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I recently bought a Stevens 200 in .223 and put an old Tasco 3x9 on it. I have a one piece weaver mount. The scope is tried and true, off another rifle. I bought some American Eagle for it and sighted in. Groups were nothing exceptional given the Stevens reputation, but it was just plinking at this point. Since then I bedded the action, reinforced the forestock with a rod and filled the voids. I also foam filled the butt stock.

Anyway went back the range today and groups were much better with lots of rounds touching. But , really still just plinking. Ended up shooting fragments of clay pigeon out to 200m. Left smiling.:)

However, I cannot get the scope sighted in closer than about 4 inches high. The scope is cranked to its lowest adjustment and won't go anymore. Seems odd, since its a faily basic set up. Am I missing something ? :confused:
 
If you're convinced the scope is good and that it has adequate travel, about all you could do is remove the 1 piece base and shim it at the front to lower the barrel from the line of sight.
 
With a two piece base, shimming one of the bases always will apply "torque" to your scope tube that is undesirable. If you are shimming one or the other end up, you should use a one piece base to preclude this misalignment of the rings. Regards, Eagleye.
 
Just a question but when you bedded the action did you bed under the rear tang or leave it free floated. Not sure if it would be enought to affect the scope base allignment that much, but bedding under the rear tang of a savage can put unwanted stress on the action from my understanding.

Dave
 
Eagleye said:
With a two piece base, shimming one of the bases always will apply "torque" to your scope tube that is undesirable. If you are shimming one or the other end up, you should use a one piece base to preclude this misalignment of the rings. Regards, Eagleye.
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I think he said in the first post that he was using a one piece base.
 
Dave42 said:
Just a question but when you bedded the action did you bed under the rear tang or leave it free floated. Not sure if it would be enought to affect the scope base allignment that much, but bedding under the rear tang of a savage can put unwanted stress on the action from my understanding.

Dave
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I was holding off on bedding the tang. To see if I needed to. Thanks for the warning.

I guess this post was me taking the easy way out. I will take everything off and see if there is anything obvious.

Changed the rings. They didnt sem to lock down properly
 
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