Deer Rifle Sight-in Days.

[Adam Helmer]

I have been a member of my nearby gun club for 21 years and am a Board Member. Last year no one ran the Annual Sight-in Days and on Sunday, after church, I went to the club and saw "Dodge City." At our Scheduling Meeting in January 2009, I told the Board I would run the weekend sight-in days the weekend before PA rifle deer season and it was so voted.

My club has 6 benches under a covered firing point and target backers at 25, 50, 100, and 200 yards. Last Friday I went to the club and put up target backers of plywood at 25 and 100 yards.

On Saturday, November 28, my twin brother, Gil Martin, and Mark were on hand to zero the "Pilgrims" guns. We had 25 that day and 45 on Sunday. The stories generated that day would fill volumes. The Course of Fire I set up was: 3 rounds at 25 yards and 5 rounds at 100 yards. I set up my spotting scope and so did Gil on the firing line.

Gil chatted with a "Pilgrim" who mounted his scope the day before and insisted it was "ON" at 100 yards because he "knew" how to bore sight it. I asked his indulgence to FIRE one round at 25 yards. He was on Bench #2 and fired at Target #2 and was near the bullseye of Target #3! He was a foot RIGHT at 25 yards.

A lady came to Bench #1 with a scoped .243 that was "Perfectly sighted in at 100 yards" by her husband. I asked her to fire ONE shot at target #1. After 21 rounds, she got "on Paper" at 25 yards. She called her husband on her cell phone to go get more ammo so she could shoot at her 100 yard target. AND so it went for 70 shooters. Many were spot on and those OFF were WAY off and my club did a valuable service to the hunters and deer.

Thanks Gil and Mark.

Adam