So I finally got a few minutes to try my new 30 cal Impact. I bought a pre-owned Hawk 8-32 x 56 scope and a new set of Hawk medium rings which I installed yesterday. This evening I set up a quickie paper target stapled to the porch rail at 10 yards and took the first shot...I missed the whole paper, so got a big cardboard box. another shot showed 5 inches low and 4 inches to the right. So I started cranking on the turrets. I ran out of adjustment with my shots still 3/4 inch low and right. Hope I didn't hurt the scope. So what could be so far off that I can't get on target with a two thousand dollar gun, a 400$ Hawk scope and rings? I know I could stick some shims under the right lip of the dovetail on the Picatiny rail on the front mount, so when I tighten the ring it pulls the scope down and right, but that would put the scope tube in a bind with the rear rings.
So I went back and cranked both turrets from one end of their range to the other and set them roughly at their halfway points. Then I took a couple more shots........2.5 inches low and 2 inches right. I cranked both turrets about half way around and it only moved the POI about half an inch (still at a range of ten yards.) I think there is something basically wrong here. What could be off that much?
So I went back and cranked both turrets from one end of their range to the other and set them roughly at their halfway points. Then I took a couple more shots........2.5 inches low and 2 inches right. I cranked both turrets about half way around and it only moved the POI about half an inch (still at a range of ten yards.) I think there is something basically wrong here. What could be off that much?