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Originally Posted by jh1488

I have had some trouble with accuracy with red dot sights. I was a marksman in the TA and never had any bother untill now, fair enough I fire an SMK B2 but have moded it slightly so of a bench stand its fairly accurate (2cm at worst group at 10y). Any way I made my self some crosshairs to fit inside the sun shade on the scope to line the dot and hairs up while firing to try and reduce paralax. I got the idea after hearing about the accucover, I havent had chance to test it yet. Has any one else done anything similar?

Buy a proper sight for the gun and pellets you are using.

Are you using cheapo pellets?

Hang on, I've just googled the air rifle you are using; Are you expecting great accuracy from a £40 gun? You'd get better results off of an blowpipe!

As for making crosshairs on the sunshade; you don't know much about optics do you. Why not draw a cross on your eyeball with a crayon?

I bet your pellets cost £1.50 for a thousand!

Originally Posted by CC_TA

Why not draw a cross on your eyeball with a crayon?

What colour crayon would you advise using? If I'm not allowed crayons, would it be ok to use a marker pen?

Red should do the trick, just ask your carer to be careful with them felt tips!

This has the ingredients of a wind up. However, what do you want to achieve with this rifle? First of all when you say you are using a bench to zero you need to make sure that the rifle is not resting directly on a hard surface. It's ok to rest your forearm or hand with which you're holding it. With a decent rifle the pellets should be pretty much going through the same hole at 10 yards. As it stands your rifle / sight combination isn't accurate enough to hunt rabbits and a 2cm group at 10 yards makes it marginal even for close-range ratting. You'd be better off getting your hands on a second-hand BSA Lightning or the like.

Originally Posted by guzzijon

This has the ingredients of a wind up. However, what do you want to achieve with this rifle? First of all when you say you are using a bench to zero you need to make sure that the rifle is not resting directly on a hard surface. It's ok to rest your forearm or hand with which you're holding it. With a decent rifle the pellets should be pretty much going through the same hole at 10 yards. As it stands your rifle / sight combination isn't accurate enough to hunt rabbits and a 2cm group at 10 yards makes it marginal even for close-range ratting. You'd be better off getting your hands on a second-hand BSA Lightning or the like.

He must know what he's on about; he draws his own cross hairs!

Originally Posted by CC_TA

As for making crosshairs on the sunshade; you don't know much about optics do you.

How very fucking dare you! Didn't you read the part about him being a marksman in the TA? Snigger............

Originally Posted by jh1488

Has any one else done anything similar?

Only those with Downs Syndrome or traumatic, catastrophic brain injuries. You fucking tit.