UTG MK96 sniper-- need help

i recently purchased a UTG MK96 Shadow Ops Spring Airsoft Sniper Rifle Green with a 5th Gen 3-9X40 Mil-Dot Red/Green Illuminated Scope with 1 Inch Tube and this guns pretty good but i can't hit "Watch your language"! from about 30 feet away im aiming at a flavored water bottle (big one0 and a pop can and can't hit either! if got the scope perfectly on them and im using polished .3g bbs and i don't understand why i can't hit mabey its the scope i need to adjust it or sumin i don't know how to work it yet but this is my first airsoft gun...thnx ide appreciate help! :]

Yessur, you need to zero your scope. First off...take off the scope.

Fire a few rounds just looking down the barrel (not down the muzzle, down the barrel haha...don't want you to sue me when you shoot your eye out) just to make sure it is in fact firing. Now put the scope back on. Make sure you move the magnification way back to 3x. Fire off a shot at a piece of paper (preferably a paper target with marked grids). Mark where the BB hits. Now unscrew the caps on the scope turrets and adjust from there...

Repeat...

Repeat...

...and repeat some more until you have it pretty well zeroed.

You're going to want to zero at about 80+ feet...as Im assuming that will be the average engagement range.

Its alot of trial and error, theres no mathematical formula for zeroing really, just put some time aside and sling plastic.
Enjoy, and if you need a deeper description of how to zero a scope...please visit this thread:
http://www.airsoftallies.com/general-sniper-discussion-f37/dialing-in-the-ole-scope-t86.htm?highlight=zero+in+scope

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Durkee may be right, but I believe there is another reason. I had the same problem and it was not my scope, are the bb's never flying in the same place? Take apart your gun (Just unscrew the barrel from the receiver) and take your cleaning rod and attach some paper towel or other cleaning material to it, then shove it down the inner barrel and viola, a load of grease will probably some out with it, do a few more times and then zero in your scope, it should be shooting fine then.

well i have black bbs and can hardly ever see them but ill try that

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well i have black bbs and can hardly ever see them but ill try that

OH...ya thats a problem Try and get your hands on some white or neon for zeroing. You can get a "sample" bag from alot of retailers for like $2.

btw, I don't recommend using paper towel to clean your barrel. Sometimes, that stuff can be pretty rough. Try a little strip of cheese clothe or really soft fabric. They tend to clean better, IMHO

Haha thank goodness you said cheese cloth, at first it looked like you just said "cheese"! That wouldn't be good

You can pick up some gun cleaning cotton patches at Walmart for pretty cheap. That's what I use to clean my barrels.

I use some patches I got at my local gun shop, but cheese cloth does the trick just as well.