scopes and rings

[reed338 11]

i bought a bushnell scope it came with rings I mounted on a muzzle loader . the question is could the rings be to low ? I can not move the up adjustment up and more. it is bearly sited in at 100 yrds. thanks Bob

[Pew Pew Plates 358]

your ring height will have nothing to do with POI unless of course your two rings are of different heights for some reason. You need to somehow shim your rings up in the front, but not knowing how they are mounted to the rifle I'm not sure how you would accomplish that.

[reed338 11]

i bought a bushnell scope it came with rings I mounted on a muzzle loader . the question is could the rings be to low ? I can not move the up adjustment up and more. it is bearly sited in at 100 yrds. thanks Bob

ok i posted this pic hope it helps

[Old School 611]

i bought a bushnell scope it came with rings I mounted on a muzzle loader . the question is could the rings be to low ? I can not move the up adjustment up and more. it is bearly sited in at 100 yrds. thanks Bob

 

Are you working with a bore sighter or live fire? Do you have a bore sighter to work with?

The reason I ask is maybe one base is higher than the other. Switch bases if possible front to back and check it out.

Or as the prev poster said shim the front. As a test loosen the front base and put a thin piece cardboard underneath.

Tighten your screws and shoot.

 

FS

[reed338 11]

yes i did site in at 25 yrds than at 100 yrds with live fire just ran out of up adjustment

[Old School 611]

OK saw your pics. Weaver bases. Take a caliper and measure the base heights. If they are the same shim the front.

And,is that front scope cover hitting the barrel. If so, get rid of it.

 

FS

[reed338 11]

did the caliper trick both are the same and yes the cover is on the barrel .

[Pew Pew Plates 358]

First you gotta get rid of that scope cap. Then, remove your front ring and front base, and like oldschool said, shim between the base and rifle. Put everything back together and see what happens. I'm thinking something along the lines of soda-can thickness for a shim.

[reed338 11]

to put the shim in is going be vertaly impossible as i loctited the base on with the crazy glue loctite..... so higher base would cure the scope cap

[Shane45 807]

Release the rear ring cap. If you have over torqued it and its proximity to the erector(the adjustment knobs) could be binding it internally.

 

Are the bases sloped or 0 moa? I am not a fan of shiming, especially in rings that dont tolerate it like burris z rings do. It will bind the scope.

 

Even if you get that last bit of adjustment, you are going to be at the end of adjustment and in most scopes this will cause windage issues as well. I always recomend working this out even if it means scraping the base and rings you have.

[Pew Pew Plates 358]

I wonder if its funky geometry of the rifle. Maybe a backwards 20moa tapered picatinny rail will do the trick?

[reed338 11]

i am not sure but i did remove the rings and replace them with new ones . this did the trick .now for tommorow here deer..... thanks for all the help Bob