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gars320
hi

i am putting a scope on a new rifle.a friend said to use high mounts.now i always mount my scopes as close to the barrel as i can get.always thought that would be more acurate.Listening to my friend i was curious if it matters?Thinking about triing it but it does not seem like it would be beneficial to me.woundering what othere people think. thanks for the time.

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  • gars320
    will the rings on a muzzelloader handel the recoil of a 7 mm rem mag
    the reason I ask is I have a muzzelloader that the rings will work perfect on my 7 mm
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  • springer1
    I zero a rifle 1-3 inchs high at 100 so I can shoot out to 250-300 and still be in the kill zone
    25 is too close to zero
    With out being there,seeing the scope,make sure the cross hairs arent stuck
    When you zero in like I do for longer shots you might have to ajust for a shot of 25-50 yards
    The low mounts might be the ticket if your scope will fit??
    I use a knock-off mount so I can use the open sights on the close shots
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  • bolthandle
    gars320: Leupold recomends low rings on this rifle for their 40 mm lense scopes.
    I have a 700, and use low rings with a 6.5-20x40 Leupold scope.
    You didnt mention what brand of scope and size the objective bell lense is you are using. Might be a scope problem, and not even the rings. The ring height is just for proper alignment off the rifle as to the scopes bell diameter, keeping it as low and level as possible on the rifle.
    50 mm lenses will take a higher set of rings, I think medium to high for this size with their scopes.
    Just a side note, your objective bell isnt touching the barrel is it?

    Guns and Glass might also have an answer for your problem.

    Bolt

    Bolt

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  • Ronald J. Snow
    The first thing I would look for is whether or not the front scope bell is touching either the barrel or rear sight.
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  • Kdub
    25 yds is an ideal distance to get your rifle on paper. Get the groups cutting the center out of the target at that distance and then worry about moving on out to 100 yds for adjusting to 2" - 3" above center for 200 and 300 yd shooting.

    If you have a 40 or 44 mm objective lens and are using medium height rings, you shouldn't be touching the barrel or front sight with the scope.

    First of all, be sure if using 2-piece mounts that you have them mounted correctly. Sometimes each mount is specific for front or back. Same way with the rings. When you look closely at the mounted scope, you should notice a very slight downward tilt to the front of the scope as compared to the axis of the barrel.

    If all this checks out, you can cut shims from aluminum soda cans and add between the receiver and the rear scope base mount until you have corrected the elevation problem. Before adding the shims, re-center your scope reticle, then add the shims as necessary. This will give you a good range of adjustment later for the incremental elevation adjustments necessary for distance shooting.

    Keep off the Ridgeline
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  • perry shooter
    I think you either have the mounts on wrong or mismatched rings If the scope is not broken .If you don't have enough adjustment left on the scope to zero at 25 yards it will only be worst at 100 yards never better.The bullet travels in a arc and the line of sight is a straight line .With the scope mounted so the line of sight is 1&1/2 inch above bore The path of the bullet will cross the line of sight twice if zeroed at 25 yards most 308 class cartridges will also be close to zero at 100 yards.
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