It purely sucks to shoot a TSS shell at a pattern board. In sighting in an optical scope, you can get close by using cheaper lead shells. But, to get it RIGHT, you need to fine tune with the shell you will be hunting with.
I killed the last bird I shot at last year, but, didn't obliterate his head like I would have thought at the range I was shooting. I obviously caught him with the fringe of the pattern. I had a fogged scope, so I attributed some to that. But, for months, I have had a nagging suspicion that I may have knocked my scope off at some point.
So, this past week, I decided to bite the bullet and "waste" some of my hunting shells. The first shot showed me that most of my pattern was 3-4" to the right of center. It took a couple of adjustments (and $20) to get it where it needed to be. But, I will head into the season a lot more confident than I would have been.
YMMV
I killed the last bird I shot at last year, but, didn't obliterate his head like I would have thought at the range I was shooting. I obviously caught him with the fringe of the pattern. I had a fogged scope, so I attributed some to that. But, for months, I have had a nagging suspicion that I may have knocked my scope off at some point.
So, this past week, I decided to bite the bullet and "waste" some of my hunting shells. The first shot showed me that most of my pattern was 3-4" to the right of center. It took a couple of adjustments (and $20) to get it where it needed to be. But, I will head into the season a lot more confident than I would have been.
YMMV