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Posted: 9/29/2013 6:39:29 PM EDT
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I'm shooting 1/2" low and 3/8" left at 25 yards. When I move to 50 yards I am hitting 3/4" high and 1/2" right.
I've never seen anything like that, any ideas what's going on? |
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Depending upon the ammo you use it's not at all unusual for bullets to print differently at 25 & 50 yards.
I use a modified 10-22 & subsonic h.p. ammo for squirrel hunting. This particular rifle with that ammo shoots dead on at 50 yard and gives me sub half m.o.a. groups. At 25 yards the groups are even smaller but print half inch left and half inch low. Not enough difference to cause a miss on a small target though. |
| I am betting your cross hairs are tilted a lot more than you realize. Most folks don't naturally hold a rifle straight, and they tilt the cross hairs to match. When I mount a scope I concentrate on getting them straight without shouldering the rifle. I get it straight by looking at them in relation to the action to get really straight |
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I am betting your cross hairs are tilted a lot more than you realize. Most folks don't naturally hold a rifle straight, and they tilt the cross hairs to match. When I mount a scope I concentrate on getting them straight without shouldering the rifle. I get it straight by looking at them in relation to the action to get really straight Yup, I second what he said. I have a bad habit of not getting the corsswires lined up correctly some times. Even if you get them lined up perectly you could be shouldering the rifle canted slightly when you shoot from the bench. |
| That is the only thing I can come up with too, but didnt give it too much thought because I used this Level System to install it. Maybe I screwed it up, Ill check. |
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That is the only thing I can come up with too, but didnt give it too much thought because I used this Level System to install it. Maybe I screwed it up, Ill check. That has to be the dumbest gun gadget I have ever seen. How do you get the rifle level to install the barrel clamp first ? How do you know the threaded cap is level to the cross hairs? I use the simple reticle leveler that sits on the scope mount so the cross hairs are straight up through the action. |
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That has to be the dumbest gun gadget I have ever seen. How do you get the rifle level to install the barrel clamp first ? How do you know the threaded cap is level to the cross hairs? I use the simple reticle leveler that sits on the scope mount so the cross hairs are straight up through the action. Quoted:
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That is the only thing I can come up with too, but didnt give it too much thought because I used this Level System to install it. Maybe I screwed it up, Ill check. That has to be the dumbest gun gadget I have ever seen. How do you get the rifle level to install the barrel clamp first ? How do you know the threaded cap is level to the cross hairs? I use the simple reticle leveler that sits on the scope mount so the cross hairs are straight up through the action. The promo say you level across the bottom half of the scope rings then clamp the barrel. Canted rifle or scope when shooting would be my guess as to the OP's problem. |
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Your scope may not be level, or if it is your retical may not be vertical inside the scope. You need to do a tracking test to verify what is going on. Take a large piece of blank paper- like butcher paper. Staple it to a cardboard backer so it doesn't flap or otherwise move. Use a string with a weight to draw a vertical line. Clamp your rifle into something that will hold it perfectly still. Verify that your rifle is level using a bubble level on a flat surface. Check your scope's alignment by seeing if your vertical crosshair is aligned with the line you drew. Keep your scope's vertical crosshair aligned with that line and shoot. Adjust your scope's windage until you are hitting the line. Then adjust your scope's elevation enough clicks where it should hit 1" higher. Shoot then adjust another inch in elevation. Do that for several shots and see if the holes are tracking to one side. If your crosshairs stay aligned with the vertical line, but your holes are moving away from the line, your crosshair is canted inside the scope. This is a problem even Leupold scopes sometimes have. |
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