Over the past few days I have been working on scoping the rifle. I decided to go with the ARMS 18 mount, Millet angle loc rings and a 3x-9x Burris Fullfield II. After some initial issues with installing the mount (canted to the left - fixed by removing the C Clamp - Thanks for the input!) I was good to go.
Once I hit the range and began to try and sight the rifle in at 50m it was
aparent that the windage setting on my rings was right out to lunch. Initially I was about 2ft to the right on my point of aim and an inch or so high
Luckily a
very generous CGNer was a few firing lines down from me and spent quite a bit of his range time helping me play with the rings/mount to get everything lined up
This saved me TONS of time and "lost rounds" chasing my zero.
After about 15 or so rounds I was roughly at zero with the mount and began fine adjustments with the scope itself. The Fullfield II seems so far like an excellent scope for the money. I have nothing to compare it to other then a C79 Elcan and a repro PU however. The ballistic plex reticle is very sharp and the 1/4 MOA adjustments are very well done.
Reticle
After playing with the fine adjustments a bit I found I was short rounds so was unforunately only able to shoot a few groups. Here are the results
50m sight in after inital ring windage correction
4 x rounds at either 50 or 100m. Im going to say 50m to be safe
3 x rounds at 100m before fine tuning at 100m.
3 x rounds at 100m after fine tuning. These were the last of my rounds of that powder charge (best shooting). I
KNEW I pulled the last shot - I could feel it! I even joked with the shooter beside me after seeing the first two rounds touching that I would bugger up the third. I was right!
All shooting was done on a front AND rear rest. Personally I couldnt hold groups like that
And the rifle!
Im still waiting for a stitch up blackhawk cheeck rest and am debating on going with a bi pod. Overall I am extreamly impressed with this rifle. As a note, the electrical tape I have used on the fore end and the upper hand guard has held perfectly in place for about 150 rounds. The rifle is extreamly tight with the only movement being between the rifle and magazine.
Thanks for reading!
