handofzeus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Trout Creekish Ontario.
So, I finally had a new rifle out to shoot on the weekend topped with a brand new scope. Those who know me understand how cheap I am. I of course refused to get 'spendy' and opted for an Ohhunt tactical scope from Amazon. It's a nice little 1-5x 24mm or something like that. Did the initial unboxing and was impressed by the quality materials for a measly $169. Mounted it some cheap included rings, lined everything up bore sighted and off to the races! After uncasing the gun I sighted it in and whoa.....the crosshairs were a bit canted it seemed. I figured it must have been a factory flaw so just re-aligned it in the rings and fired four shots of .223. not a bad group but on closer inspection the crosshairs were canted with the top of the vertical at about 1:30!!!
A quick youtube video on how Burris assembles their scopes and I was ready! Here's how I fixed it. Do not attempt this on a warranteed scope!!!!!There's a micro set screw at the bottom of the eyepiece that keeps the eyepiece from threading completely out. I made a micro allen key from a ground down hairpin and removed it. Unscrew the eyepiece completely. On mine the etched glass reticle was right there and when gripped with needle nose pliers seemed fairly snug but it did give way and turn. there were no screws holding it in place either which likely didn't help things. I then turned it to where I liked and using 2-part epoxy I smeared the metal reticle ring and the base it sits in being careful to not get any in the eyepiece threads. Now it's just a matter of reassembling and sighting it in. pretty easy actually. if I had to do it again I would mask the eyepiece threads and completely fill the cavity between the reticle ring and scope body with epoxy.
