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I have the adjustable sights on my standard M&P15-22. Maybe I am not looking at the right point of the sights but the gun shoots low. I have the dial all the way up.

The point I am using is the tip of the center (smaller) bar - I line up my target just above the tip of that bar. I'd like to adjust it so the target is right on top of the bar, but I don't have any more range left.

Am I looking at it correctly?

On a side note - has anyone put a scope on theirs and got it dialed in for long-range precision shooting? Or is the .22LR round just not capable of that no matter what type you shoot?

This is a really fun gun to shoot.
 
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What type of sights does your 15-22 have? I have the MOE version which has Magpul folding sights, and elevation is adjusted on the front sight, for it.

Sure, lots of people are putting scopes and other optics on their 15-22's. I wouldn't call it a precision, long-range shooter, but I/you can shoot more accurately at longer distances with a scope than without.
 
My sights are adjusted at the rear. There is a dial for elevation and windage.

This appears to be the same one I have.

If you play the 360deg animation and stop it with the gun pointed at you the center bar on the front sight is visible. The top of that is what I am trying to sight in to.
 
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Mike said:
Your front sight is adjustable too. take a pointed object and depress the small plunger at the base of the front sight post. Screw it in(down) for more elevation or out(up) for less elevation.
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A small allen wrench and a toothpick work well if you don't have a front sight tool.
 
gun1, return the rear elevation knob back to 6/3 . your front post should be mechanically zeroed (starting point) since it seems you didn't touch it, but make sure the post is flush with the base of the sight.

each click of the front post will raise or drop where your bullet hits by approximately 2" (1 7/8") at 100 yards. i am not sure what distance you are trying to zero at. if you are trying to zero at 50 yards, you are halving the distance, so you also half the amount of correction a click would make which would be 1". half that again if you are trying to zero at 25 yards. although, i think you should zero at 50 yards if possible...

the rear knob that has the 6/3 will adjust elevation up or down by .75" for each click at 100 yards. the windage will do the same .75" at 100 yards.

adjust the front post first for elevation to get you in the area, and then use the rear elevation as needed.

i find these targets helpful when trying to zero since each square is 1" wide. Amazon.com: 12" Birchwood Casey Shoot - N - C Self - Adhesive Sight - In Targets: Sports & Outdoors
 
Thanks for the front sight tip. I did not know it adjusted. Next time I head out with it I'll give it a shot (might be this weekend, we'll see) .
 
Can also use tip of a 5.56 round, or just buy the front sight adjuster tool for $10
 
I got the sights dialed in today. I played with the dials first. I found there are 60 clicks in the vertical adjustment so I dialed it to 30 and my plan was to adjust the front post from there. It was close enough that I just clicked to zero it, 10 clicks down and 2 clicks right and I was there. I suppose I could adjust the front post to zero at 30 clicks (center on the vertical adjustment) but it probably isn't worth it.

This was all at 30 yards. After I was done sighting up closer I moved back to 50 and with the way the sights are on this rifle they were too close to go adjusting further.

Man, I need a scope for this thing though. It doesn't do much good if I can't get the target nailed down on the sights because I can't see it. I had the targets set at 100 yards at first and they were impossible to see. So we moved them closer in-range to 50 and that was too far away for me to make any adjustments so I had to move closer still.

Oh well, it is dialed in now, as much as I'll get it anyway.

I checked out my buddy's scope on his muzzle loader - it is a 3-9 magnification scope. That seemed like it had plenty of range out to 100 yards. Beyond that I think a higher magnification would be on order.
 
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