I have used plastic shims that go into the scope rings sold by Hawke to get my scopes closer to optical center and they work but are a little pricey. I think I found a better way and it's free. My P35s have a one piece scope rail that is attached with three screws to the yokes that clamp the airtube and barrel together. I had a can of regular coke in the fridge I was never going to drink (not a fan of the sugar included) so I drained it and cut it up. The P35 scope rail is a little U shaped so I made the shims the width of the inner part where the screw holes are. I discovered by experimentation that 8 layers of the coke can got me a little past optical center of my scope. The resulting thickness is almost exactly 1mm. So I have more clicks Up than Down now although only about a Mil (10 clicks on it's scope). So I am closer to optical center than without shims and I have lots of room to go up for a longer range zero. 5 layers would probably have put me at about optical center.
If your gun(s) have a one piece scope rail you may want to try this. I am sure a lot of you already do.
I'm editing this mainly to add 3 pictures but also to say that I did this on another gun, a Stoeger bullshark, and 8 layers of shim were too much. I used 5 and the scope still has over 100 up clicks available and over 70 down clicks. That's about where I wanted it. It's nice you can easily clip off a few layers.
Picture 1 has the under side of the P35/Stoeger bullshark scope rail with a folded up shim setting beside it. Picture 2 has that shim pack in the rail and Picture 3 shows the back of the rail on the gun with the shim pack peeking out.
If your gun(s) have a one piece scope rail you may want to try this. I am sure a lot of you already do.
I'm editing this mainly to add 3 pictures but also to say that I did this on another gun, a Stoeger bullshark, and 8 layers of shim were too much. I used 5 and the scope still has over 100 up clicks available and over 70 down clicks. That's about where I wanted it. It's nice you can easily clip off a few layers.
Picture 1 has the under side of the P35/Stoeger bullshark scope rail with a folded up shim setting beside it. Picture 2 has that shim pack in the rail and Picture 3 shows the back of the rail on the gun with the shim pack peeking out.
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