'kay, first of all, this post is not for me, but for a shooting pal who has a Pedersoli Sharps for which he has recently paid over $1100 to have fitted with the full-length Malcolm-style scope.
My main question for those of you who may have one of these items concerns the total lack of repeatable shots when using it. Every time he shoots it - and he is a fine shot with an extensive collection of real vintage and collectors rifles and carbines, including a few very nice Volcanics and early Winchesters - the bullet goes somewhere else, and I don't mean on every occasion, I mean that every shot he fires goes into a different part of the entire target area by several inches. We have tied it down to the fact that the sight-base section holding the rear of the tube moves around, and every time a shot is fired, the two securing screws holding it to the transit block loosen up, allowing the scope to move relative to the target and into a slightly different position. Tightening these screws up seems to make no difference.
We are both at a loss as to how to procede from here.
The scope and its mounts seem to be very fragile and susceptible to easy damage, and the cost of the thing prevents the owner from taking more drastic measures than trying to maintain the position of the tube in the brackets using the extant clamps.
To say that he is p!ssed by this is a serious understatement - any and all advice will be much appreciated.
tac
My main question for those of you who may have one of these items concerns the total lack of repeatable shots when using it. Every time he shoots it - and he is a fine shot with an extensive collection of real vintage and collectors rifles and carbines, including a few very nice Volcanics and early Winchesters - the bullet goes somewhere else, and I don't mean on every occasion, I mean that every shot he fires goes into a different part of the entire target area by several inches. We have tied it down to the fact that the sight-base section holding the rear of the tube moves around, and every time a shot is fired, the two securing screws holding it to the transit block loosen up, allowing the scope to move relative to the target and into a slightly different position. Tightening these screws up seems to make no difference.
We are both at a loss as to how to procede from here.
The scope and its mounts seem to be very fragile and susceptible to easy damage, and the cost of the thing prevents the owner from taking more drastic measures than trying to maintain the position of the tube in the brackets using the extant clamps.
To say that he is p!ssed by this is a serious understatement - any and all advice will be much appreciated.
tac
