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How much reticle adjustment is too much?
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<blockquote data-quote="Longrifle2506" data-source="post: 898626" data-attributes="member: 68135"><p>I ended up shimming the rear ring. Keep in mind these are ringmounts; no bases. But everything worked out perfectly. I only had to fire one shot today and thanks to noting my reticle location on the grid pattern before shimming the scope, It was dead on. I will include a couple pics.</p><p><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/user/wileykia2506/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image-1.jpg.html]" target="_blank">http://s258.photobucket.com/user/wileykia2506/media/Mobile Uploads/image-1.jpg.html]</a><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/wileykia2506/Mobile%20Uploads/image-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[/URL]</p><p><a href="http://s258.photobucket.com/user/wileykia2506/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image.jpg.html]" target="_blank">http://s258.photobucket.com/user/wileykia2506/media/Mobile Uploads/image.jpg.html]</a><img src="http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/wileykia2506/Mobile%20Uploads/image.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p>To better explain things, I just drew myself a grid pattern and marked a little crosshair where my reticle was located on the boresighter grid; I took the scope out of the rings and shimmed the rear ring and then I put the scope back in the rings and torqued the screws Down(17-18 inch pounds). I used click adjustments to get my reticle to that exact same spot it was before on the boresighter grid. Thanks to the shims, i only needed 20 clicks to get my zero; where without the shims i needed 80 clicks. Then today I fired one shot and the target is pictured above. That is 135 yards and it is 1 inch high. It is pretty much a 200 yard zero and I am comfortable with it and I don't see any need to crank the adjustments at all with an impact that perfect. If I would have just put the scope back in and went back to shooting without using the grid to get me back to zero, it would have required several more rounds of ammo to get it to a satisfactory zero. Barnes vor-tx 25-06 ammo is over $2 per cartridge. I am very happy with the rifle now. the Barnes 100 grain TTSX is more accurate than 85 grain ballistic silvertips; at least out of my rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Longrifle2506, post: 898626, member: 68135"] I ended up shimming the rear ring. Keep in mind these are ringmounts; no bases. But everything worked out perfectly. I only had to fire one shot today and thanks to noting my reticle location on the grid pattern before shimming the scope, It was dead on. I will include a couple pics. [url]http://s258.photobucket.com/user/wileykia2506/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image-1.jpg.html][/url][IMG]http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/wileykia2506/Mobile%20Uploads/image-1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [url]http://s258.photobucket.com/user/wileykia2506/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image.jpg.html][/url][IMG]http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/wileykia2506/Mobile%20Uploads/image.jpg[/IMG][/URL] To better explain things, I just drew myself a grid pattern and marked a little crosshair where my reticle was located on the boresighter grid; I took the scope out of the rings and shimmed the rear ring and then I put the scope back in the rings and torqued the screws Down(17-18 inch pounds). I used click adjustments to get my reticle to that exact same spot it was before on the boresighter grid. Thanks to the shims, i only needed 20 clicks to get my zero; where without the shims i needed 80 clicks. Then today I fired one shot and the target is pictured above. That is 135 yards and it is 1 inch high. It is pretty much a 200 yard zero and I am comfortable with it and I don't see any need to crank the adjustments at all with an impact that perfect. If I would have just put the scope back in and went back to shooting without using the grid to get me back to zero, it would have required several more rounds of ammo to get it to a satisfactory zero. Barnes vor-tx 25-06 ammo is over $2 per cartridge. I am very happy with the rifle now. the Barnes 100 grain TTSX is more accurate than 85 grain ballistic silvertips; at least out of my rifle. [/QUOTE]
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