“A bad day at the range is better than a good day at work.”
That theory was severely tested yesterday.
I had finally gotten around to mounting scopes on two of my latest (re)acquisitions: The recently re-stocked Ruger M77 MKI and the Israeli Mauser.
Off we all went, along with The Hun Bastard, to the range to deviate from usual excursions that generally only involve quick tests of accuracy from The Hun and Barak the Boomershoot Rifle.
Things started off well enough, with the Ruger quickly dialing in at the one hundred and then the two hundred yard lines
(Here is the Ruger in factory form)
But shortly thereafter is when happiness died.
The Israeli Mauser in its current guise
That is the Burris 3-12×32 Ballistic Plex handgun scope. A fine piece of craftsmanship, though not perfect. David has a couple of these on his Contenders and Encores.
It is wrapped in Warne rings and set upon a mount from S&K.
I say the Burris is not perfect because, though I know it is not a target scope, it still has little in the adjustment department from what I expect of scopes.
This is also why I never popped back up yesterday afternoon with pics. I was, quite literally, there all day trying to get the Mauser sighted in.
High and right was the impact point, finally found by holding in the low and left corner of the 24×24 target. Shortly thereafter, I was able to get it to hit twelve inches to the right at 3 o’clock before running out of adjustment.
We tried swapping the rings back to front, then rotating them 180 degrees and then finally shims, but nothing made a difference. Still seven inches right at 3 o’clock.
I really really do not like it when I can’t get tools/machinery to fulfill their function.
The target found this out when I pulled The Hun out and swiftly dumped a mag into the X and 10 rings.
So it is off to the smith to see if he can do something with the scope base.
If he can’t, I’ll put the factory sight back on and you’ll probably be hearing about me trading the whole shabang in on an 1895GS.
Sucks on the Mauser. I’ve probably never run into the adjustment problem with my Burris scopes because I’ve always used Burris Signature rings with the inserts for the gross elevation changes at long range. They make ’em in Weaver style….
Although your problem doesn’t seem to be elevation so much as windage. I think you can make gross windage adjustments with the Signature inserts, too (just rotate ’em 90 degrees) but I’ve never tried it myself.
Hey Phil, if you get tired of the Mauser, see me about selling it (first) The Rivrsis was probably in the Haganah in an earlier incarnation, and would love it. I don’t thing we want the scope set-up, so I hope you didn’t trash the original field sights.
Both S&K and Burris make quality products. Warne rings aren’t to shabby either. I would suggest looking at the rear sight it is sitting on.
It may be canted to one side, and will require correction.
A canted rear iron sight is not that big of a deal, but put a scope on that rear sight and the mount will magnify the cant.
I would also look at Millet rings.
They are windage adjustable & just might solve your problem inexpensively.
Merle