factory zeroing

grappledad · 03-18-2005, 07:25 PM

Are the sks zeroed unissued or do i start from scratch?

ShooMac · 03-18-2005, 09:56 PM

Although there are many here who can speak with much more authority than I about the SKS, I would not assume that any rifle was zeroed when I got it.
You have a great excuse to take it to the range and shoot it some! Learning your new weapon is (should be) a big part of the fun.
:right:

TULAver · 03-19-2005, 07:58 AM

A decent, unissued, military rifle *should be zeroed when you get it.

There really is no way to tell untill you've shot her a bit though.

washooter · 03-19-2005, 01:39 PM

If you take a good look at the front of the front sight post there may be a mark on the front sight base and the cylinder that the front sight is attached to. in theory if these two marks are aligned you should be at least touching the black of a bullseye at 100yds. Another recommendation is that you get the sight adjustment tool just in case you have to move the front sight laterally.

grappledad · 03-19-2005, 06:54 PM

Thanks, I plan to shoot her for the first time sunday.

Rave · 03-28-2005, 08:44 AM

I have found all of the new SKS and AK's that I got new were pretty much on the money,but you won't know unless you try them out.If you get it from an individual,well,you don't know how much they have fooled with it.

03-18-2005, 07:25 PM	#1
grappledad Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6	factory zeroing Are the sks zeroed unissued or do i start from scratch?

03-18-2005, 09:56 PM	#2
ShooMac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 354	Although there are many here who can speak with much more authority than I about the SKS, I would not assume that any rifle was zeroed when I got it. You have a great excuse to take it to the range and shoot it some! Learning your new weapon is (should be) a big part of the fun. :right: __________________ "Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun." - Ash

03-19-2005, 07:58 AM	#3
TULAver Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 372	A decent, unissued, military rifle *should be zeroed when you get it. There really is no way to tell untill you've shot her a bit though. __________________ It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that any people you meet from time to time are merely the product of a deranged imagination.

03-28-2005, 08:44 AM	#6
Rave Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 6,877	I have found all of the new SKS and AK's that I got new were pretty much on the money,but you won't know unless you try them out.If you get it from an individual,well,you don't know how much they have fooled with it. __________________ USAF '62-'66 .

03-19-2005, 01:39 PM	#4
washooter Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia Posts: 26	If you take a good look at the front of the front sight post there may be a mark on the front sight base and the cylinder that the front sight is attached to. in theory if these two marks are aligned you should be at least touching the black of a bullseye at 100yds. Another recommendation is that you get the sight adjustment tool just in case you have to move the front sight laterally.

03-19-2005, 06:54 PM	#5
grappledad Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6	Thanks, I plan to shoot her for the first time sunday.