I have an 8x POSP scope mounted to my PSL. I tried to sight it in on Saturday, but with the reticule as high as it would go, the rifle was still shooting high. Impacts were 2-3 feet above the point of aim at 200 yards. I'm wondering if my scope rail is not properly aligned or if I'm using the elevation knob inappropriately. I'm aware that there is a difference between meters and yards, but when the elevation was set for 100 meters and the rifle was shot at 200 yards, the bullets were still about a foot above the point of aim.
I'm a bit confused about the elevation settings. The manual says that the numbers represent every 100 meters and the half marks represent 50 meters. Then it says that you set it to "1" for 100m. The thing is, there are only even numbers 0-20, there is no "1". It also says to sight in at 50m using the half mark between "0" and "1". Once again, there is only a 0 and a 2. The thing is that if 0-20 corresponded directly to meters, then this scope has elevation adjustments out to 2000 meters, which seems a little silly to have chevrons for bullet drop past 1000 meters if you can just set the elevation for that. (Not to mention the obvious effectiveness and accuracy issues that would occur at such extreme ranges.) So my theory has been that the numbers x100/2 reflects the range in meters (2=100m, 20=1000m). Can anyone confirm or deny this?
The next topic is that regardless of whether or not my elevation settings are right, my reticule is as high as it will go and the rifle is still shooting high. I'm interested in shimming to fix this. I've read to cut aluminum from cans to use as shims. My question is: where is the best spot to put the shims? Is there a way I can permanently fix them in the mount or do I just jam them between the rail and the mount?
Thanks for the help.
I'm a bit confused about the elevation settings. The manual says that the numbers represent every 100 meters and the half marks represent 50 meters. Then it says that you set it to "1" for 100m. The thing is, there are only even numbers 0-20, there is no "1". It also says to sight in at 50m using the half mark between "0" and "1". Once again, there is only a 0 and a 2. The thing is that if 0-20 corresponded directly to meters, then this scope has elevation adjustments out to 2000 meters, which seems a little silly to have chevrons for bullet drop past 1000 meters if you can just set the elevation for that. (Not to mention the obvious effectiveness and accuracy issues that would occur at such extreme ranges.) So my theory has been that the numbers x100/2 reflects the range in meters (2=100m, 20=1000m). Can anyone confirm or deny this?
The next topic is that regardless of whether or not my elevation settings are right, my reticule is as high as it will go and the rifle is still shooting high. I'm interested in shimming to fix this. I've read to cut aluminum from cans to use as shims. My question is: where is the best spot to put the shims? Is there a way I can permanently fix them in the mount or do I just jam them between the rail and the mount?
Thanks for the help.
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