Hello from Michigan. This is my first post here, and I am here because it seems this group is very familiar with Sightron target scopes.
I bought a Sightron SIII 10x50-60mm to sit on top my 7mmRM and to serve as my first F-class setup. I like the scope very much, but the target dot reticle is clearly canted counterclockwise. It drives me nuts to look through the scope.
This isn't my first rodeo, and the scope mounting method I use consists of a feeler gauge between the bottom of the scope turret housing, and the Picatinny scope base. I then verify my setup by hanging a plumb target at 100 meters. With a level receiver (USO bubble level), I put a 3-shot group at the bottom of the target, run the reticle down 30 MOA, and shoot another 3 shots at the same spot. The left-right drift of my two groups was practically zero, yet the reticle was still visibly canted. I even received visual confirmation from some other shooters at my range.
I sent the scope to Sightron, and after four weeks I received an e-mail saying the reticle is fine. The CS representative says their confirmation method consisted of rotating my scope to align with a collimator, and then placing a bubble level on the scope turret. Apparently if the bubble appears level, the scope is fine. Does this sound acceptable? It seems backwards to me. In other words, why wouldn't they level the scope, level the collimator, and then see where the cross-hairs fall in relation to the collimator?
I've asked for pictures of the setup. I guess my main concern is how large of a cross-hair they are using on their collimator. Would it be correct to assume that if the collimator cross-hair dwarfs the thin lines of my target-dot reticle, then some cant could be present in the reticle, but not observable?
In a nutshell, I'm looking for some direction or advice on my situation. I've heard stuff like this happening with Leupold scopes, and the gory details include the fact that Leupold considers a 3 degree reticle cant within specification. I'm just wondering if I'm dealing with the same problem with Sightron.
Any insight would be appreciated, including advice on how I might prove to Sightron that my reticle is indeed canted.
Thanks
I bought a Sightron SIII 10x50-60mm to sit on top my 7mmRM and to serve as my first F-class setup. I like the scope very much, but the target dot reticle is clearly canted counterclockwise. It drives me nuts to look through the scope.
This isn't my first rodeo, and the scope mounting method I use consists of a feeler gauge between the bottom of the scope turret housing, and the Picatinny scope base. I then verify my setup by hanging a plumb target at 100 meters. With a level receiver (USO bubble level), I put a 3-shot group at the bottom of the target, run the reticle down 30 MOA, and shoot another 3 shots at the same spot. The left-right drift of my two groups was practically zero, yet the reticle was still visibly canted. I even received visual confirmation from some other shooters at my range.
I sent the scope to Sightron, and after four weeks I received an e-mail saying the reticle is fine. The CS representative says their confirmation method consisted of rotating my scope to align with a collimator, and then placing a bubble level on the scope turret. Apparently if the bubble appears level, the scope is fine. Does this sound acceptable? It seems backwards to me. In other words, why wouldn't they level the scope, level the collimator, and then see where the cross-hairs fall in relation to the collimator?
I've asked for pictures of the setup. I guess my main concern is how large of a cross-hair they are using on their collimator. Would it be correct to assume that if the collimator cross-hair dwarfs the thin lines of my target-dot reticle, then some cant could be present in the reticle, but not observable?
In a nutshell, I'm looking for some direction or advice on my situation. I've heard stuff like this happening with Leupold scopes, and the gory details include the fact that Leupold considers a 3 degree reticle cant within specification. I'm just wondering if I'm dealing with the same problem with Sightron.
Any insight would be appreciated, including advice on how I might prove to Sightron that my reticle is indeed canted.
Thanks
