This devices helps you zero your red dot easily in 2-3 shots
Did you know that there’s a device that claims it will allow you to sight your pistol in, with only 3 shots fired? Believe it or not, we confirmed, this device really does work. But before we dig into the review of the device, lets set the context with a discussion on why sighting a pistol red dot in is difficult for new shooters.
Hyskore Pistol Rest
This device will allow you to zero your pistol in 2-3 shots. It saves a ton of money on ammo, and ensures that you have a correct zero, ruling out shooter error.
You’re probably wasting ammo when zeroing your red dot
When you’re new to shooting, you likely will be shooting off of center. You may go through as many as a few boxes of ammo just to get your weapon sighted in consistently. For example, you may be shooting low left consistently because of recoil anticipation. If this is the case, you can falsely compensate by adjusting the red dot to also be zeroed low left.
The next time you’re at the range, or maybe even your next mag, it may seem like your red dot is off. This is because you’re off by a different threshold as a shooter. Getting it just right can be a pain in the butt because pistols can be fairly unforgiving unless your technique is perfect.
The hyskore sighting system fixes this issue. But how does it work, and how well does it work?
Typical Red Dot Zero Theory
Let’s consider this example of a newly mounted red dot. Let’s say we’re sighting the red dot in at 10 yards. You shoot your pistol from a rest, so you’re removing as many variables as you can. You find that the pistol is shooting 4 inches low, and 2 inches to the left of your point of aim.
Recall that with red dots, the windage and elevation adjustments adjust the point of impact. So assuming that our red dot is 1/2 MOA per click, to move the point of impact by 4MOA up and 2 MOA right. An MOA adjustment is about 1 inch at 100 yards. You have to divide that 100 yards by 2, to get to 50 yards, in which case an MOA will move about half an inch, than by 2 again, to get to 25 yards, at which point an MOA shift is approximately 1/4 inch, then by 2 again, to get to 12.5 yards, where your MOA shift will be about 1/8 of an inch. Now we’re in the ballpark of what we’d expect per click at that 10 yard distance. So each MOA at 10 yards would be very roughly 1/8 of an inch, meaning that a 1/2 MOA at 100 yard red dot will move 1/16th of an inch per click at 10 yards with a pretty significant standard deviation. So multiplying that 4 MOA by 16, and that 2 MOA by 16, youd need to turn the dial roughly 64 clicks up, and 32 clicks right. Even then, it’d be a very rough science.
Most people at this point rather than doing the algebra will simply adjust 10 to 20 clicks, then fire a group. Adjust another 10 to 20, and then walk it in. At best you’ve probably wasted a half of a box of ammo, if you’re an experienced shooter, and maybe you’ll be on your second box doing it this way, if you’re a new shooter.
How the Hyskore System Simplifies Zero Theory
Step 1: Take 2-3 Shots from the Hyskore Rest
The Hyskore system geniously takes the guess work out of it. Let’s take this same example of a target 10 yards away. This time, we’re going to shoot first from the hyscore device rest. It’s important to note that the hyskore device doesn’t absorb recoil, so you should not attempt to shoot it with the pistol clamped in, that will be a recipe for disaster. Instead, we’ll adjust the V shaped rest, resting the front of our pistol’s frame against the V notch of the hyskore device, but still bracing the pistol in our hands.
Aiming for a point on the dead center of our target, We’ll shoot a group as tight as we possibly can. To do this well, its a good idea to stablize the pistol as much as possible. I like to stack a few ammo boxes for me to rest the bottom of the pistol on, in addition to my hands. My support hand will grip the weapon tightly, and ill focus my right hand on only pulling the trigger smoothly. Let the recoil do what its going to do, we don’t care about recoil control here, we care about single shot accuracy.
Step 2: Clamp the pistol into the Hyskore Rest such that the red dot is centered on the target point of aim
When we’ve fired our 3 shots from the Hyscore rest, keeping the hyscore device in roughly the same spot, distance is what is most important here, we’re now going to unload the weapon, completely clear it. Put the safety on if applicable, and we’re going to now clamp the pistol into the hyscore device.
Step 3: Adjust windage and elevation to point of impact from first grouping
We’ll adjust the elevation and the base until the red dot with the clamped in handgun covers the same exact center of the target you were aiming for before. The base doesn’t need to be in the exact same position as when you fired your group, it just needs to be close.
With the dot covering the center of the target, we’re not going to adjust our windage and elevation until the dot covers our grouping.
If you think about the simple logic here, you were aiming from a rest in roughly the same position as the clamped handgun at the center of the target, but it grouped somewhere else on the target. If you had a third hand, you could simply adjust the red dot over to your grouping as you firmly gripped the pistol, and your next shot would be dead on. That is essentially what you’re doing, except you’re letting the hyskore device be your extra set of hands.
Conclusion, your red dot should now be zeroed
So overall its a really simple solution that takes all of the math and the guess work out of it. I love this device, and it works great. It generally gets me within around a half of an inch of being zeroed, so I can then dial the gun in my hand with at most one more group.
Hyskore Pistol Rest
This device will allow you to zero your pistol in 2-3 shots. It saves a ton of money on ammo, and ensures that you have a correct zero, ruling out shooter error.
The Hyskore Device has already paid for itself across multiple pistols and red dot optics
The hyskore device has saved me litterally boxes of ammo, so at $65 it pays for itself. It’s an invaluable tool and I’d recommend it to every shooter who puts optics on their pistol.
It saves you a ton of time and a ton of ammo.
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