I was shooting an R7 in .177 on my indoor range at 8 yards and getting pellet on pellet, which wasn't unusual for that distance. After going through a couple targets, I noticed my POI was off when I moved my aim point. The POI was off maybe an inch or so, and I wasn't moving my aim point very much. The POI started going all over the place randomly, but every few shots I would be able to get a group of 2 or 3 pellet on pellet again (the aim point would just be off).
I kept having to try to re-alight the turrets to chase the POI. Usually, I just assume it's user error and I'm doing something different when I shoot. But here the range is pretty short and I'm aiming pretty dang close to the original aim point. Is this me? Is this scope no good? I changed scopes and was able to get pellet on pellet for certain groups again, but I feel like I'm constantly chasing the POI by adjusting my turrets, and every once in a while, I'll get a bigger group (maybe dime size). I understand that accuracy for springers depends largely on the shooter, but here we're talking pretty short distances, and I had no problem getting accurate shots earlier.... super weird.
I kept having to try to re-alight the turrets to chase the POI. Usually, I just assume it's user error and I'm doing something different when I shoot. But here the range is pretty short and I'm aiming pretty dang close to the original aim point. Is this me? Is this scope no good? I changed scopes and was able to get pellet on pellet for certain groups again, but I feel like I'm constantly chasing the POI by adjusting my turrets, and every once in a while, I'll get a bigger group (maybe dime size). I understand that accuracy for springers depends largely on the shooter, but here we're talking pretty short distances, and I had no problem getting accurate shots earlier.... super weird.