-Get something/someone on the scope before shooting.
-In American English when you focus narrowly on something or define it carefully you âget a beadâ or âdraw a beadâ on it. In this expression the term âbeadâ comes from the former name for the little metal bump on the end of a gun barrel which helped the shooter aim precisely at a target.
I get a bead on that animal and I am gonna shoot it!