SCOPE PROBLEM

[ginger dave 63]

I am having trouble zeroing my scope, it is a Nikko Sterling Platignum, it is fitted to a Falcon f19 hawk rifle. It is shooting low and right even with the turrets turned all the way, do you think its faulty or am I doing something wrong, any help would be appreciated DAVE

[Deker 3,478]

I am having trouble zeroing my scope, it is a Nikko Sterling Platignum, it is fitted to a Falcon f19 hawk rifle. It is shooting low and right even with the turrets turned all the way, do you think its faulty or am I doing something wrong, any help would be appreciated DAVE

 

 

If we make all the usual assumptions.....the mounts are OK and pointing in the right direction, everything is bolted down tight, the dovetail is OK...gun barrel is OK and pointing out front, etc, etc...then you start to run out of options and have to consider the scope.

 

Wind the turrets all the way from end to end counting the clicks (not too hard at the end stops) and then leave in the middle!

 

If this doesn't help then perhaps the scope is fubared!!

[ginger dave 63]

Cheers Deker, Ill have another go tomorrow and see if I can improve on it, many thanks for replying, atb DAVE

[fishywil 0]

take the scope off and make sure there is nothing under the mounts and replace and try again

i had this trouble and it sorted it for me

[SNAP SHOT 194]

try swaping the rings around, or putting them on swing through 180 degrees with them then try as it could be this, put the one on front mount at back,

this can help also, if not shim them with a bit of a drinks can............

[mattydski 560]

Are you getting a group or they all over the place?

Was it ever zero'd on the scope, or is it a new fit?

Have had the problem when my kid dropped an old springer without telling me and the forend was cracked. The scope turned out to be fine, but the gun was knacked..

matt

[richie 1]

i had the exact same problem a few weeks ago & have had it in the past..

 

as said, find the middle setting of the turrets, then try & find your zero, when you find it & you either notice that you cant get on target or that its on target with only a few clicks left, then go down the route of using shims, but personally i would use thin card..

 

for example, if your shots are hitting 3" high from where your cross hairs sit, you would need to put a shim on the front mount where the scope sits.. ..

 

let us know how you get on..

[ginger dave 63]

I can get a group of sorts but I have to put the cross up and left of the target because cannot make any more adjustment. The rifle and scope was given to me by a good friend who has gone to live in New ZEALAND, and it is the first time I have tried to zero it, regards DAVE

[gluebeam 0]

had same problem, turned out i had tightened the rings too much and the scope had actually bent off line, well thats in the bin might be same problem, are the fixing bolts on the mounts facing the same way, they could be out of line.

[FUBAR 0]

I am having trouble zeroing my scope, it is a Nikko Sterling Platignum, it is fitted to a Falcon f19 hawk rifle. It is shooting low and right even with the turrets turned all the way, do you think its faulty or am I doing something wrong, any help would be appreciated DAVE

 

 

If we make all the usual assumptions.....the mounts are OK and pointing in the right direction, everything is bolted down tight, the dovetail is OK...gun barrel is OK and pointing out front, etc, etc...then you start to run out of options and have to consider the scope.

 

Wind the turrets all the way from end to end counting the clicks (not too hard at the end stops) and then leave in the middle!

 

If this doesn't help then perhaps the scope is fubared!!

 

I aint been near it yet Deker ! but I had the same problem of winding the turrets the wrong way

[ginger dave 63]

Ill persevere tomorrow and see if Ican get the somewhere near, thanks for the advise lads, atb DAVE

[Finkley 1]

Hello mate,

 

I used an old photographic negative strip cut to size to shim the mounts on my old rifle. It won't scratch the scope, swell or degrade when wet.

 

Not sure why the scope needed the shims, but once fitted I didn't have a problem with it holding zero.

 

Just my thougts, there must be loads of different things you could use, if that is indeed your problem. Hope you sort it.

 

Cheers

 

Steve

[ginger dave 63]

took the scopes off today,what a job getting the right sized allen keys, under the back mount was a small piece of plastic, removed that reversed the mounts, reassembled, everything tightened up, eh presto gun shooting high, adjusted turret down and a couple of clicks right, what a difference, grouping now at 25 yards is brill, many thanks for all your help lads, atb DAVE

[SNAP SHOT 194]

glad to hear your sorted...............