steve_b_wales Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 A friend of mine has a Hawke Vantage 4-16 x 50 scope, and when using the zoom collar, all is well between 4-10 power, but from 10-16 it starts to get tight, making it harder to operate using fingers only. He got in touch with Hawke aftersales, and they asked him if, before zeroing the scope, had he made sure that the reticule was optically dead centre, as if not, it cause this problem. To be honest, neither of us have heard of this before, but like me, he always does this with all his scopes. The scope has now been sent back to Hawke under warranty (2 years old) for them to look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Sounds like total BS to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 What is it fitted to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted January 25 Author Report Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: What is it fitted to? CZ 452 (.22lr) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 2 hours ago, steve_b_wales said: A friend of mine has a Hawke Vantage 4-16 x 50 scope, and when using the zoom collar, all is well between 4-10 power, but from 10-16 it starts to get tight, making it harder to operate using fingers only. He got in touch with Hawke aftersales, and they asked him if, before zeroing the scope, had he made sure that the reticule was optically dead centre, as if not, it cause this problem. To be honest, neither of us have heard of this before, but like me, he always does this with all his scopes. The scope has now been sent back to Hawke under warranty (2 years old) for them to look at it. It is optimal to get the scope aligned with the reticle centred ,minimising the amount of fine adjustment needed for zero. Rifle dovetails are not always machined true!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 13 minutes ago, matone said: It is optimal to get the scope aligned with the reticle centred ,minimising the amount of fine adjustment needed for zero. Rifle dovetails are not always machined true!!!! How does that affect the zoom ring tension?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Just now, Weihrauch17 said: How does that affect the zoom ring tension?? If the inner workings are pushed towards their lateral limit l or r ,it can make them harder to move. The other possible causes would be a crushed tube due to over tightening of mount rings or bending caused by poor machining of dovetails.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Watching because I was given a Leupold with a very tight mag adjust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted January 26 Author Report Share Posted January 26 (edited) 11 hours ago, matone said: It is optimal to get the scope aligned with the reticle centred ,minimising the amount of fine adjustment needed for zero. Rifle dovetails are not always machined true!!!! True. All my scopes, at least, are centred before they are zeroed. Personally, I don't believe what was said about this affecting the zoom control. Edited January 26 by steve_b_wales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 I had a scope that when you zoomed the reticle would tilt over as bit so not perfectly plumb any more .it tilted left and right when going up and down the zoom .there was a lose screw .if I tightened it too much the zoom became stiff . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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