Put scope on rifle and have run out of hight adjustment still 4 moa short of aimpoint , anyone ever shim before plan to shim ring not base
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Put scope on rifle and have run out of hight adjustment still 4 moa short of aimpoint , anyone ever shim before plan to shim ring not base
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but a 20 moa base on it or 20 moa rings
To tight to buy new stuffQuote:
Originally Posted by gone-tropo
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its not a one turn zero stop scope is it . . struck a guy at the range the other night with the same issue, an easy fix to adjust past the stop!
If its not the zero stop its easy to shim using aluminium tape or better brass shim stock (get it from an engineering outfit, modellers also use it). Usually you have to shim the bases though or the shims move (don't ask me how I know, Talley steel rings too , you'd think they'd grip pretty hard)
i see your from Dunedin . . . your Scotish heritage is showingQuote:
Originally Posted by NRT
Try swapping the bases from front to back, you may already have MOA bases but are on backwards?
copper wire was invented by 2 scotsmen fighting over a pennyQuote:
Originally Posted by rossi.45
If they are both the same bases then measure the height with a vernier caliper and you can swap them to put the higher one at the front to lift the scope. Shimming the bases is preferable to shimming the rings. If your heritage prevents your from buying some shim stock, you can cut it out of Coke cans with a pair of scissors.
Seen the coke trick on line mates getting me some brass shim there Leopold base and ring set can only go one way on a micro bolt browning 223Quote:
Originally Posted by gundoc
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Personally i would be finding the real problem before stuffing bits of coke cans on my rifle. Try another set of rings, check barrel is threaded straight on reciever etc
What type of rifle is it? I had a rifle which I bought new that could not be zeroed for windage.
The barrel was bowed from the factory.
Rifle is fine fourth different scope it's had on all been a smacko if anything might be scope I tweaked it up 1st and realised I didn't have enough clearance for front objective it's 56mm could not slide paper underneath so got higher ringsQuote:
Originally Posted by ChrisW
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Iv coke can shimmed a .22 scope with crappy rings before
made me feel dirty, dont do it
Get a canted rail and/or use Burris Signature Zee rings (with the inserts).
Shimming is very fiddly and can introduce inconsistencies or damage the scope tube if you go overboard...
Shimmed heaps of Parker Hale 26mm rings for 1" scope tubes, never had a problem.
that sounds like a perfect rifle for a bush hobbit .... shoots around corners & trees :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisW
Had this issue before... Fun annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst
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if its not for height also try turning the rings around
or one ring
sometimes this is enough