Salop Matt Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Guys a mate of mine bought one of these at the MGF this year and with a house move he`s only just had chance to try and zero it ! Anyway he got out to zero it with Nikko mounts and his Edgar Brothers scope only to find it was shooting way low and way to the left ! He has adjusted the scope to maximum up and maximum right but its still shooting at 50yards 2" to the left and 4" to low ! He has swapped mounts round etc but no change ! What is the next step he can take to get this beauty shooting straight ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrelsniffer Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Has he tried a diff scope ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted December 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 No because that shoulnd matter surely ! and its preformed fine on his FAC air rifle the last 5 years and Edgar Brothers scopes are good quallity also ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankeedoodlepigeon Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 He needs to eliminate some things till he finds out what is wrong. He could even have damaged the scope in the move. Lovely gun btw. I think I know what's next for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Get in touch with Mag 357 he has the same gun and had a lot of problems getting it to zero but i cannot remember what he had done to get it right.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock1 Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) My father once had problem with a ruger 77/22 which we couldn't get zeroed with genuine ruger mounts and a schmidt and bender scope. It was shooting a couple of inches low at 100yds. The gundealer that supplied the whole outfit got us shims to rise the front mount which only fractions of a millimeter thick but were more than enough to correct the issue. Not sure how you would correct the windage though. I have heard of scope rings with a grub screw to mover them left/right. They sound a little suspect to me as I feel they could move. Just found some, not sure how to add a link but google Millet Angle Lock Windage Adjustable Edited December 14, 2011 by woodcock1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimlet Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Centralise the reticle. Count the number of clicks from full left to full right and from full down to full up and dial each turret to exactly half way. Then put on a collimator. If the reticle is miles away you've got an alignment problem either with the mounts or the drillings on the receiver. If the rings are double sided like Millets they need to be colllimated with the reticle centralised before zeroing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Get a black & decker work bench or simalar clamp the rifle in that, put some through it and check the results on target against the scope. Sounds to me its a scope/mount issue. Are the mounts on correctly ? And use a different scope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimlet Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Don't know anything about these rifles, so this is a bit of a stab in the dark but it looks like it has weaver blocks fitted. If so I take it they're the right ones? If it does use blocks check with Savage which ones they should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Gimlet has sound advice. Some long 1" tube or bar can show up mount alighnment problems too when placed in the rings. May be tricky with a 17 but bore sight it on a distant object and then look through the centralised scope, adjust the rings/bases to bring the scope where the bore is pointing. If you can not adjust the rings/bases then you have to consider another mounting system! Good luck. U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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