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Scope failed tall target test....🤬
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<blockquote data-quote="TheBoctor" data-source="post: 1927663" data-attributes="member: 107356"><p>It doesn't look like a cant issue because your windage doesn't keep growing as you dial more and more elevation. It Sure looks like it's moving over that distance at a certain point. Before you start bedding and lapping and doing things not easily undone, find out where in your elevation travel that windage shift happens. Once you do that, secure the gun to something where you can mess with the turret and not have the rifle move (gun vise, strap it to a lead sled, bag it in really well, etc). I've done this with a rifle on a bipod and a rabbit ear bag but you have to have a very light touch on your turret to make sure you don't inadvertently mess up your test. Good news is you can do this at the house, just put a target on the wall and make sure its level. </p><p></p><p>Get behind the gun, look through the scope, and start carefully dialing, watching for the reticle to drift at that elevation you identified earlier (in your case, it will walk a couple minutes to the left as you keep dialing up). Return to your zero elevation then back your torque off on your ring caps so they're JUST snug enough to keep the scope from moving while you dial and see if it jumps again. If it does, take one of the caps completely off and repeat the process. This will show you a couple things: 1) What exactly is happening with your windage drift 2.) Whether or not the erector is getting bound up due to some kind of ring/base issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheBoctor, post: 1927663, member: 107356"] It doesn't look like a cant issue because your windage doesn't keep growing as you dial more and more elevation. It Sure looks like it's moving over that distance at a certain point. Before you start bedding and lapping and doing things not easily undone, find out where in your elevation travel that windage shift happens. Once you do that, secure the gun to something where you can mess with the turret and not have the rifle move (gun vise, strap it to a lead sled, bag it in really well, etc). I've done this with a rifle on a bipod and a rabbit ear bag but you have to have a very light touch on your turret to make sure you don't inadvertently mess up your test. Good news is you can do this at the house, just put a target on the wall and make sure its level. Get behind the gun, look through the scope, and start carefully dialing, watching for the reticle to drift at that elevation you identified earlier (in your case, it will walk a couple minutes to the left as you keep dialing up). Return to your zero elevation then back your torque off on your ring caps so they're JUST snug enough to keep the scope from moving while you dial and see if it jumps again. If it does, take one of the caps completely off and repeat the process. This will show you a couple things: 1) What exactly is happening with your windage drift 2.) Whether or not the erector is getting bound up due to some kind of ring/base issue. [/QUOTE]
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