sighting problem… newbie… first time with new talon ss
Okay guys, don’t laugh…
I finally got all my stuff together and mounted blah blah. And went to sight my new scope 8-32×60 Nikko Stirling.
Question 1 is this – The 1 piece mount I have has a small set screw in the rear of the mount that pushes through to the rail – is this to lift the back of the mount slightly to point the scope down? or just to help secure it once you have everything tightened down?
Second – What’s a good distance to sight. The Talon DVD says start at 10 feet – I was thinking more like 10 yards.
Third (sorry) and final – it seems like it is shooting consistently high – should I remove the tri rail to lower it or will that make any difference?
Heading back out in the AM.
Thanks for any help!
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I finally got all my stuff together and mounted blah blah. And went to sight my new scope 8-32×60 Nikko Stirling.
Question 1 is this – The 1 piece mount I have has a small set screw in the rear of the mount that pushes through to the rail – is this to lift the back of the mount slightly to point the scope down? or just to help secure it once you have everything tightened down?
Second – What’s a good distance to sight. The Talon DVD says start at 10 feet – I was thinking more like 10 yards.
Third (sorry) and final – it seems like it is shooting consistently high – should I remove the tri rail to lower it or will that make any difference?
Heading back out in the AM.
Thanks for any help!
1. your set screw at the rear is likely a “stop pin” which is meant to engage a hole or detent mark in the sight rail. used on springers to keep the scope from shifting on the gun. Not necessary with a pcp. Loosen it enough that it does not touch the scope rail when mounting. After attaching the mount to the gun, just turn it down lightly against the frame. (if it is protruding out the bottom of the mount, it will be holding the scope facing downward, could be your high shooting problem)
2. I like 18-20 yds for sight in, gives a good trajectory all the way to 50. the 10 yd is a good place to start/get it on paper, but should be adjusted to be about 1.5″ low at that range.
That set screw is for springers. There is usually a hole on the top of a springer that the screw fits into to hold the scope mount in place. The SS doesn’t have that problem, so it’s not needed. If you take the top of the ring off, there should be a hole that leads down to the set screw, take an allen wrench (find the right size) and screw that up until it’s not coming out of the bottom of the mount anymore, or just take it out.
20 yards is about where most people sight it in. If you aren’t on paper, just move it closer until you are, then adjust and move out. But you shouldn’t have a problem at 20.
Have you adjusted the scope to fix the shooting high? Or are you saying after adjusted all the way it’s still high?
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Thats what you’d be saying to your girlfreind…. If you had one 😛
That’s why I have you, sweetheart.
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