New to air rifles, having problems with scope. Please help.

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pjbeal

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Hi Guys,

I have just purchased my first air rifle (FX Dreamline Classic). I was really struggling to get the scope to line up properly so i purchased a zeroing stand to be able to sort. Now i have managed to get the scope perfectly aligned left/right however it is shooting low by about 2 inches. I have adjusted the scope as low as i can, there is no more turning available. It is very very consistent in the bullseye if i aim top of 7 on target. How can i remedy this please as i have tried all i can think of. 


thanks for listening 



Paul
 
Make sure you have rings high enough that you are completely clearing the Dreamline huge high capacity magazine. Those 16/18 round magazines come with the gun new. Even a lot of high rings won’t clear some scopes. The optional 8 to 10 round do not have this problem.

Most Dreamlines are a European 11mm dovetail and those can be finicky with ring mount fits. The ring mount clamp can be uneven making everything off. Then you have how rounded the receiver is. Use 11mm rings and not 3/8” you just have around.

Try different rings as was suggested and scope if necessary. Get some standard rings that are extremely popular here like BKL or Sportsmatch from Midway or Amazon you can return if they are not the problem etc.

Shimming is an absolute last resort for when you have an out of warranty gun and scope with tried and true rings but just have to make that setup work. Adjustable rings are for guys shooting 80+ yards with PCP or springers with barrel droop. They are not to get a PCP on target at 15yds.

Set your scope back to optical zero before trying new components. My money says it is something with the rings.
 
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15 yards is a bit close to zero, especially with high rings but 2 inches is too much. Has to be something wrong with mounts, most likely, scope or gun. A 30mm scope normally has more elevation adjustment, however. But the 1 inch scope on my little Prod zeros fine (Hawke Vantage 2-7X).

If you were 0.2 inches low at 15 yards and not maxed out completely that wouldn't be too bad, probably would be zero'd at about 25 yards. 15 is around where the pellet first crosses the line of sight. We normally call the second point there they cross the zero point. I am not trying to be critical, just trying to provide information. You might want to play around with a trajectory calculator.

Burris makes mounts with plastic inserts that rotate so you can get as much as 20 MOA. The steel ones are not terribly expensive. FX also makes adjustable mounts, I think.
 
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