I only own 4 air rifles. An LGV, a Hw77 Stainless ( I know it’s not stainless but that what it’s called) a Hw50S and my trusty Benjamin Titan. All fitted with Airmax scopes. All very accurate. I have had a couple of Airmax’s replaced over the years due to failure and I now seem to be having these wandering poi issues again with all my rifles. Once upon a time I could take either rifle from the safe and I knew that I could humanely dispatch a pest with the first shot, but not now as I can’t be guaranteed a clean kill.
I have returned a couple of scopes recently for issues of the reticle not moving when turning the knob only to have it returned saying that the scope was at the end of its adjustment and was stuck. I would hazard a guess and say that they were at the end of their adjustment because I had to rezero each time I used one of them. I mechanically centre all my scopes first and then adjust, some require more adjustment than others and now still require further adjustment each time I shoot one. I’ve done all the usual checks so no issues there. Depending on how many pellets I shoot the poi can change in the middle of a session. Surely all 4 scopes can’t be faulty.
Yesterday it was raining so I started shooting my Titan, guess what poi was off about half an inch at 25 metres. It was dead on when I put it in the safe last time. So I mechanically centred it again and shimmed and shimmed and shimmed and shimmed until I got poi within a couple of clicks either way of the bull. I’ll shoot it again today if I get a chance. I know I can buy an adjustable scope mount but what I’ve looked at nearly cost the same as the scope. So what gives, I never had to rezero any of my Airmax’s before until now, maybe at the beginning of each season or on very cold or hot days but this is very frustrating.
Gary
I have returned a couple of scopes recently for issues of the reticle not moving when turning the knob only to have it returned saying that the scope was at the end of its adjustment and was stuck. I would hazard a guess and say that they were at the end of their adjustment because I had to rezero each time I used one of them. I mechanically centre all my scopes first and then adjust, some require more adjustment than others and now still require further adjustment each time I shoot one. I’ve done all the usual checks so no issues there. Depending on how many pellets I shoot the poi can change in the middle of a session. Surely all 4 scopes can’t be faulty.
Yesterday it was raining so I started shooting my Titan, guess what poi was off about half an inch at 25 metres. It was dead on when I put it in the safe last time. So I mechanically centred it again and shimmed and shimmed and shimmed and shimmed until I got poi within a couple of clicks either way of the bull. I’ll shoot it again today if I get a chance. I know I can buy an adjustable scope mount but what I’ve looked at nearly cost the same as the scope. So what gives, I never had to rezero any of my Airmax’s before until now, maybe at the beginning of each season or on very cold or hot days but this is very frustrating.
Gary