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Posted: 6/4/2006 7:16:14 PM EDT
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Ok, So I have built a 6.8-spc on a Les-Bear matched upper and lower. I used a PRI Gen III intermediate free float forearm and a PRI Gen III Forearm Rail System. The scope is a Leopold. Useing Arms mounts. Issues. I can not get the scope to adjust. There is not enough elevation travel I have tried every thing I can think of. \ Has anyone else had this issue and what did you do. 
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The Leupold Answer Guide How do I Sight in my Scope? For detailed instructions on the proper sighting-in of a Leupold scope, it is always best to refer to the instruction manual. A section of the Standard User's Guide is here reprinted for your convenience: How to Sight-In Using a Bore-Sighting Collimator: (See Leupold ScopeSmith Boresighter) To save time and ammunition, start out in your shop or gun room with a bore-sighting collimator to "get on the paper." Remember that adjustments made during bore-sighting will appear to move in the opposite direction than that indicated by the adjustment dial. 1. Attach the collimator to the barrel. 2. Look through the scope. The center of the scope reticle is normally some distance away from the center of the boresight reticle. This shows the scope's line-of-sight relative to the axis of the bore. 3. Begin with the windage adjustment. (Remember, when possible, it is better to make the initial windage adjustments to the mount base before using the scope's windage adjustment.) Turn the windage adjustment until the vertical crosshair of the scope covers the center of the collimator crosshair. 4. Adjust the elevation until the horizontal crosshair of the scope covers the center of the collimator crosshair. With that, the scope should align with the axis of the bore. 5. Remove the boresighter from the barrel. NOTE: Bore-sighting alone is not sufficient to sight-in a scope. You must make final adjustments by shooting the firearm using the same ammunition you use in the field. Traditional Bore-Sighting (Bolt Actions): Preliminary sighting-in can also be accomplished by bore-sighting at the firing range using a target from 20 to 50 yards away. 1. Position the firearm on the bench, using sandbags to steady the firearm. 2. Remove the bolt from the firearm. 3. Looking through the bore itself, move the firearm to center the bull's eye of the target inside the barrel. 4. Hold the rifle steady. With the bull's eye centered when viewed through the bore, make windage and elevation adjustments to the scope until the very center of the reticle is aligned with the bull's eye of the target. Bore-Sighting Lever Actions: An inexpensive device with a small mirror which inserts into the chamber or rests on the magazine follower to allow sighting down the barrel is necessary for bore-sighting lever action rifles. The Final Step: Three-Shot Groups Whichever bore-sighting method you've used, the next steps are the same on the firing range. To ensure reliable results, always fire from a rested position when performing these steps. (If you are using an adjustable objective or side focus model scope, perform any correction for parallax before continuing.) 1. Fire a shot or two. 2. If you are several inches off center, make an appropriate amount of adjustment to move the reticle to the center of the target. 3. Carefully fire a three-shot group. 4. Use the center of that group as a reference point for the final adjustments to windage and elevation. How do I Center my Adjustments? Making windage and elevation adjustments moves the entire erector system horizontally and vertically inside the scope. If the erector system is off to one side - as a result of having been mounted on a non-adjustable mount - the adjustments won't provide equal travel in all directions. To regain full balanced travel, you must center the adjustment as follows: 1. Turn the windage adjustment to the point that it stops moving. 2. Counting the clicks or hash marks, turn it all the way in the other direction. 3. Turn the dial back half the amount of clicks or hash marks counted. 4. Repeat this process for the elevation adjustment. |
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