Unable to zero after chassis upgrade.

[karrarararararar]

Op never said if he had the scope off and most importantly the rail. Mounting a 20 or 30 moa rail on backwards would sure do that.

Backwards rail would cause low POI, not high.

 

[Old Navy]

Backwards rail would cause low POI, not high.

Sorry! Right on! Had a senior moment. Past my nap time.

 

[shooter65]

Good day everyone. Looking for help here. I have a Savage 110 Tactical with a Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25x56. I was hitting 1 moa groups and decided to replace the stock with an Oryx Chassis.
Went to the range today for the first time after the upgrade, and now with the scope dialed down to the mechanical limit, it is hitting 3 feet or so high.
Action screws, scope bases, scope rings tightened to spec.
I was expecting some poi shift, but not to the point that I can't zero the rifle.
Where is the best place to start? Putting the scope on a different rifle and try to zero, put the rifle back in the stock and try to zero. What are your suggestions to get this rifle running again?

Thank you.
Dep

I see your in Franklin Indiana. Not far from me at all. Bring it up to me and I will fix it for you for free.

 

[joshb]

Sorry! Right on! Had a senior moment. Past my nap time.

Me too!

 

[spudgun]

It's hard to believe that a stock would change the POI that much.

My way of thinking this out is:

Since the scope is or was parallel to the bore (0 MOA mounts) no matter how the action is in the stock if it is free floating. The scope and bore angles should not be effected.

Now after I changed my scope mounts to a higher ones with a 20 MOA rail, I could not zero in at 100 yds. I was 2 moa high with no more down on the scope.

This didn't bother me as it was my 600 and 1000 yd gun.

Did the OP remount his scope after installing the stock, change rings, lap the rings??

 

[LCazador]

Yes, I thought of that and dialed up, and it did just that, moved the poi higher.

Thank you,
Dep

Sounds like the stock is putting a lot of pressure on the barrel. I'd put the old stock back and double check zero.

 

[6MMsteve]

should be able to slip a dollar billy under the nut if not their is the issue

 

[Old Tanker]

Has to be a faulty chassis or it’s mounted incorrectly. I put an Oryx on a Rem 700 .223 tactical and had no POA shift at all. Be sure the recoil lug is seated correctly and you didn’t inadvertently switch the short and long action screws. The chassis, plus a Timney trigger, gets my groups consistently down to .5 or below on a factory barrel.

 

[Dave Zander]

Hey Dep:
Did you find the problem?

 

[DirtySteve]

Hey Dep:
Did you find the problem?

Dep joined Friday and has not been back since...

 

[Old Navy]

That is a little rude.

 

[Old Navy]

Dep joined Friday and has not been back since...

Except BEARS, Bears will kill you! And eat you!

 

[ppaul]

My guess is 'ole Dep found his problem and has continued on his journey to find his humble button.

 

[joshb]

My guess is that his problem was something stupid simple and he’s too embarrassed to admit it.

 

[Dave Zander]

Well that sucks,I was hoping to hear the outcome / solution.
The only way not to make a mistake is not to do anything , but thats a mistake too.