I have a scope problem/question
I mounted a Bushnell Legend 5x15x40 on my Condor and man do I need to shim the scope way up. I have a thin strip of a plastic from a soda bottle in the rear mount and I still have a long ways to go as the elevation is way turned up. I am using good 2 piece BKL mounts. The question is; is there such a thing as having the mounts on backwards. I haven’t tried switching the mounts around yet as I am taking a break and thought it was a good question to ask..
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How close are you guy’s trying to sight in?
If you are close, it will need to be shimmed.
Get out 30 yards or more and you should be OK.
There is quite a bit of difference between the barrel and center of the scope.
The higher the mounts, the worse it will be,
The larger the scope objective, the worse it will be,
Using the tri rail will make it worse
Using multiples of those listed will multiply the problem.
You want to try to get your scope as close to the barrel as possible.
I need to reply here as I’m having pretty much the same problem. I have the same mounts. I have a Leapers 6-24×50.
When I first installed the scope and rings, everything was good, it sighted fine and did not use up most of the adjustment either direction.
I had taken the scope and rings off at one point and reinstalled. I then could not get the verticle adjustment to go high enough… nothing else changed and I am still puzzled.
Since, I have installed a .25 barrel and the bushings are way undersized, so it is using all of the vertical up, as well as horizontal right adjustment and still will not zero. I need to get around to shimming/painting the bushings.
I mic’d the rings at the same height, otherwise I still don’t have a clue. They’re not dirty or anything.
Let me know what you find out. It may just be a matter of undersized bushings.
I never pay attention to which mounts are which way round, front or back, never had any problems. must be something wrong though to need that amount of shimming. Are the mounts new??
Sorry to state the obvious, but you did remove the anti-recoil pin under the mount if it had one ??
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I’ve shot out at 50-100 yards and won’t zero by a foot or so.