MossySNPR Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Guys I just bought a new red dot scope, the Bushnell Trophy. Now, when I sight it in with various loads for turkey season, do I sight it in precisely like with slugs or do I want it sighted in for my prefered load? Know what I mean like, I would think I want the red dot to be accurate at 40 yards with a shotgun spread rather than a slug, then just hope the spread from a shell is AS accurate as the slug. (p.s. I don't mean I want to use slugs for turkey season because thats illegal, but I want to know if I should be accurate with a spread, or precisely right on bulls eye and I can only tell that with a slug) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Re: Sighting In Your Turkey Gun I like to find the best patterning load, shoot it and move the dot to the pattern mass. This will not always be the same as a slug point of impact. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Re: Sighting In Your Turkey Gun I would imagine you would need several larger pieces of paper, fire one shot at each to see where your pattern is the most dense. Then move your sight to that area. I would start about 25 yards. Whatever your choke/load combo is. Thats what I would start off doing, not sure if its the right way! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagobbln Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Re: Sighting In Your Turkey Gun [ QUOTE ] I like to find the best patterning load, shoot it and move the dot to the pattern mass. This will not always be the same as a slug point of impact. Good luck [/ QUOTE ] I have the same scope and basically did what jbeck said. Once you have the scope mounted, get you some bird shot and shoot (with your turkey choke of course) a couple from about 10-15 yards. This will give you a pattern about the size of a pool ball. Use this to adjust your dot to. Then, once you're close, switch over to your preferred turkey load and shoot several at about 30 yards or so. Readjust your dot to the center of your pattern and you're pretty much good to go. I would go back and shoot at say 20, 30 and 40 yards just to be sure. It's not necessarily the right way, it's just the way I did it and it worked for me. Good Luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironranger Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Re: Sighting In Your Turkey Gun MossyNSPR, I've got the Bushnell trophy and patterned it by starting really close as in about 8 to 10 yards as the pattern is really tight and you can zero it in there by moving the top and side adjustments and then move out from there. Then I went to 20, 30, and 40. Good luck with it. I got mine last year and 3 gobblers were wishing I hadn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covehnter Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Re: Sighting In Your Turkey Gun I sighted in my adjustable fiber optics and the red dot i used to have starting at about 8 yards with bird shot. This will just take a plug out of the paper so that you can adjust the sights so the plug takes off the dot on the paper, then you know you're in the center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironranger Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Re: Sighting In Your Turkey Gun Thanx for pointing out what I failed to mention Covehntr. When I started at close range, I forgot to mention that I used #5 pheasant lead as those 3.5" shells are expensive and alot harder on the shoulder. Once you get zeroed in with it, then you can pull out the heavy shells for longer ranges... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddhunter Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Re: Sighting In Your Turkey Gun [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I like to find the best patterning load, shoot it and move the dot to the pattern mass. This will not always be the same as a slug point of impact. Good luck [/ QUOTE ] I have the same scope and basically did what jbeck said. Once you have the scope mounted, get you some bird shot and shoot (with your turkey choke of course) a couple from about 10-15 yards. This will give you a pattern about the size of a pool ball. Use this to adjust your dot to. Then, once you're close, switch over to your preferred turkey load and shoot several at about 30 yards or so. Readjust your dot to the center of your pattern and you're pretty much good to go. I would go back and shoot at say 20, 30 and 40 yards just to be sure. It's not necessarily the right way, it's just the way I did it and it worked for me. Good Luck. [/ QUOTE ] I agree!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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