Thread: Can you look at my rifle for me?

Another classic turns up on my door with I can't hit the side of the barn yarn!
what do you think the problem is?

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Well his scopes on sideways to start


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Its a Mossberg?

That's for a left handed rifle, and yes they still work set up like that !!!

It's a 270.....?

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

That's for a left handed rifle, and yes they still work set up like that !!!

But it's mounted on a right handed rifle.

Are the mounts loose?

Cheers
Pete

yip new left hand scope by the looks

Mossberg ATR ?
Got one, and its brilliant
Check torque on the screws holding the stock to the action.

It looks as though the scope is too close to the barrel . Try higher mounts

Does the barrel contact the end easily? Or is it floating well?

so far scope on 90 ° out and when I tock the rings off the rear mount was lose as the screws were to long.
I shortened those then loctited bases on.
now cleaning barrel with some of my new bore cleaner wipe out will check stock screws for tightness
have these got easily adjustable triggers?

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plenty of clearance in the barrel channel.
action screws got a tweak .
the trigger is bloody heavy so will be doing a bit of home work on that tonight.
I will put some shots through tommorow night to see if there's any hope!

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Originally Posted by andyanimal31

...when I tock the rings off the rear mount was lose as the screws were to long...

Yip, I reckon that would do it!

Some of these have a very bad mouldings of the stock of where the action seats in and once screws are torqued a lot of tension is build up in the action which can't help for accuracy.

While I have never seen a "left handed scope" and if I did would suspect it was a piss take, I have seen scopes with the horizontal adjustment on the left side. (Only eastern bloc though)

On that note though, even if the scope was sideways, group sizes should be unaffected. Zero'ing the scope and sighting in would become a nightmare, but groups should stay fine.

What brand is the scope? Do you have another scope you can try? (It could be loose bits in the scope). Make sure al the screws etc are snugged up and not loose.