Posted: 9/26/2007 3:21:16 PM EDT
Olympic Arms!  Took my CAR-15 in to have the front sight adjusted and walked out with a nice scope for my Ultra Match. Millett Tactical Rifle Scope, 4-16 x 50, side focus, illuminated (green) mil-dot reticle. Can't wait to try it out!       Nice people at Olyarms, too. |
SVRC is doing the same thing, kinda pissed I can't use the range I belong to. 
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Cool I don't have any NV gear... yet  Do you notice any difference between the NV setting and the #1 setting? They look about the same to my unaided eye (it's gotta be fairly dark for me to see either of them). |
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I was able to send a few magazines worth of ammo downrange today and so far I like the scope, but there may be a problem with it. Not sure. I started out shooting at 50 yards after boresighting the rifle (this is all with Guatamala B ammo, btw). After getting the groups to hit where I was aiming I moved the target back to 100 yards. Actually had to come DOWN on the elevation at that range  Once I got it shooting at 100 yards I put up a new target, swapped ammo for what I thought would be more accurate stuff (I was wrong. Ultramax SUCKS in this gun!), and then "shot the box." After switching back to the Guat. ammo and changing targets again, I tried again. 3 shots One full rotation up elev. 3 shots One full rotation right wind. 3 shots One full rotation down, 3 shots, left... The groups were consistant in their movement. They went down the same amount that they went up and the same for left and right. However, and this is where I think there might be a problem, the groups only moved about 6-1/2 to 7 inches in each direction. One full rotation of either turret is supposed to move the point-of-impact NINE inches. I hope that I don't have to return the scope, because I really do like it. But I'm wondering about the discrepancy in the amount of movement. Here's the last target of the day:  Yeah, I know... better ammo and tightening the nut behind the stock would yield better groups. 
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Double check the distance from scope to target. Either you were way off or the scope really isn't 1/8 moa per click. Perhaps it's a chinese conversion error
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Sighting in Sighting in your rifle is critical to assure that point-of-aim and impact yards are the same at a known range. The method we recommend is to start shooting at 25 yards or 50 yards with a target large enough to allow some room for error. The goal of properly sighting in the scope is to eliminate human error, so use a solid rest to support the rifle. It’s best if at the time you sight in, the wind is calm. Fire 3 shots, carefully holding the crosshairs at the same point on the target for each shot. Measure the distance from the point you were aiming at and center of the 3 shot group. This is how much you will need to move your scope to align the crosshairs. Let’s say the group was 4 inches to the right and 5 inches high. Since the adjustments on the TRS scopes are 1/8” or 3mm at 100, and 1/16” at 50 yards, you will need to move the scope adjustments 64 clicks to the left and 80 down. One full turn of the turret is 72 clicks or 9 inches at 100 yards. Note: The arrows on the turrets of the scope are for direction of movement of the bullet. Move the target to 100m or yards and repeat the sighting in procedure to adjust the turrets until the scope is aligned to the rifle. Fire a group after adjustment to assure the proper sight-in. It is best to fire the rifle at the ranges that the sight will be using to assure your zero and drop for various ranges. Many shooters set the sights a number of inches high at 100 yards so they have a longer point-blank range. Example, a 308 sighted 2 i nches high at 100 will be dead on at 200 yards, extending the point blank range to over 300 yards. Once the scope is sighted in, you can zero the windage and elevation turrets by loosening the 3 small set screws in the top of the caps and turning the cap until the zero ( 0 ) lines up with the dot on the body of the scope and then retighten the screws. Now it’s easy to count the clicks for elevation and windage. |
Well, the ranges are marked, so I doubt I was off all that much.
Yeah, my manual says that, too. Page 3. I read it. That's what I did (which I'm pretty sure I said in my post above). What's your point?
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Guatamala 'B' gunshow crap ammo. WTF do you expect? Buy me some match-grade stuff and I'll give it a try! I think about 1000 rounds should be enough to start with 
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