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Question about optical center
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<blockquote data-quote="green 788" data-source="post: 708695" data-attributes="member: 3781"><p>If your mount is straight on the receiver, and barrel straight... then yes, the scope's mechanical center should be pretty close to your windage zero.</p><p></p><p>If you have to dial a ton of windage into the scope to get zero'd, something is off.</p><p></p><p><strong>Do you have a Leupold (Redfield) type rear base, with the windage screws?</strong> If so, you need to set the scope to mechanical center (total number of windage clicks from one end to the other, then half way back)... then use the windage adjustable rear base to get your rough windage.</p><p></p><p>Some folks with the Redfield type windage adjustable rear bases just mount the ring, and tighten both screws... and commence to dialing a ton of windage into the scope to get zeroed, if even possible.</p><p></p><p>If you are dialed way over to one side or the other, not only will your "headroom" for elevation be affected, but your windage zero *might* be a little shifty.</p><p></p><p>Dan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="green 788, post: 708695, member: 3781"] If your mount is straight on the receiver, and barrel straight... then yes, the scope's mechanical center should be pretty close to your windage zero. If you have to dial a ton of windage into the scope to get zero'd, something is off. [b]Do you have a Leupold (Redfield) type rear base, with the windage screws?[/b] If so, you need to set the scope to mechanical center (total number of windage clicks from one end to the other, then half way back)... then use the windage adjustable rear base to get your rough windage. Some folks with the Redfield type windage adjustable rear bases just mount the ring, and tighten both screws... and commence to dialing a ton of windage into the scope to get zeroed, if even possible. If you are dialed way over to one side or the other, not only will your "headroom" for elevation be affected, but your windage zero *might* be a little shifty. Dan [/QUOTE]
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