Key holes!!!! And maybe holes for scope bases are off!!

guntech said:
Try a 50 grain bullet. If it stabilizes you are good to go as far as keyholing goes... I believe your 55 grain bullet needs more twist.

Then you will need to address the poor scope mounting problem.
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I agree with guntech, the 55 grain VMax might be too long to stabilise properly with a 1-14 twist.

I have a 22-250 made by Winchester, appx 30 years ago, and it will only stabilise "flat base" 50 grain bullets.

That being said, I also have a Remington 700 SA, 22-250 with a 1-14 twist rate that will consistently stabilise the 55 grain VMax, but just barely, drop the velocity a bit, and groups open up radically.

One other thing the OP may want to do is slug that bore to check its diameter.

.223 and 224 diameter bores in rifle barrels can be an issue.
 
The zee rings have eccentric plastic rings in them so they are adjustable for windage I believe . You can change or move the rings to adjust the scope up and down or left and right. Look them up to find the instructions, they are probably just out of adjustment.
 
Its supposed to do that, your point of impact will move to the right.
Markings on the turret are indicating where the bullet will go, not where your cross hairs appear to go.
Still sounds like you have a scope mount issue though.
6.5x55swm said:
I think scope is screwed, when I turn the windage knob to move the reticle to the right it goes left
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flyr said:
Its supposed to do that, your point of impact will move to the right.
Markings on the turret are indicating where the bullet will go, not where your cross hairs appear to go.
Still sounds like you have a scope mount issue though.
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My Burris does opposite
 
6.5x55swm said:
I think scope is screwed, when I turn the windage knob to move the reticle to the right it goes left
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The indications on a scope adjustment indicate the direction of the bullets moving on the target. Adjusting indicated left ... the bullets should move left... and correspondingly - right moves bullets right.

Start over... screw the adjustment to the right as far as it will go without forcing it... shoot a couple of shots on a new big target... you see those shots? Then screw the adjustments as far to the left as it will go without forcing it... shoot a couple of shots... they should be quite far left of the previous shots.

If so, your scope is adjusting properly.


Then you need to adjust the bases on the rifle so you can sight it it.
 
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