from "Sighting In" on Wikipedia

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I own a rifle since I'm in mandatory military service. And when I have to shoot 300m I adjust my iron sight with a Swiss Army knife, so I can hit the mark more frequently.