Dialing your rifle in

[Tactical Church]

I just got an awesome G&G M14 from a trade i did and i just read from an experienced players post that dialing in your gun can be more important for your range and accuracy than the length of the barrel and the tightness of the barrel.

I am not asking for everyone to fight over thier views of wether this statement is completely correct in thier minds.

What i am asking is how to properly dial in your gun when you have just gotten a M14 that is known to shoot 215 to 220 ft. and are also using a leapers mounted scope with 3-9x.

Thanks

[ScaredShooter]

Shimming..? My understanding is your big ones are rattle (there may be a better term), FPS consistency, and high quality/heavy BBs.
Here's something on accurizing your AEG..

That page really is a Holy Grail in my opinion.

[ScaredShooter]

One more word, don't be a fool and mess with your hop-up all the time if your goal is range consistency.
My understanding is the hop-up should be set to where it allows the gun to perform best, and (especially when using an optic), you need to be able to be familiar with that output and adapt accordingly, or you can never hope for predictable shots if youre adjusting for each round.

Btw the G&G M14s have shown pretty great accuracy out of the box. If youre not trying to squeeze intense gun tech out of this, your idea might be to find a sweet-spot for the hop-up and sight in your optic? Personally I would be happy with maintaing the performance of that gun, but I'm not a hundred percent sure what your goal is.

[Falcon7]

I think he wants to know how to adjust the aim of his scope....

[ScaredShooter]

Ooops ok. Well sorry bout that if that's the case.
I took "dialing in" for tuning. I should've used the context clues such as a scope..

[chapped]

Adjusting a scope?
Aim. Shoot. Adjust scope.
Repeat until point of impact matches crosshairs.

That's really it in a nut shell.

[Tactical Church]

Ok cool. i just have heard people talk about groupings and matching thier scope to 75 feet and such and when ever i have ran any of my guns (i have never run a scope before) i just made sure the bb was flying as far as it could till it dropped or rose just slightly with the adjustment of the hop up.

Scared: hey man thanks but i do understand the properties of a hop up. I have been running airsoft long enough to know that but i do appreciate the attempt of helping me.

The main purpose of this thread was to better understand the concept of getting the best range i can with my rifle and scope. (besides just messing with the hop up till it shoots the farthest without zooming up.)

[ScaredShooter]

Ok. Thanks for your understanding. Sorry for looking like/being a noob.

[Tactical Church]

hey man we were all noobs at one point or another. The guys here who bash on the noobs either are just jerks taking it out on the little guy or so afraid of being called a noob them selves that they point the finger at other people.

So basically no worries, your good.

If anything i am just learning as much as you are. Hence this thread. I am always learning to know more and how far i can push my guns. Your in the same boat. So ya. Hope this was encouraging because it was ment to be haha.

[Jester316]

Adjusting scope: shoot, adjust, shoot adjust, shoot, adjust, kill fools

Adjusting hop up: shoot, adjust, shoot, adjust, shoot, adjust, kill fools

[Blizzard]

That's an awesome thread you pulled up ScaredShooter. Some great info in there.

To OP: I usually adjust my zero point to 60 yards (after upgrades etc.) or to the point just before the hopup "bump." I adjust the hopup so that the "bump" rises a foot above flat-trajectory. From there, it makes it easy to adjust vertically for closer or farther targets.

40-60 yards: Aim at target
>60 yards: Aim high
<40 yards: Aim low

The rest is just practice.

Edit: Here's the basic guide I found a while back: http://www.airsoftforum.com/board/Field ... 67224.html

[Tactical Church]

Wow blizzard, that thread is awesome. Thank you so much

[Beran]

i usually just get it adjusted to the point where i can see the BB through the scope, and its more or less centered. after that, its all kentucky windage. if you know where the BB goes, it doesn't need to be on the exact point where the crosshairs come together.

[KA-BAR]

i usually just get it adjusted to the point where i can see the BB through the scope, and its more or less centered. after that, its all kentucky windage. if you know where the BB goes, it doesn't need to be on the exact point where the crosshairs come together.

+1

[Racer]

I was just reading this thread, and read the linked threads too. They are full of great info, Thanks Scared and Blizzard.