scope problem???

arrows flinger · 01-05-2009, 02:23 PM

ok i just bought a .177 cal. air rifle for squirrel hunting it was the crossman STORM XT (gets 1,000 fps.)and it came with a center point 3-9X32 scope and i put the scope on the rifle and sighted it in and it seem that the scope is moving and wont hold a zero but its not move from shot to shot i can take 3 shot at 50 yards and have a 1" group but the next day take it out and it will be 2-3 inches off but still a 1" group the scopesaid it was desined for 1,000 fps. are rifles sois this a problem with the scope or gun?

coyote#68 · 01-05-2009, 02:56 PM

Centerpoint scopes are cheaply madein china I think.The recoil of an air rifle is different than a regular rifle,or atleast a spring piston air rifle,it pushes back and then recoils in the opposite direction at the end of its stroke.You may be able to take the scope back to where it was purchased and get another one,but the results could be the same.I would try for a better scope if I could and see what happens.If you are holding a decent group and it suddenly changes then I would beleive it's the scope!Good Luck!!

arrows flinger · 01-05-2009, 03:00 PM

well i cant take the scope back it came with the rifle and yeah i know about the recoil thing with the spring guns but the scope was desined for that but like you said there cheaply made so that could be it

coyote#68 · 01-05-2009, 03:18 PM

Yes they aren't the best things made,I got one on an air rifle combo for my daughter and couldn't get a 3" group at 25 yards so I put another cheap scope on it that I had got on a 22 rifle trade and it works a lot better than the centerpoint thats in the top of the closet collecting dust.The bushnell works a lot better now you can kill sparrows with it.