17 hmr zeroing problems

[zx10mike 137]

no price has little impact but if yours is say an air rifle scope and is parallaxed at 35 yds like my ags and your shooting out to 100 that aint good.i once put a zeis set at 100 on an air rifle and my groups were all over the shop just something to rule out.your scope should say on it if it is fixed parallax.

[garethmarfell1985 1]

how consistent do you have to be when mounting rifles? i do a lot of competition shooting with shotguns so sub conciously mount that right everytime but i am new to rifles. i used to do a lot with air rifles and have always been a reasonaby shot but i have just never had any of these problems

[3175darren 1,093]

Has it a silencer ? Start simple check all your mounts I mean every screw make sure they are tight, I use lock tight on mine clean the silencer well, make sure that goes on tight, make sure the stock screws are tight and you can pass a piece of paper between the stock and The barrel ,set the parralax at infinity it's like a figure 8 on its side on the objective lense end. Of the scope the other thing are you letting you gun cool properly after setting up that could cause it, always set your rifle up on a clean cold barrel what I am saying is after zeroing the rifle let it cool right down, and fine tune it one bullet at a time giving the gun time cool between each round, one other thing when you put the scope caps on make sure you don't over tighten them, some scopes don't have enough Clearence between the adjuster and cap when you replace the cap you can undo what you have done. Good luck mate it will be something simple ATB Darren

[tegater 789]

Every time the same, including elbow positions the same in prone. Slipping elbow or different position each time can cause a lateral spread, but from what you are saying you are still getting a tight group.

[garethmarfell1985 1]

it has got an ajustable objective lens from 15 yards to infinity but is that the same thing.

 

i have had friends of mine who are experienced shots and they put it in pretty much the same place as me when its set up

[zx10mike 137]

if the parallax is set to the correct distance then you can put your eye on just about anywhere. that kind of movement does screem check its all mounted tight.

[zx10mike 137]

yep thats parallax adjustment / focus if your on 15 your screwed at 100

[zx10mike 137]

Has it a silencer ? Start simple check all your mounts I mean every screw make sure they are tight, I use lock tight on mine clean the silencer well, make sure that goes on tight, make sure the stock screws are tight and you can pass a piece of paper between the stock and The barrel ,set the parralax at infinity it's like a figure 8 on its side on the objective lense end. Of the scope the other thing are you letting you gun cool properly after setting up that could cause it, always set your rifle up on a clean cold barrel what I am saying is after zeroing the rifle let it cool right down, and fine tune it one bullet at a time giving the gun time cool between each round, one other thing when you put the scope caps on make sure you don't over tighten them, some scopes don't have enough Clearence between the adjuster and cap when you replace the cap you can undo what you have done. Good luck mate it will be something simple ATB Darren

 

why set the parallax at infinity? that kind of defeats the point in having it.

[garethmarfell1985 1]

it is set at 100 yards on end soas i can see clearly

[Greg223 4]

Every time the same, including elbow positions the same in prone. Slipping elbow or different position each time can cause a lateral spread, but from what you are saying you are still getting a tight group.

 

You can still get a tight group in a different position providing you dont move your body (minus your trigger arm when reloading)

[zx10mike 137]

can't be parallax then

[tegater 789]

Greg that's why I said a different position each time would cause a lateral spread, not a different position per say.

[Greg223 4]

Greg that's why I said a different position each time would cause a lateral spread, not a different position per say.

Sorry i must have missread it then! Cheek position may move it abit although 3/4" maybe a stretch

[garethmarfell1985 1]

if the mod was knakered could that cause the same type of problem

[tegater 789]

It would more than likely be consistently off, or scattered.