I got a new scope for my Remington slug barrel. Any reason to not use cheap bird shot shells for a really rough start at sighting it in?? I want to make sure it won’t affect the rifled barrel. Does bird shot to cheap slugs at close range finishing with the slugs I’ll hunt with make sense or am I being stupid? I’m trying to not waste $3.00 slugs.
I would never shoot bird shot through a rifled barrel.
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I would never shoot bird shot through a rifled barrel.
yes you would.
Just start out at 25 yds.. dead on, and when you get it zero’d in there, then ctretch it out to 100 and adjust it according to where you want it.. Shot shells wont tell you anything..
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Just start out at 25 yds.. dead on, and when you get it zero’d in there, then ctretch it out to 100 and adjust it according to where you want it.. Shot shells wont tell you anything..
I’d do this using a cheaper Brenneke slug to get the zero half decent, then switch to your hunting sabots to fine tune it.
You could have it bore sighted also to get you somewhat close then go shoot it. That’s what I did anyway…
Same as stated above. Start close and then move further out once zeroed. Try not to think about the cost of ammo as a wasted dollar on a target. This is your venison getter! See it as an investment in making certain you’re going to make a killing shot if you get the chance to properly place your crosshairs. Would you pay somebody $20 to know that your deer gun is spot on? $50? What cost is worth knowing you’ve got a tack driver in your hands when the buck of a lifetime walks into your range/sites? This should not be an expense so much as an investment in your future productivity/results. 
If you are using a bench do it the simple way. Lock the gun down on the bench and pull the trigger not letting the gun move too much, nothing if possible. Then zero in the crosshairs on where the slug hit and go from there. Easiest way I have found short of those laser things. Ive done this with rifles and a shotgun, worked every time.
Absolutely! Nothing like having a locked down benchrest if you’ve got one! 
Go buy a cheap bore laser. Sticks in the end of your barrel and then you sight in the scope until the center hits the laser dot. They are like $20 and priceless if you ever knock your scope out of align. You can put up a piece of white paper at 40 yard and sight it in at your truck without having to pull the trigger. Of course it will not get you dead on, like if you wanted to sight in a 250 yard rifle.. but it will get you close enough with slugs for a 40-50 yard kill. Then you only have to take 1 shot at the range to make sure it is sighted in after using the laser.
Oh and never shoot shot through a rifled barrel, it will foul it up from the shot bouncing off the rifling in your barrel. Lead shot wont ruin it, but steel will if it makes contact. Plus it will not be anywhere close to accurate.
Never shoot bird shot in a slug barrel. Get a laser bore sight and the shoot the gun at a target at 40 to 50 yards it should put u on a 24″x24″ target somewhere. Then dial it in from there good luck.
Bore sight it or find someone who can. Start at 25 yds so you aren’t wasting time and ammo. If your windage is perfect at 25 it shouldn’t take much adjustment at 100, should be more of an elevation adjustment game.
File that birdshot thing under “That sounded better in my head.”
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