hedd-wyn Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 A mate of mine has just bought a Hawke scope for his HW80, now he's in a bit of bother. When zeroing it this evening all his groups were about 2ft to the right of the target! He stated that the scope dial won't go any further right and he's tearing his hair out because the scope is brand new. Could anyone enlighten me on this problem? Has anyone ever experienced this? Is there a way to sort it out? Cheers Hedd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Damaged internally possibly ? has it been mounted correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mongrel- Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Silly question, has he got the turret orientation right, I've seen it before where it was twisted through 90 degrees in the mounts making the windage turret appear to be the elevation or vice versa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 If he has a silencer then it may well be clipping the pellets, if not it may be a mounting issue. Was the rifle OK beforehand? If all else fails get him to put a different scope on and see, it could just be a faulty scope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAD1927 Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 try a different scope on same mounts, if shooting the same I would suggest that its not mounted correctly if the scope zero's then it would suggest the scope is faulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Silly question, has he got the turret orientation right, I've seen it before where it was twisted through 90 degrees in the mounts making the windage turret appear to be the elevation or vice versa. I have not seen this before but yes it could be the cause . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clamps Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 try turning the scope mounts round - or one one way then the other. this happened to me the other day and this fixed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s4s Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 A mate of mine has just bought a Hawke scope for his HW80, now he's in a bit of bother. When zeroing it this evening all his groups were about 2ft to the right of the target! He stated that the scope dial won't go any further right and he's tearing his hair out because the scope is brand new. Could anyone enlighten me on this problem? Has anyone ever experienced this? Is there a way to sort it out? Cheers Hedd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedd-wyn Posted April 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Anything look out of place here boys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanl Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 make sure all the screws on the bottom are tight had the same problem a couple of weeks ago ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAD1927 Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 take the scope covers off lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mongrel- Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 I have not seen this before but yes it could be the cause . New guy at the local HFT club got a new scope and couldn't get it anywhere near a zero, the turret on the left hand side was not picked up as 2 other people tried to zero it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s4s Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 check the grips where the allen bolts go through these can be used either way up however both sides are different one edge will be wider the other narrower,look closely and you will see what i mean its important to use the matching way up..if not that take scope out of mounts fix mounts replace acope try again.fialing that faults scope or mounts . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) as already said can you try another scope on the gun or the scope on another gun and go from there. Edited April 19, 2012 by aga man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Try going left might help.ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedd-wyn Posted April 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 as already said can you try another scope on the gun or the scope on another gun and go from there. Good point, if all else fails we could always give this a blast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super sharp shooter Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 I had an issue with a hawk scope where I couldn't adjust it enuf and it was shooting 4" low at 20m. Took it back to the shop and got a new scope and now zeroed at 30m spot on. As said above try a different scope.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Good point, if all else fails we could always give this a blast good starting point mate, would tell if its the gun or scope at fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz72 Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Stating the obvious but has the barrel been checked to see if bent? Also the post doesn't mention if this is replacing another scope which worked, or if replacing open sights. If it was open sights, the foresight would have moved with the barrel and could have passed unnoticed until a scope was fitted. Just a thought.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA Shooter Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 With the Hawke scopes you sometime need to re centre the cross hairs. The way to do it is explained in the book provided with the scope. If not this is how you do it: Turn the turret in all the way and then count every click as you turn it all the way out. If you count for exp. 400 clicks out then half that and then turn is back 200 clicks. That goes for both the turrets. Then re zero the rifle. It should sort the problem out. Good luck ATB Werner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimcam Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 What about "shimming" the rear scope mount with a piece of old photo negative? Jim.Night Owl). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 What about "shimming" the rear scope mount with a piece of old photo negative? Jim.Night Owl). Would be OK to do this if you were correcting by a couple of inches, but 2 feet is quite a lot. On the photograph provided the Hawke branding is nearly on the side of the eye bell. Should it not be on top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolhandMal Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 A mate of mine has just bought a Hawke scope for his HW80, now he's in a bit of bother. When zeroing it this evening all his groups were about 2ft to the right of the target! He stated that the scope dial won't go any further right and he's tearing his hair out because the scope is brand new. Could anyone enlighten me on this problem? Has anyone ever experienced this? Is there a way to sort it out? Cheers Hedd I had this problem with my Brocock Hunter,it turned out to be the barrel had been knocked to the left causing a lose barrel/air cylinder cleat,I squared the cleat back up tightened the allen keys and low and behold it was firing back to zero..! Have you checked the cleats or cleat in my case to see wether they have moved maybe by you bumping it unknowingly? Worth a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimcam Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 The scope looks ok on the rifle.I just thought that Shimming may have helped a little.But 2ft? :o . Change the scope i say now.Jim.Night owl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant8681 Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 I had the same problem, apparantly there was something clipping the skirts of the pellets therefore making them totaly useless, we only realised when my mate noticed tiny lead filings falling on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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