Zero’ing in a Red Dot on a Radical Firearms AR-15 at The Shooting Academy: A Comedy of Errors

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Welcome to the clown show, folks! In this video, I take my Radical Firearms AR-15—a budget-friendly beauty that screams “I’m here to shoot, not to impress”—to The Shooting Academy in Westfield, Indiana, to zero in a red dot sight. Spoiler: it’s less “tactical precision” and more “Three Stooges with live ammo.” If you’ve ever wanted to see a grown man argue with a $40 optic, miss a target the size of a dinner plate, and blame everything on his buddy Dave, you’re in for a treat.

Picture this: I roll up to The Shooting Academy, a place that smells like gunpowder and unspoken judgment, with my AR-15 slung over my shoulder like I’m some knockoff Rambo. The Radical Firearms AR-15 is a champ—reliable, lightweight, and cheap enough that I didn’t sob when I dinged it against my tailgate. The red dot, though? I snagged it online from a sketchy site that also hawks glow-in-the-dark flip-flops. It came with instructions in what I’m pretty sure was alien cursive, so I figured I’d just wing it. How hard could zero’ing be? Famous last words.

For the uninitiated, zero’ing a red dot means tweaking it so the little glowing dot matches where your bullets land. Simple, right? Like aiming a laser pointer at a cat. Except the cat’s 25 yards away, the pointer’s bolted to a rifle, and I’ve got the hand-eye coordination of a drunk sloth. I set up my target—a smug paper bullseye begging to be humbled—load some bargain-bin 223, and let ‘er rip. First shot: nothing. No hole. Did the bullet vanish? Did I shoot the ceiling? The guy in the next lane—rocking a $2,000 rig—glances over like I’m a lost puppy. I fire again. Still nada. At this point, I’m wondering if the red dot’s just a fancy sticker.

Enter Dave, my “helper,” who’s chomping on a gas station burrito and yelling, “Adjust the windage, bro!” over the gunfire. Thanks, genius. I grab my multitool—because I’m *that* guy—and start twisting the elevation and windage dials like I’m tuning a radio in a storm. Click-click-click. I shoot again. A hole! Six inches low and a foot left. Progress! Sort of. I tweak more, fire, and now it’s high and right. My target looks like a Jackson Pollock painting, and Dave’s cackling like it’s comedy night.

The Shooting Academy staff—bless their patient souls—watch me flail through the cameras. The range officer, a dude who could probably zero a scope with his eyes closed, mutters, “You’ll get it,” which I’m pretty sure means “Please don’t shoot the lights.” But I persevere. After 40 rounds and some questionable math, I finally get a three-round group near the bullseye. It’s not sniper-worthy, but I can hit paper without blushing. Dave grabs the AR, sprays a mag like he’s in a video game, and ruins my masterpiece. “Your dot sucks!” he says. Yeah, sure, Dave. Blame the gear.

In the end, the Radical Firearms AR-15 shines, the red dot’s tamed (ish), and The Shooting Academy in Westfield, Indiana, proves it’s a great spot for fools like me. Like, subscribe, and tell me your own range fails—I need the solidarity!

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