"azuaro"Thank you guys...Glad to hear this has been helpful/interesting for some shooters...
Hi GLPalinkas:
If I understood you correctly, you are asking how to determine scope height? (Please correct me if I am wrong)
There are several ways of doing this pretty accurately...I personally use either of these two methods:
If I have the possibility of shooting the gun:
I put it on a rest, put a tiny dot on a target and place it in front of the gun, aim at the dot with the crosshair and shoot...The distance from the center of the hole of the pellet to the dot will be your scope height.
If I don't have access to shooting the gun:
Use calipers and measure from the bottom of the barrel to the upper tube area of the scope (Measure over the tube-not the turret), then measure the diameter of the barrel and diameter of the scope, add these two numbers and divide by 2...Finally, subtract this last number from first measurement (bottom of barrel to upper of scope) and this will be your scope height.
Note: Scope Height is an important number to plug into your ballistic program...This setting is usually determined by finding a comfortable position when shouldering/aiming your gun. Of course, we need to make sure that the scope height is enough for not running out of elevation adjustments at the distances we are shooting,
For longer distances taller rings/lower front rings combinations are generally used.
Best regards,
AZ