Zeroing BSA RGB (Red Dot) scope

I'm going to do a bench review of the BSA Huntsman Illuminated RGB sight too, but here is my first ever vlog entry. Be kind, I did it to get some experience and to see how good of a job my Samsung Focus S Windows Phone would do. Considering that I was by myself on the range and had no stand, I thought it was a good start. They'll get better from here.

There are a couple of details I didn't mention in this video (but will cover in the bench review) about the BSA Huntsman:

• It will mount on both 3/8" and 5/8" sight rails. That's good for me, because it fits my Marlin 795 rifle and Benelli Nova shotgun
• This red dot is RGB, meaning it has red, green or blue dots to choose from depending on lighting conditions. I've been using the red dot for a few reasons, some of which may not be true of this particular scope, but is true for other sights. The reasons are:
• The color red consumes less power than other colors. My hope is for longer battery life. I know this is true for LASERs (yes LASER is an acronym), not absolutely sure it applies to red dot sights.
• Red is the only color humans can see directly in the middle of the eye at night. I think being able to see red directly in the center of the eye makes it more accurate.

I was surprised when using the BSA Huntsman RGB for the first time how far off it was from center. After firing for the first time I completely missed a rather large target (you'll see them in the video) at 25 yards. I could hardly believe that the shots landed at least 10 inches below the center target!  I expected it to be off, but wow, 10 inches?

I would have liked to get better groups, but it was pretty muddy out there and, other than a plastic lawn chair, I couldn't use any kind of rest to steady the rifle. I expect I will keep improving with some support. So far I'm liking the BSA Huntsman and having fun with it. I'm hoping that continues. As Larry Potterfield of MidwayUSA says, "An accurate rifle is an interesting rifle."

One more item to note...while working on this, to help me I wrote a program for my Windows Phone to assist with calculating clicks for zeroing the sight at distances under 100 yards. If you have a Windows Phone, you're welcome to install touchdevelop by Microsoft on your Windows Phone and download zero my red dot by ShootinUgli.

Well, I'm going keep preparing for the club shoot. They tell me it's very friendly, but you know there always some competition involved. I'll keep you posted.