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Help with my Nightforce scope
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<blockquote data-quote="ss7mm" data-source="post: 165858" data-attributes="member: 5"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Just some things to check:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">1: Make sure the base is actually all the way down tight on the receiver. I've seen guys with problems and they thought the base was mounted right but it was cocked and even though the screws were tight it was not mounted right. Will the base sit on the receiver, with no screws tight, and be flush and tight at both ends? Maybe it's not sitting right and when tightened one end or the other is moving up, or down, and causing your problem.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">2: Set the gun up tight and solid with something at 100 yards that is marked or indexed so that you can turn your elevation turret through it's full range and verify that it actually works right and that it tracks properly. With the internal vertical adjustment that your scope has it's not even close to being right so you need to check everything.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">3: Remember that all factory receivers are not created equal. I had a Rem700 that was way off and it took a 20 moa base to just get it to where I could zero it properly. I also have a Wby in the safe that gives me almost full vertical range adjustment of the Leupold VXIII that's mounted on it, and that's with a standard flat base. You may have a receiver that just has to have a base with built in vertical instead of what you have, 0 moa.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">4: What scope did you have on it before and did it mount and react normally?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">5: Make sure your rings are mounted right on your base. I had a buddy one time that got his rings cocked and even though he had it tight, he thought, on the base, it still was way way off.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">6: If all checks out o.k. then determine how much vertical down you have left when zeroed where you want it. Then determine how much built in base moa elevation you would need and check with Glen and see if you can work out a deal on swapping it for a base that will work and give you all the vertical you can get. Just remember that you don't want to bottom the scope out in either direction with your elevation and windage adjustments.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ss7mm, post: 165858, member: 5"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Just some things to check: 1: Make sure the base is actually all the way down tight on the receiver. I've seen guys with problems and they thought the base was mounted right but it was cocked and even though the screws were tight it was not mounted right. Will the base sit on the receiver, with no screws tight, and be flush and tight at both ends? Maybe it's not sitting right and when tightened one end or the other is moving up, or down, and causing your problem. 2: Set the gun up tight and solid with something at 100 yards that is marked or indexed so that you can turn your elevation turret through it's full range and verify that it actually works right and that it tracks properly. With the internal vertical adjustment that your scope has it's not even close to being right so you need to check everything. 3: Remember that all factory receivers are not created equal. I had a Rem700 that was way off and it took a 20 moa base to just get it to where I could zero it properly. I also have a Wby in the safe that gives me almost full vertical range adjustment of the Leupold VXIII that's mounted on it, and that's with a standard flat base. You may have a receiver that just has to have a base with built in vertical instead of what you have, 0 moa. 4: What scope did you have on it before and did it mount and react normally? 5: Make sure your rings are mounted right on your base. I had a buddy one time that got his rings cocked and even though he had it tight, he thought, on the base, it still was way way off. 6: If all checks out o.k. then determine how much vertical down you have left when zeroed where you want it. Then determine how much built in base moa elevation you would need and check with Glen and see if you can work out a deal on swapping it for a base that will work and give you all the vertical you can get. Just remember that you don't want to bottom the scope out in either direction with your elevation and windage adjustments. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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