Can't get this rifle to shoot straight!!

SuperCub said:
IMO ....... your opinion is wrong! :slap:

I've never had a weaver setup fail from everything from a .222 up to several 375H&Hs in over 20yrs of use. :D

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Yeah, but Weavers have zero cool factor in today's world of asthetically pleasing scope mount set-ups... :p

Much more important than functionality don'tchaknow... ;)
 
SuperCub said:
IMO ....... your opinion is wrong! :slap:

I've never had a weaver setup fail from everything from a .222 up to several 375H&Hs in over 20yrs of use. :D

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I have to agree with that.....I've got Warne, Talley, Redfield, Leupold, Burris,Weaver, to name a few and the Weaver although not as pretty are just as good. With a Weaver base and ring set you can carry a spare scope pre-sighted and switch scopes if necessary without losing zero.
Doing that with most other sets require QR rings and bases.
 
Nothing wrong with Weaver bases and mounts. Myself and many others for many years have used them with satisfaction. Also have used Leupold as well.

Sounds to me you should try another scope after you've installed new base and mounts. High recoil guns need a top end scope as the cheap ones will go sideways on you from the recoil. Some cheap scopes are hooped before you even use them. Bushnell Trophy is a fair decent scope that'll take a good recoil and the Banner wasn't too bad either, but the entry level Bushnells are best left on the shelf at the store.

A good buddy of mine had a 3-4 year old Leupold scope go sideways on him and he sent it to Leupold for repair and they sent him a brand new one at no charge. Even top end scopes get shook up inside. I had an old German Pecar scope that shot everywhere. It came on a used pre-64 M70 and just wouldn't stay on target. I stuck on a Scope Chief and that lasted for years. It's still good but I've replaced that with a Leupold.

When I install a new scope I have a bore sighter I use. But the easiest way is to take out the bolt and look up the barrel to the target; but everybody already know that anyway. Adjust scope accordingly.

Rod
 
Thanks for the ideas everyone. This scope worked fine on a Browning .308. I know the recoil on a 300 WSM is more than a 308, but a Legend isn't the bottom of the barrel either. Fortunately, I have a lazer bore sighter, so I can tinker with it at home. At 25 yards, the shots are going right where the bore sighter predicts.
 
I had the same thing happen to me with Warne bases and rings. I was hitting 4" to the right with all the adjustment in the Leupold scope used. I went home and mounted another brand new Leupold. Same thing.

Turned out the front base had the holes drilled off-center. I exchanged the Warne stuff for Leupold and all was well.
 
Weavers are pretty plain looking, and I don't really like the, but they do work, and they do hold a scope tightly.

Often they seem to leave marks on the scope more than the better quality rings, though.
 
If you can get your hands on an optical bore sighter you can see if you are getting movement for each click of adjustment you make on the scope, but I'm getting ahead of myself here. First thing of course is to ensure base screws are tight. If you have the mounts I think you do, there is windage adjustments in both the front and rear rings and as a result you must be careful not to bend the scope. Bring the scope's windage click adjustment to their mechanical center. Leave the front ring slightly loose, then watching in the bore sighter adjust the windage in the rings to bring the reticle to center. Once centered tighten the front ring. This should leave you with lots of windage adjustment in the scope for sighting in, even if the factory holes are slightly misaligned.

Check out http://www.lynxoptics.com.au/reviews/review_scopemounts.html
 
I have had a few issues with Weaver rings. They can be a pain to get the scope level on the rifle - tightening the ring cap screws tends to turn the scope. Some ring caps had punched screw holes which had a slight deformation which would contact the scope tube and mark the scope.
Bushnell owns Bausch and Lomb. Different models of the scopes seem to be made in different factories. Who knows where any given scope is made, or if Bushnell and B&L scopes are made in the same factory. The different marques and models are made and marketed for different price points. Its a Chevy and Pontiac situation.
 
Do any of you guys actually have lynx rings? I have a set for my Brno #4 and they are top quality rings. I am a machinist by trade and can say these rings are nearly the quality of Leupold and I would say better than my millet rings. Anyway it sounds like your scope is dead if you can adjust all the left and all the way rigth withought the group moving.
 
Well something is very, very wrong here. There is quite a bit of windage adjustment in these Lynx mounts, and this with the internal scope adjustment just cannot line up the reticle with the point of impact. The scope adjustments work fine. So either the mounts are drilled off, or the mounting holes in the rifle are off. I have a set of Weaver mounts on the way. If it still shoots way off to the right, I guess it's off to the gunsmith to have new holes drilled.
 
I had a rifle with misaligned holes and rather than drill new ones I slotted a Weaver base at the rear screw hole, centered the scope, then used some apoxy (I assume Accuglass would work as well) to hold everything in place. That mount never moved, and the rifle, a .30-06, saw lots of use for another 5 years.
 
tiriaq said:
I have had a few issues with Weaver rings. They can be a pain to get the scope level on the rifle - tightening the ring cap screws tends to turn the scope. Some ring caps had punched screw holes which had a slight deformation which would contact the scope tube and mark the scope.
Bushnell owns Bausch and Lomb. Different models of the scopes seem to be made in different factories. Who knows where any given scope is made, or if Bushnell and B&L scopes are made in the same factory. The different marques and models are made and marketed for different price points. Its a Chevy and Pontiac situation.
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At the risk of sabotaging and turning this into a Weaver thread, I really like the Weaver Quad Lock rings. I use them on my rifles and I've seen them used on dangerous game rifles. Also eliminates the problems mentioned above.
 
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