How do sight in a scope on a rifle?

What happens if you use a scope at a distance closer than what the scopes parallax is?

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A scope views from above the gun barrel, so the bullet and the scopes focal point meet at parallax.
If what you are firing at is closer than parallax, you will hit low, if it's past, you'll miss high.

I put a target at the distance I want to sight into, then I put the gun in a position thats easily repeatable. repeatability is the key, the gun MUST be in the same placement while sighting to have any sort of accuracy.
my father used to pound two nails into a piece of wood and set the guns stock on them, making sure to place the gun in the same position each time before firing a sighting round.

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How do i buy a gun in california? what do i need to do to get a hunting license in california?

Put your target at 35 yds, fire three(3*) shots, then adjust your windage and elevation if necessary, Then put your target up at 100yds and repeat the above...

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I was wondering what the best way to set the supporting post for a boat dock that is going to have a boat lift

Here is several links that will help you in sighting most weapons.
Read them and you will have a good understanding of the process.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/mounting_zeroi...

http://www.gunnersden.com/index.htm.sigh...

http://hunting.about.com/c/ht/00/07/how_...

http://www.chuckhawks.com/index2i.scopes...

http://www.chuckhawks.com/sight-in_rifle...

http://members.aol.com/sweetaccord/sight...

D58

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