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Can shooting into the wind lift your bullet?
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 950403" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>I'm with Broz here.</p><p></p><p>Wind can lift your bullet IF you are shooting into a rising wind running up a slope but that doesn't seem to be your problem.</p><p></p><p>When you mounted the scope rail did you bed it? I've found that if you do it eliminates almost entirely any problem with it ever breaking loose and wallowing out the mounting holes or worse shearing off the screws.</p><p></p><p>On heavy recoiling rifles if you don't have NF or Ferrell rails that actually lock with a set screw or tab to the action there's a good chance sooner or later it's going to pop loose.</p><p></p><p>On such rails it's not a bad Idea at all to take it to a gunsmith and have them drill one hole and set a pin to eliminate shearing forces forever.</p><p></p><p>The Vortex is not a particularly heavy scope but that is certainly a possibility.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 950403, member: 30902"] I'm with Broz here. Wind can lift your bullet IF you are shooting into a rising wind running up a slope but that doesn't seem to be your problem. When you mounted the scope rail did you bed it? I've found that if you do it eliminates almost entirely any problem with it ever breaking loose and wallowing out the mounting holes or worse shearing off the screws. On heavy recoiling rifles if you don't have NF or Ferrell rails that actually lock with a set screw or tab to the action there's a good chance sooner or later it's going to pop loose. On such rails it's not a bad Idea at all to take it to a gunsmith and have them drill one hole and set a pin to eliminate shearing forces forever. The Vortex is not a particularly heavy scope but that is certainly a possibility. [/QUOTE]
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