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So I had a chance to shoot my new set up today- a local buddy took me on his wife's family's private land and we were shooting at the Keizer bottoms, near the Willamette. We zeroed the 716 at around 35 yds., pulled back to 75 yds., and shot more rounds at our targets. I was shredding the bull's eye on the target, so my buddy asked me to shoot at a corner (square target) and then the shots started going wide- about 6" above the bull's eye. I'm gonna take it to Cabela's tomorrow to see if they have time to laser boesight it.
Kind of a minor disappointing end to the day, but learning how to fine-tune the set up is normal.
Geno
Sounds like the scope has failed. No way should your rifle should be behaving like this at only 75 yards.
Wow-that would SUCK if it did fail. She's going in tomorrow to see what's up.
Geno
Lance,
The thought did occur to me that the screws holding the scope to the rings may have backed off, or the ring mounts are loose. I didn't use any loctite, so it's possible one of the fasteners backed off. We'll see tomorrow.
Geno
3MTA3,
Thank you for sharing that video- it's clear there's alot more work in installing a scope than just mounting the rings and setting the scope upon it. My Sig 716 does have a continuous Picatinny rail along the top of the rifle, but I'm wondering just how much improvement is made when you lap rings. Is this also required for a cantilever mount? I'm not trying to avoid whatever work is required to achieve better accuracy, but I won't lie either- this is the first "serious" scope I've put on a rifle, let alone a semi-automatic battle rifle. If I have to buy more tools/gear to do the job right, I will.
Thanks,
Geno