Problem Sighting In Gun
Today I was out at the range with a my BLR 358 Win and I was sighting in a Leupold Vari-X II. At 50 yards, my first shot was about 10 inches too low. I cranked up the scope and the second shot was about 6 inches below center. I cranked it up again and my third shot was about 2.5 inches below center. My windage was just fine, but the problem was that I could no longer dial my scope up any higher, it was at max I guess, and the gun was still shooting way too low. What can I do? What are my options? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks,
Patrick
Patrick
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you might have to shim up the scope mount to give you more room for adjustment 0 -
You can try using a shim under your scope at the rear mount. In the past I've use thin aluminum, brass, and in more extreme cases, cut a half-circle section of a black camera film canister and slid it in between the scope and the bottom half of the rear scope ring. It's worth a try providing that you've made sure you have the correct bases and rings for your BLR. 0 -
STEEL WOOL WORKS FINE FOR A SHIM.
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I use either thin machinists self-adhesive shim tape, or my personnal favorite BFE...a section of aluminum soda/beer can. Provides a nice small adjustment and is made of aluminum and will not marr the scope or rings...and the price is right!
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had to shim my Mil Dot Leopold. Did not like it did not want to but it was necessary.
Leopold if you email them and explain the problem will send you shims for free.
Great scope by the way.
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CHECK YOUR MOUNTS BEFORE SHIMMING THEM .IF YOU SUSPECT A SCOPE PROBLEM TRY SETTING ANOTHER SCOPE [ANY-SCOPE] IN THE SAME MOUNTS . ** FIRST CHECK THE LEUPOLD WITH A BORESIGHTER BEFORE REMOVING IT. YOU CAN SEE IF ELEVATION ADJUSTMENT DIFFERS FROM ONE SCOPE TO ANOTHER BY A REFERENCE POINT ON BORESIGHTER. SHIMMING IS A LAST RESORT IN MY OPINION !
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THINMAN0 -
Would it be possible that the mounts are install backwards?
Meaning the front mount is now on the rear and rear on front.
Just a thought.
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What type of mounts are you using? Most companies have low, med. and high mounts. You should use whichever set will keep the scope the lowest without touching the rifle. It sounds like you would just need to be a little lower if you could get a lower set. Keep in mind the larger the obj. lens, the more limited you'll be in selecting the mount. I'd start there and then maybe take it to your dealer and have him put one of those bore-sighting targets in and see how it looks. 0 -
I smashed a 22 casing, cut the rim off and super glued it to the underside of my scope mount after testing it. Worked like a charm. 0 -
I would not shim 2 piece bases very much as the threat of tweaking the scope out of plain can really screw up a nice scope. If shimming is really needed I would go with a 1 piece mount like a Redfield or Leupold because then you keep the scope in line with the mount as the shimming shifts the entire platform not just half. My favorite shim material is slices out of an aluminum can. 0 -
Hello rather then a shim I like to remove some off of the base that is too tall assumeing that you did not mix front mount with rear mount. use fine sandpaper and back it up with round piece of wood same diameter as action. 0
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