new scope problem on Browning SA-22

[Bull Nutria]

I have a new subject rifle mounted a 4x bushnell 22scope on it with expensive leupold mounts and rings. rifle zerod and shot fine with $30 walmart scope. Mounted a new $220 Leupold VX-I 2-7x 33 . could not get enough left windage adjustment. I loosened the front and rear rings move scope off the flare of the front bell about 3/16". Shot rifle at 25 and 50 yards but the left adjustment is all the way against the stop (won't turn any more to go more left)??

i have had scopes that need shimming for elevation but never for windage got me stumped>

1-do i have a defective scope?

2- since i got it zeroed should i just live with it?

What say you?

Bull

 

[rcmodel]

Maybe take one ring off the base and turn it 1/2 around the other way?
If that doesn't do anything, then do the other one.

Maybe swap them both front & rear.

Could be one ring or the other isn't seating in the base quite centered!
Did you use any grease on the dovetails before twisting them in?
Maybe a galled dovetail on the ring or base?

Maybe one or the other ring isn't turned perfectly in line with the other one and it's torquing the scope tube slightly?

I have never used the dual dovetail mounts like yours.
The regular old Leupold mounts have clamp screws on the rear ring to center the windage with.

rc

 

[Bull Nutria]

why did the 4x bushnell line up in same mount and rings with out a problem?

Bull

 

[rcmodel]

Maybe the 2-7x variable has less adjustment range then the fixed 4x?

I dont know?

rc

 

[Bull Nutria]

i recall that those leupold rings clicked in place when you rotated them 90degrees in on the base? Could i have those rings not rotated true to the bore???

elevation is perfect no problem only windage!!

Bull

 

[Bull Nutria]

Udate on Browning SA-22 scope problem

Dropped by LGS, owner is an old football team buddy of mine. I explained the problem to him. He took scope off of rings. He observed that the rear ring was not quite perpendicular to the bore.. He beat on the rear ring, with me holding the rifle vice down, with a rubber hammer. it would not turn. He put ring top back on and torqued it with his ancient piece of alum line up tool, it was so beat up it could not be termed precison! anyway he laid scope back in bottom rings and turned it freely, said it was lined up much better. Put top of rings back on, aligned reticle let me check it ,then bore sighted it with his instrument. sold me 4 boxes of 'blazer ammo and told me to go shoot it.

it was off couple inches right and a few inches low, i have it re-sighted in now. happy ending!!

RC was correct the rings were not lined up correctly --rookie mistake on my part!

Bull

 

[gamestalker]

I had a similar incident a few years back that turned out to be me having a senior moment. I mounted the scope 90 degree's, out, in other words my windage was my the elevation, elevation the windage. It did the same exact thing, I bottomed out the turret and couldn't figure out what was wrong until I looked closer at the turret and observed that it indicated up / down, yet I was intending to adjust the windage, DING! DING! DING!

Maybe that's what you've accidentally done, I've actually seen more than one person make that mistake.

GS

 

[Bull Nutria]

well this Browning SA-22 dual dovetail leupold mount doesn't have any elevation adjustment. when i inserted rear the ring base in the mount i did not turn the ring perfectly perpendicular to the bore. i was off a smidge. so my friend straightened it, the leupold mounts have a tight fit and it took some pressure to get it turned correctly.

All good now and i learned something!
Bull

 

[Bull Nutria]

well this Browning SA-22 dual dovetail leupold mount doesn't have any elevation adjustment. when i inserted rear the ring base in the mount i did not turn the ring perfectly perpendicular to the bore. i was off a smidge. so my friend straightened it, the leupold mounts have a tight fit and it took some pressure to get it turned correctly.

All good now and i learned something!
Bull

 

[HexHead]

Dropped by LGS, owner is an old football team buddy of mine. I explained the problem to him. He took scope off of rings. He observed that the rear ring was not quite perpendicular to the bore.. He beat on the rear ring, with me holding the rifle vice down, with a rubber hammer. it would not turn. He put ring top back on and torqued it with his ancient piece of alum line up tool, it was so beat up it could not be termed precison! anyway he laid scope back in bottom rings and turned it freely, said it was lined up much better. Put top of rings back on, aligned reticle let me check it ,then bore sighted it with his instrument. sold me 4 boxes of 'blazer ammo and told me to go shoot it.

it was off couple inches right and a few inches low, i have it re-sighted in now. happy ending!!

RC was correct the rings were not lined up correctly --rookie mistake on my part!

Bull

That's why I like the lightweight Talley one piece rings. Each ring/base is one piece, just screw them into the barrel with a drop of blue Locktite. The ones I just got for my Browning T-Bolt came in Browning packaging.