hmm...
03-02-2005, 03:59 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Iowa
Posts: 779
hmm...
I was sighting in my .45 cal wolverine the other day and something very interesting happend. i was shooting 100 grans at 75 yards using a sandbag rest, swabbing between every shot. I shot 3 that were in a good group low and left, i adjusted the scope correctly, i think moved it 12 up and 6 right, i was then high and just a little right with another good group of 3, so i moved it 2 left and 4 down, after doing this i shot 3 more shots and they were in in line with the bullseye virtically but they were all below my first 3.. I just don't get it.. i moved it 12 up, then 4 down.. and its lower than when i started?? 
03-02-2005, 07:19 PM
#2
Spike
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 18
RE: hmm...
Hi,
I'd check to see if the scope mounts were tight first , (hey, it's cheap and easy to do). You don't say what brand of scope you're using, but you may have a problem with turrets not adjusting properly. They might allow some "slack" in the stadia during adjustment. You could possibly test this by making a downward adjustment and going at couple of clicks past what you want, then going back up to the adjustment you want.
Dale
I'd check to see if the scope mounts were tight first , (hey, it's cheap and easy to do). You don't say what brand of scope you're using, but you may have a problem with turrets not adjusting properly. They might allow some "slack" in the stadia during adjustment. You could possibly test this by making a downward adjustment and going at couple of clicks past what you want, then going back up to the adjustment you want.
Dale
03-02-2005, 07:57 PM
#4
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
RE: hmm...
Great rifle and great scope... strange events for sure. I think I would take it for another spin at the range and see if perhaps the barrel was not getting too fowled... although I doubt that.
03-03-2005, 08:38 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,922
RE: hmm...
was sighting in my .45 cal wolverine the other day and something very interesting happend. i was shooting 100 grans at 75 yards using a sandbag rest, swabbing between every shot. I shot 3 that were in a good group low and left, i adjusted the scope correctly, i think moved it 12 up and 6 right, i was then high and just a little right with another good group of 3, so i moved it 2 left and 4 down, after doing this i shot 3 more shots and they were in in line with the bullseye virtically but they were all below my first 3.. I just don't get it.. i moved it 12 up, then 4 down.. and its lower than when i started??
New ML rifle?..... POI shifts are common occurence!
Always best to shoot around 50 inexpensive, full-bore conicals to smooth out the bore first. Even an older ML may shed a factory rifling burr if it's been fed nothing but plastic sabots.
