Your scope should be "in the ball-park" out of the box. This ball park will of course be determined by the height of scope rings you put on your rifle. The taller the scope rings/bases the lower your initial shot... Go to a range or safe outdoor shooting area. Put a large target up at 100 yards, 16"x6" will usually do. Aim at the bulls eye, and click off a round. Use a spotting scope, binoc's or your scope to see where your shot has hit. If it is off the paper and no where to be seen, click off a shot one foot high, check paper, repeat one foot low, one left, one right until you find your shot on paper. Once you find your shot, you will need to adjust the windage (left to right) or elevation (up to down) by using the turrets on the scope. Part of the trick in sighting in your scope is to remember if your shot is high, then you need to crank the turrets in the "up" postion (if it shoots left, turn turrets to the left, and so on). This part is sort of counterintuitive, and may feel foreign. Once you get your scope on paper, continue to adjust until you are hitting consistently 1 inch above bulls at 100 yards. Shooters benches and rifle rests help in this process, but it can also be achieved without. I hope this helps. D
SOURCE: Sighting in my scope
That should be covered in your manual.
If not, give Nikon a call.
Or, repost your question on a Bulletin Borad such as at SWFA, where another user may have the identical scope.
SOURCE: I have a Redfield 3x9 widefield scope that I love
check all mounts to make sure they are tight and scope wont turn or slide if all is ok get a new scope
SOURCE: I have a 25 year old Redfield 6X18 scope, with an
bullet drop compensation,,,,compleat hog wash!
no such thing in a scope, only a realy pricy one like £1500.00p worth and there not that good! but there coming soon! driven by a lazer for range finding,,,
still your scope has clouded up becouse its leaking
water has got into it, it could be repaired but its not cheap to do, it needs a complet strip down all the class cleand and new seals then a re-gas and it should be as good as new for another 25 years or so,
any good scope with mill dot will work for you, you just need to relurn the bullet drop over again,,and with the years of shooting you have had that should come easy as falling over,,,why not just get a good prised 3/9x40 mill dot and try that out insted, you will be plesently pleased with todays mid priced range scopes treet your self, and save money at the same time
Testimonial: "Both Leupold & Nikon DO have bullet drop compensation reticles, which are similar in principal to the mil-dot. The BDC scopes are becoming very popul"
SOURCE: can't adjust a Redfield Rangefinder scope
Found this info on another site a while back and saved it. Hope it helps! "the two lines across the top in your scope represents 18" which is the standard size for the deer's body from the top of his back to the bottom of his stomach. If you see a deer feeding in a field and you want to know how for he is, you turn your power up till the top of the deer and his stomach fit between the two lines at the top in your scope. You then
look at the scale at the bottom of your scope and it will tell you how far he is in yards."
SOURCE: Adjusting Range on Redfield Scope
There should be a set screw or screw that you can loosen to make that adjustment. Once you have it where you like it, just tighten it back up and enjoy you ability to make those quick adjustments when needed.
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