Sighting in
- Thread starter fuel80guy
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Yes, we need a bit more info.
Which rifle?
Mount base: one or two piece?
To get it to shoot lower, you must lower the rear or raise the front of the scope.
This is quite simple with a one-piece base.
Much more complicated with the two-piece.
Eagleye.
Which rifle?
Mount base: one or two piece?
To get it to shoot lower, you must lower the rear or raise the front of the scope.
This is quite simple with a one-piece base.
Much more complicated with the two-piece.
Eagleye.
tylerjwitty
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Northern Ontario
thought the axis where the same height of baes. the savages are
take the caps off the top of the rings and see how the scope sits . you should be able to tell if it right or wrong
i would be leaning toward the bases being wrong or not tight?? . .
unless your scope is crap. mine is.. dial down 10 moa at 100 yards and it move 3 inchs. seems now its jumping back and forth by 2 inch vertically..
one more test til it goes back to factory
take the caps off the top of the rings and see how the scope sits . you should be able to tell if it right or wrong
i would be leaning toward the bases being wrong or not tight?? . .
unless your scope is crap. mine is.. dial down 10 moa at 100 yards and it move 3 inchs. seems now its jumping back and forth by 2 inch vertically..
one more test til it goes back to factory
blasted_saber
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- A blue part of Ontario
Need to shim a base.
tylerjwitty
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Northern Ontario
info so we cgn csi's can get to work 
tylerjwitty
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Northern Ontario
you shouldn't have had to shim .
MY WORD ..
i just checked out redfields site. your maxed out down and you have 70 moa of adjustment in that scope. providing you have a 3-9
you need a 15 tho shim in the front says my cacultions
19 tho will move you down 70 moa on a 4 inch mount
BUT talk about twisting your scope last time i checked glass dont like to be bent
MY WORD ..
i just checked out redfields site. your maxed out down and you have 70 moa of adjustment in that scope. providing you have a 3-9
you need a 15 tho shim in the front says my cacultions
19 tho will move you down 70 moa on a 4 inch mount
BUT talk about twisting your scope last time i checked glass dont like to be bent
hometownhero
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Toon Town, Sk
One question why are you shooting and trying to sight in at 30 yards?
tylerjwitty
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Northern Ontario
how much of a shim and take the scope off and see which sit right when you apply pressor about each mount?
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Four inches high at 100 is usable, depending on what it is that you intend to use the rifle for. As a target or varmint rifle it will be a bit of a pain, but you can get by if you use it as a big game rifle. If, for example, you have a duplex reticle, you can make use of the ends of the wide post sections as hold off points; the bottom of the top one will bring you close to zero at near range targets, hold center for moderate range, and use the top of the bottom post for long shots. Likewise, the left and right posts can be used to hold off for windage.
I suggest you pick a single load to use in your rifle, either factory or a handload, and work with it until you are able to fine tune the holdoffs at specific ranges. Now the chances are that the hold offs right on the post ends will not coincide with the range when measured in whole hundreds of yards (100, 200, 300 etc) but you will quickly learn where the hold needs to be relative to the post ends and the cross hair at specific ranges.
The first step though is to put up a 12" target and learn what that looks like through your scope. At what range and at what power does your cross hair and post end bracket that target. Congratulations, now you're using your scope as a range finder as well as a sighting aid. Now if luck is with you, perhaps if you shoot with your target bracketed between the cross hair and the top post, you will get a center hit on your 100 yard target. You might get a 300 center hit using the cross hair, so what hold do you need for a 200 yard shot or a 400 yard shot? Record the results, one of those write in the rain pocket sized notebooks is handy. The more you use this system, the easier it will become.
I suggest you pick a single load to use in your rifle, either factory or a handload, and work with it until you are able to fine tune the holdoffs at specific ranges. Now the chances are that the hold offs right on the post ends will not coincide with the range when measured in whole hundreds of yards (100, 200, 300 etc) but you will quickly learn where the hold needs to be relative to the post ends and the cross hair at specific ranges.
The first step though is to put up a 12" target and learn what that looks like through your scope. At what range and at what power does your cross hair and post end bracket that target. Congratulations, now you're using your scope as a range finder as well as a sighting aid. Now if luck is with you, perhaps if you shoot with your target bracketed between the cross hair and the top post, you will get a center hit on your 100 yard target. You might get a 300 center hit using the cross hair, so what hold do you need for a 200 yard shot or a 400 yard shot? Record the results, one of those write in the rain pocket sized notebooks is handy. The more you use this system, the easier it will become.
Throw the factory two piece bases away.
Mount a one-piece base of your choice.
Shim the front of the base to raise it at the front.
Problem solved.
Do Not shim the front or rear only of two piece bases, that will cause ring misalignment and may damage your scope.
Regards, Eagleye.
Mount a one-piece base of your choice.
Shim the front of the base to raise it at the front.
Problem solved.
Do Not shim the front or rear only of two piece bases, that will cause ring misalignment and may damage your scope.
Regards, Eagleye.
