Frustrating morning at the range

[birddog1]

Where do I begin:
First of all I left my new batch of 223 reloads I wanted to try out
My 308 shot good but it always shoots good
The 222 is where my morning went south by no fault of the gun.
I just mounted a vintage weaver 12 power to my rem 722 .222 cal. With Leupold bases and rings to replace a vintage redfield 9 power Everything looks right but my elevation is maxed out and I am still shooting 4 inches low.
What could this be bad scope, mounts, etc
Need some insight
-mike

 

[bigwoodsman]

could be your scope is far above the bore line,older scopes don,t seem to have much MOA built in them,could be your scope isn,t reaching full travel due to binding.try another scope.



Jeff

 

[stacy]

Make sure you're using low rings when using these older scopes keep it as close to barrel possible

 

[Hal]

Double check your scope bases to make sure they are correct.
And check to make sure your scope tube isn't bent.

Hal

 

[Bulseyetom]

I would bet that your old scope was almost out of vertical also. The two easy fixes are to either shim under the back mount or to use Burris Signature Zee rings with plastic inserts that come in different thicknesses to allow you to get your scope more centered in the adjustment range. Sinclair sells the shims for under the bases as I recall or any machine shop could probably sell you some. The Burris rings have plastic inserts with 0.000, 0.010, 0.020 and 0.030 offsets in them. You put a plus correction in the bottom of the rear ring and a minis correction in the top of that ring to effectively raise the rear of the scope. You can do the opposite in the front. You can correct windage as well or both by putting the inserts in 45 degrees from vertical. I have had several rifles that when I took off a scope and replaced it with another I had the same problem as you and solved it with the Burris Rings. Make sure you use the same offset size in each individual ring and don't mix a .010 and a .020 in the same ring. You can use .010 inserts in one and 0.020 in the other no problem. Another plus is that they do not mar the scope. Tom

 

[LHSmith]

Are you positive the adjustments you made were actually MOVING the crosshair . Scopes that have been setting around unused for a long time are notorious for sticky adjustments. Excersize them by rotating the W & E adjustments their full range a few times, and see if that helps. Also dry fire the gun a few times to get the c-h's to respond to adjustments.....this shocks the scope more than actual recoil.