question on shiming a scope
 

Hey, need help with this scope, was siteing my buddies scope in the other day, don't have anymore clicks to go on the scope. we need to raise the cross hairs up, its set as high as it will go, and is shooting about an inch low at 100 yrds. I'm thinking we need to shim the back scope base up a little to solve this problem. what can I shim it with ? ( aluminum foil ) any help would be greatly appriciated. thanks, Steve

Try an old plastic shotgun shell hull or cut strips from an aluminum soda can.

Have your friend buy a quality set of rings for the rifle and eliminate the use of shims.

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i install a lot of scope mounts, rings and scopes. With quality products there is no need to shim. All Simmons rings, some Weaver rings and some Leupold rings are now made in China: They are pretty sorry. Had a heck of a time with made in China rings and mounts. Now i refuse to us them at all.

??? would you shim the scope OR would it be better to shim the base??

Brian

I don't know where Scooter got the info that Leupold bases and rings are made in China, but they are not. This is how bad info get started on a quality product. Below is a comment from Leupold on your China venture. Find out the FACT b4 posting your opinion.
You have read wrong. All of our rings and bases are made here in the U.S. Thank you for the inquiry and if you need any further assistance call our technical support team at 1-800-LEUPOLD

BS. Do some research before you can an adult a liar.

The cheaper Leupold rings and bases are made in China. Look for made in China on the package of the some of the Leupold bases and rings sold in Wal-Mart. The ones that are made in China are junk.

I have at least 10 Leupold scopes. Many have Leupold mounts made in the USA and they are quality products. Leupold has recently become very evasive when questioned about the origin of their products and I ain't buying any more of them.

Some Leupold binoculars are also made in China. This includes their green ring Mesa 8X42 binoculars.

http://www.binoculars.com/binoculars...black.cfm#tabs

Another one:

Leupold 53546 Wind River Sequoia 45x60 Spotting Scope

http://www.mcsports.com/product/inde...ductId=2866313

Another one:

http://www.chuckhawks.com/leupold_RXB-IV.htm

http://shootersforum.com/showthread....stpost&t=33586

shimming any scope is just asking for problems,from bending the scope to the scope slipping on recoil. put the right mounts on that gun and you won't need to shim.

Hope this helps................



http://www.burrisoptics.com/sigrings.html

we had the same problems about 20yrs ago on a scope and shimmed it with a piece of banding material of from a crate,it worked fine.
i don't know what kind of scope you have but buying a good pair of ring bases would be the proper way to do it