Scope won't adjust high enough!
 

I just had a new scope put on my shotgun, which was supposed to be bore sighted. I went to sight it in, and at 25 yards or so hit about 4 inches lower than the plate. So I cranked it up, but I ended up turning the dial all it would go to shoot higher, and the shots are still a few inches below the plate. Do they sell rings that will lift it up or what do I do?

Thanks!

RE: Scope won't adjust high enough!
 

What type of mounts are you using?

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You may have to get a shim put on the base to make the proper adjustments. Check with your local sporting goods shop.

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Did you test it at 50 or 100 yards? I would do that before anything else. It may shoot higher at ranges beyond 25 yards.

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It's not tapped, so I have that metal platethat fits over the receiver and bolts to it on both sides. I had a cheapie tasco 20 mm objective scope on it before, and replaced it with a bigger, 3x9 bushnell elite 3200. I was looking for TC rings, but BassPro didn't have any, and the guy there said my Weaver rings were fine.

I shot it at 40 yards to start off, and missed the plate low so went to 25 yards to get it on paper first.

OK Criggster, I will call BassPro or Dick's and see what they can do.

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I have a Simmons Aetec that I am having the same problem with. I am thing about making a home made shim from a small piece of metalroof flashing and slipping it under the scope on the rear mount.

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I would try high rise see thru mounts should get you to where you need to be and also open sights if needed.

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Burris makes its Signature rings with a Pos-Align inserts. I had the same problem on a new muzzleloader this year and went to the Pos-Align system and corrected my problem. I got mine at http://www.natchezss.com.

RE: Scope won't adjust high enough!
 

I will look into the Burris Pos-Align, but if I have to use a shim, shouldn't it be on the front portion of the mount so the scope sights higher?

RE: Scope won't adjust high enough!
 

If I’m not mistaken you want to lift the back with the shim.:eek:

RE: Scope won't adjust high enough!
 

Since it isshooting low, I want it to shoot higher. Won't I want to either raise the frontor lower the back?

The guy at BassPro told me what I pretty much SHOULD do is get a cantilevered rifle barrel and attach the scope to the barrel. So let me ask you this, if I do that, the scope will go forward off the receiver and on the barrel, so will it be a problem with eye relief? Maybe there is an eye relief adjustment on the scope? Shows how much I know about scopes!

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I had the same problem last year till I noticed that the front of the scope was resting on the rear iron sight removed the sight and it fixed the problem

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My rear iron sight bends down, and is more than a half inch from touching the scope. Still in a quandry. Now I'll call Dick's...

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I would say that you want to raise the back. I had the same problem with one of my rifles this summer. I placed the shim stock on the back and it solved the problem. The cantilever is made so you can place the rings forward or back depending on how you would like to set the scope. As for the scope you can’t adjust the eye relief and that’s why you’re able to slide the scope in the rings

RE: Scope won't adjust high enough!
 

That will only make the problem worse.

RE: Scope won't adjust high enough!
 

u need to shim the front of the scope up, re-bore-sight it and try again

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That will make it worse.

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How?

Raiseing the front of the scope will raise the point of impact thus making it possible for him to get the crosshairs on his point-of impact.

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It doesn't sound like geometry is your strong suit.You need the line of sight to intersect with the bore to sight the gun in.Now the line of sight is too high to intersect the bore.If you raise the front of the scope it will raise the line of sight even more.If you raise the rear of the scope it willmove the line of sight downward where it will intersect with the bore.The sooner the line of sight intersects the bore,the higher the point of impact will be.

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I finally figured that out. Problem is I have a receiver mount plate with a "rail" the rings fit on. If I shim the back of it between the receiver and the plate, I don't believe the holes will line up to bolt on the plate.

RE: Scope won't adjust high enough!
 

You can buy rings that are low, medium and high. Check with a quality gun shop. I have had similar problems in the past and corrected them by changing the height of the rings. Way better than shims!

Good luck.