Not even on paper at 25 yards

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So I took my new to me Savage mk2 out to the range today. I have a cheap Bushnell scope that I threw on.

I was optimistic and wheeled the target back to 50 yards and squeezed off 5 rounds. Brought it in and not a mark on it...lol

Same at 25 yards.

Not until the 10 yards mark or so did I make contact, and even then I was just grazing the side of the paper.

I was way right. Started dialing it in but ran out of adjustment range. At the end I was still 8 inches or so to the right. Looks like I'll need to take it to a smith and have it remounted and bore sighted.

Still had a blast though. Even though it was off, groups were very tight.....lol
 
Why take it to a smith?

Mounting a scope on a .22 is something everyone can do.

Do you have windage adjustable rear bases? Otherwise, that far off at 10 yards means something is waaaay out of whack. Process of elimination before you waste your cash on a smith for this one...
 
Being more deliberate and careful mounting it now that you know which way it is off should be relatively eay to see what's wrong, you can do it unless your scope is fubared.
 
cheap scopes, very little adjustments internally.
get a better scope or buy a set of burris zee rings with offset kit, gives you I think 30moa max.
 
Tried seeing how many clicks in one direction I had. Stopped counting once I got over 150 clicks. Seemed too much to me. Is that how many clicks scoped have?

Scope mounts look to be two pc bases. Dove tail style receiver. One side gets hooked on then the other side hooks in and they bolt together.

I took a quick look for the right Allan key to remove the bases and couldn't find one. I'll have to take a look in the garage later tonight.
 
As others have suggested, make certain all the mounts are properly done & tight. Have you tried benching it with a sled or some beanbags to try to eliminate some of the 'user interface' variables? Good luck, glad you're still having fun - I just came to accept my own minute-of-barn-door accuracy. ;-)
 
Sea Monkey said:
As others have suggested, make certain all the mounts are properly done & tight. Have you tried benching it with a sled or some beanbags to try to eliminate some of the 'user interface' variables? Good luck, glad you're still having fun - I just came to accept my own minute-of-barn-door accuracy. ;-)
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No reasonable amount of "user interface" error would cause you to be off paper at 10 yards. Poor shot or not, something is amiss here that goes beyond the ability of the shooter.

150 clicks doesn't sound unreasonable. If you have a scope with 60MOA of adjustment, and 1/4 MOA clicks, thats 240 clicks. Should be 120 either way, but if the scope you have was adjusted for a different rifle in the past, then its entirely possible to get 150 clicks in one direction.

I would take the whole setup apart, and re-do it. All the way down to removing the bases from the action. When you reassemble it, keep looking for anything that doesn't look quite right. When I mounted a scope on my mkII a while back I noticed the screws from the bases were interfering with the rings I was using, so I lightly stoned down the screw heads until there was clearance. Make sure your bases are sitting nicely against the receiver, and that your rings are sitting nicely on the bases.

If upon reassembling it, you find it is still way off, try switching the rings around. Try swapping the front and back rings, or mounting them onto the bases from the other side.
 
Look at your mounted scope from the top. It will be easy to see if scope is pointed off center. If so try rotating one of the scope mounts 180 degrees. Both scope mounts usually need to be oriented the same way when mounting onto the receiver dovetail because they were designed to fit different widths of dovetail. This also means your scope may not be exactly aligned with the barrels centreline but that's ok as long as bore line is parallel to the scope centreline when viewed from the top.
 
easyrider604 said:
Look at your mounted scope from the top. It will be easy to see if scope is pointed off center. If so try rotating one of the scope mounts 180 degrees. Both scope mounts usually need to be oriented the same way when mounting onto the receiver dovetail because they were designed to fit different widths of dovetail. This also means your scope may not be exactly aligned with the barrels centreline but that's ok as long as bore line is parallel to the scope centreline when viewed from the top.
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Had a Mossberg .22 that the barrel was installed visibly crooked, and although I could get it sighted in it was so far to one side that I couldn't focus the scope. I tried swapping rings around, but the rings were fine. Where are the crooked rings when you need them? Ended up taking a file to the fixed hook on one ring and working it until the centered scope pointed to the same place as the iron sights did. Used it for years like that, then traded it to a friend who shot it until he died.

At least its a .22. Experimenting wont break the bank. Somewhat different than the CZ .416 Rigby I had to get creative with.
 
I'll take everything off and redo it. I got the rifle with the bases/rings already on it. I just put the scope on.

I'd post pics but I forgot the password to my photobucket account long ago.
 
Sounds like more of the problem with the bases and not the scope.
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Has to be the mount. I've done this before and like others have said, switching the front and rear or having one of the rings face the other way may fix this. Also check to make sure the rings match. If they came with the gun, they may not be from the same set.
 
Usually you can get it adjusted without a kit if everything is attached well and your scope has enough adjustment, I would say don't waste your money..
 
Check if the tap holes are centered on the reciever, got a MK ll once that the front holes were drilled to the left... JP.
 
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