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Mounting my first NightForce
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<blockquote data-quote="entoptics" data-source="post: 1681282" data-attributes="member: 104268"><p>Agreed. Confirm the scope is working properly. Lots of speculative suggestions in this thread, but almost nothing helpful for actually troubleshooting.</p><p></p><p>1) Measure how high your last group was from the target. Knowing if it's 2 MOA high or 20 MOA high is important information regarding your problem.</p><p></p><p>2) Dial the scope all the way down till it stops (e.g. clockwise on most scopes). This will move the reticle UP in the scope, but forget about that. Now, count the rotations up till you hit the stop at the top. Per the manufacturer (according to OP), this should be ~40 MOA. If you don't have something close to this, you're on the zero stop.</p><p></p><p>3) Confirm everything is installed properly with good fit on rings, receiver, etc.</p><p></p><p>4) If you have all 40 MOA, everything is in good order, and your rifle is shooting more than a few MOA high at 100 yds, then go ahead and ditch the 20 MOA base.</p><p></p><p>If it were me, and I was running a 12-42 scope for long range on a 6.5 Creedmoordrop (~30 MOA at 1000 yds with a 100 yd zero), I'd want every bit of adjustment I could get. If it was a few MOA high at 100 yds, I wouldn't worry about it. Zero it at whatever range the scope is a little off the bottom, and for the times you want to shoot in close, use your hold under reticle (the part above the horizontal in the picture).</p><p></p><p>JMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="entoptics, post: 1681282, member: 104268"] Agreed. Confirm the scope is working properly. Lots of speculative suggestions in this thread, but almost nothing helpful for actually troubleshooting. 1) Measure how high your last group was from the target. Knowing if it's 2 MOA high or 20 MOA high is important information regarding your problem. 2) Dial the scope all the way down till it stops (e.g. clockwise on most scopes). This will move the reticle UP in the scope, but forget about that. Now, count the rotations up till you hit the stop at the top. Per the manufacturer (according to OP), this should be ~40 MOA. If you don't have something close to this, you're on the zero stop. 3) Confirm everything is installed properly with good fit on rings, receiver, etc. 4) If you have all 40 MOA, everything is in good order, and your rifle is shooting more than a few MOA high at 100 yds, then go ahead and ditch the 20 MOA base. If it were me, and I was running a 12-42 scope for long range on a 6.5 Creedmoordrop (~30 MOA at 1000 yds with a 100 yd zero), I'd want every bit of adjustment I could get. If it was a few MOA high at 100 yds, I wouldn't worry about it. Zero it at whatever range the scope is a little off the bottom, and for the times you want to shoot in close, use your hold under reticle (the part above the horizontal in the picture). JMO [/QUOTE]
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