Mounting Scope

[Shrapnel[Op-For]]

Ok, so I went out and bought a bushnell 3-9x50 scope to replace the crappy one the well l96 comes with. So I wondering if I should even be mounting it on, or if i should get a gun smith, or someone more expereinced at a game to do it for me, because I'm not sure how to properly mount it so that it is even and correct. And how do you guys go about zeroing in your scopes? I don't have a large area to zero it in where i live, but there would be at the field, but then i would risk not having it zeroed in for the game time.

Thanks

*edit* found out that the scope mounts that came with the bushnell are too low, and it wont fit.

[Kos-Mos]

if both scopes are 20mm, you can use the mount that came with the gun.

And just try as much as you can to align the crosshair.

Then zeroing should be a breeze. takes me about 30 bbs to zero my G22 (L96 with a custom stock)

Or you can buy a laser boresight to help zeroing.

[tunabreath]

I'm not sure how easy it is to remove the bolt on a spring rifle, but for gas ones, you can set the gun down on a bipod, remove the bolt, and manually boresight it from the back, to give you a general idea where to set the scope before you start firing and zeroing.