Which scope?

[Acuspell 329]

Sounds like you are holding it too tight.

 

At 10 yards, where is the pellet landing? It should be just a tad low. 13 yards - 16 yards spot on. This will depend on your zero range.

 

Can you put up a large witness screen behind the target board, just so you can see where the fall of shot is? Work it out from there - are you altering the zoom when changing range? If so DON'T! Zoom scopes, ESPECIALLY CHEAPER ONES, will alter zero when the zoom changes except on multiples of the same magnification factor.

eg 3-9 power scope. Zero on 6x and it should work fine on 3x - but not necessarily on 9x! Zero at 9x and it should be fine at 4.5x - but could well be out on 6x and other mags.

 

Try setting up at a fixed distance (longer the better, 25 yards OK). Put up an A4 sheet of paper, shoot one pellet at it to give you an aiming mark. Now shoot a group at ONE magnification and set it up so that it is zeroed for that magnification.

 

Fire another pellet at a clean part of the paper.Change the zero and fire a group, just to see where they go. Do the same for a couple of other magnifications, justto see what happens. If the zero alters, go for the middling magnification (6x??) and work with that. I shoot nearly all my stuff on 6x only because of this zero shift.

[ben1191 9]

the thing is i cant hit a shoebox at 25 yards lol,ive bought a new scope and its on next day delivery so hopefully ill sort it out,the scope ive got is getting old now anyway.

[johnwhit 4]

Leapers 3-12x44, great scope for under £100, I have the 3-9x44 on my HW77. Mounted on a Sportsmatch medium height mount, objective lens 2mm above the action, just enough room for the objective cover.

 

http://www.jsramsbottom.com/products/riflescopes-leapers/swat31244ir36color-leapers-swat-3-12x44-full-size-illuminated-mil-dot-30mm-side-focus-scope-36-colou.html

 

ATB,

 

John

[ben1191 9]

Just got a phone call from the shop i bought it from,apparently the manufacterer hasnt got it in stock untill the 9th November which was no good,so theyve agreed to send me out a £160 panorama EV 4-12x50 scope for the same price

[salop sniper 32]

I have a Hawke Panorama and its great.......But....... Its just not me. Imiss my MTC`s and SCB ret to much. Going to be selling my hawke or swapping it soon, its only 2.5 months old and mint condition !

 

So I would recomend MTC and Hawke to you !

 

ATB

 

Matt