So, just recently mounted my first ever scope. It is a Bushnell elite 3-9x40 on a Rem 700 AAC-SD, in a pair of leupold low rings. I was using one of the Bushnell bore sighters, and in order to get the crosshairs centered on the boresighter I needed to adjust the windage almost all the way to the left.
That seems like it is not right, as I would imagine you are supposed to have more or less equal amount of movement available on both sides.
The scope sits about as low as it can be without touching the barrel or hitting the bolt knob, I can't get the scope covers on, which I suppose could be a good thing since my stock doesn't have a cheek riser.
I more or less eyeballed the front ring when twisting the dovetail into place with a screwdriver for leverage, but I made sure the scope sat easily and rotated without any obvious pressure points. If the front ring is not quite centered at 12 o clock, would that be what's causing the scope to point so far to the right?
It could also be that I have no idea how to use the boresighter, maybe it was aligned wrong or something.
I'd imagine there's probably a dozen potential causes, but does anyone have a suggestion that immediately comes to mind?
In any case, I'm going to go do a test fire this weekend to see if it's even on paper. Wouldn't surprise me much if I was using the boresighter wrong.
Yes, I could go get this mounted properly, I even have a waiver on the labor cost for P&D, but I would like to learn how to do this stuff myself.
That seems like it is not right, as I would imagine you are supposed to have more or less equal amount of movement available on both sides.
The scope sits about as low as it can be without touching the barrel or hitting the bolt knob, I can't get the scope covers on, which I suppose could be a good thing since my stock doesn't have a cheek riser.
I more or less eyeballed the front ring when twisting the dovetail into place with a screwdriver for leverage, but I made sure the scope sat easily and rotated without any obvious pressure points. If the front ring is not quite centered at 12 o clock, would that be what's causing the scope to point so far to the right?
It could also be that I have no idea how to use the boresighter, maybe it was aligned wrong or something.
I'd imagine there's probably a dozen potential causes, but does anyone have a suggestion that immediately comes to mind?
In any case, I'm going to go do a test fire this weekend to see if it's even on paper. Wouldn't surprise me much if I was using the boresighter wrong.
Yes, I could go get this mounted properly, I even have a waiver on the labor cost for P&D, but I would like to learn how to do this stuff myself.
