N80
Super Member
I have a problem, and maybe an interesting story too. Here goes:
My 19 year old daughter has been deer hunting with me the last few years and we've had good success...a couple of small bucks and 4 really nice 8 pointers in three years. I've loved every minute of it. She shoots a petite little Remington Model 7 in .308 with an old 4x Leupold scope. She has not missed yet but we've had the discipline to take only 'money' shots.
Well, when I got all my Dad's guns and gun stuff (he has Alzheimers) there was a 4x Zeiss scope. I've had an identical one for a long time (he bought them at the same time) and it has been a superb scope. So I get to thinking that this Zeiss would be great on her gun. I ask her if she wanted me to change it and she was a little hesitant but she said okay if I could put the other one back if she didn't like it. So on goes the Zeiss and off to my cabin to sight it in. Well, first few shots at 50 yards dial in fairly well. At 100 they start getting weird and do not seem to be responding to changes in elevation adjustments. Windage stays dead center. So I give up and quit adjusting and just take 4 consecutive shots. Each shot stayed centered but climbed about 2 inches every time...right off the paper.
Things I know:
1) The gun shot well with the previous scope. So it isn't the gun.
2) I used the same Millet base (never tool it off) with the Zeiss and rings, bases, etc all nice and tight so I don't think it was the mounting.
3) I'm an average shot at best. But I'd shot several other guns that day on a nice bench and rests with excellent results. So I don't think it was me.
4) I had put about 10 rounds through the gun before the last 4 in a fairly short period of time so it was getting hot.
5) I know little about the scope except that it wasn't on a gun and I seem to recall it going back to Zeiss with a problem years ago.
So my problem is: Is it the scope? If so, how can I test it and find out? Or could it possibly shoot that bad just from a hot barrel?
The side story: I've got to get her old scope back on it and sighted in and I think when she finds out she is going to think I've messed with her gun's mojo....and I have, I guess. If her next shot is a miss then I will be in the dog house! I sure hope it is a hit!
Moral of the story for me: Don't mess with a gun that is shooting well....no matter what.
My 19 year old daughter has been deer hunting with me the last few years and we've had good success...a couple of small bucks and 4 really nice 8 pointers in three years. I've loved every minute of it. She shoots a petite little Remington Model 7 in .308 with an old 4x Leupold scope. She has not missed yet but we've had the discipline to take only 'money' shots.
Well, when I got all my Dad's guns and gun stuff (he has Alzheimers) there was a 4x Zeiss scope. I've had an identical one for a long time (he bought them at the same time) and it has been a superb scope. So I get to thinking that this Zeiss would be great on her gun. I ask her if she wanted me to change it and she was a little hesitant but she said okay if I could put the other one back if she didn't like it. So on goes the Zeiss and off to my cabin to sight it in. Well, first few shots at 50 yards dial in fairly well. At 100 they start getting weird and do not seem to be responding to changes in elevation adjustments. Windage stays dead center. So I give up and quit adjusting and just take 4 consecutive shots. Each shot stayed centered but climbed about 2 inches every time...right off the paper.
Things I know:
1) The gun shot well with the previous scope. So it isn't the gun.
2) I used the same Millet base (never tool it off) with the Zeiss and rings, bases, etc all nice and tight so I don't think it was the mounting.
3) I'm an average shot at best. But I'd shot several other guns that day on a nice bench and rests with excellent results. So I don't think it was me.
4) I had put about 10 rounds through the gun before the last 4 in a fairly short period of time so it was getting hot.
5) I know little about the scope except that it wasn't on a gun and I seem to recall it going back to Zeiss with a problem years ago.
So my problem is: Is it the scope? If so, how can I test it and find out? Or could it possibly shoot that bad just from a hot barrel?
The side story: I've got to get her old scope back on it and sighted in and I think when she finds out she is going to think I've messed with her gun's mojo....and I have, I guess. If her next shot is a miss then I will be in the dog house! I sure hope it is a hit!
Moral of the story for me: Don't mess with a gun that is shooting well....no matter what.