Q:

Is my scope shot?

I recently bought a Marauder pistol, and put on an old RWS scope I had lying around. It used to be on an RWS 34 I had, but I replaced it with a Hawke scope because I couldn’t group with that scope. I didn’t do a whole Hell of a lot better with the Hawke, so I just kind of chalked it up to being a poor springer shooter. Anyhow, I attempted some groups a week ago with some pellets I had lying around, and results were a little disappointing. JSBs didn’t group, and Beeman FTS grouped okay, but not as well as I would have hoped. During the testing, I used up all of my Beemans, so I ordered more, and picked up some H&N FTTs locally yesterday to try out while I wait for the Beemans to arrive. Many people have stated these shoot the best out of their P-rods, so I was pretty excited to try them out. So today I loaded the magazine, gassed up the gun, and shot some groups at 25 yards. Not good. I had groups ranging in size from 3/8ths of an inch up to almost 2 inches. Not only that, but I would shoot a group, take out the clip, reload it, gas up the gun (every 3 clips), and when I went to shoot the next group, the gun would be shooting to either the left or the right of where it was on the last clip. I thought maybe this was due to pressure change, but from 2700 psi down to 1800 psi it would stay in the same general 1 1/2 to 2 inch area over 3 clips, so I don’t think it is changing with pressure. There is absolutely NO consistency in groups, either. I might stack 3 in a row, and then the next shot is an inch to the right, and then the next two stack an inch to the left of the original 3 shots. Attempting to adjust the scope is just as frustrating. The vertical clicks seem pretty consistent, but the horizontal is very inconsistent. I might make 8 clicks and the POI moves a quarter inch, and then 8 more clicks moves it 2 inches. I made sure I was being as consistent as possible, trying to eliminate any sources of error. Here are the variables I was sure to control:
-Scope rings were tight.
-Consistent cheek weld every time.
-Shot from a stable rest.
-Gassed up every 3 magazines.
-Shot in an area that is relatively protected from the wind.
-Took out my Talon SS and shot it with ammo it likes. One ragged hole at 25 yards, so I know I was being consistent.
-Checked the baffles and endcap for clipping. Not clipping as far as I can tell.
So, is my scope shot, or am I doing something wrong? Is there something else I should be checking? If it is the scope, as I suspect, can I repair it, or am I just better getting a different scope?
Thanks in advance for your help,
Chris

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Hooray! Now take that other scope to the range and shoot it. About the best use for it now.

Did the scope swap as suggested, and whaddaya know? Right on target. Now I just have to play with the spring adjustments a little to get it shooting where I want it to, and I should have a nice little neighbor friendly shooter.
Thanks again,
Chris

That is why god invented forums. 😉

Well hell, that would just be too damn simple. 🙄 I actually have a gun I am redoing the stock on I could swipe one from. Guess I overthought that one. Thanks for the suggestion – I’ll give it a shot.
Chris

You have a scope on the talon SS I assume? Switch them. Put the scope you think may be bad on the talon and see if you can shoot well with it. You can put the talon’s scope on the marauder and do the same. That will tell you for sure if the scope has a problem. That would be the first thing to do to check, if that doesn’t fix it, then we can start looking at other areas.

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