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Offline Bob33

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Re: cheap scope failure up for ideas
« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2016, 03:52:36 PM »
Isolating the cause of an accuracy degradation can be frustrating, and time consuming.

The first thing I usually do is to ask someone else to shoot the firearm, and confirm that I am not the cause.
I assume the gun has been cleaned at some point in recent history; if not I might suggest doing that and shooting again.

If the gun shot well at one time but doesn’t now, isn’t excessively dirty, and I have confirmed the shooter is not the cause then I would look at rifle bedding issues next. If the barrel was free floated, check to confirm it still is. If it isn’t free floated, has anything caused the stock to shift? If it’s wood, moisture could do it.

Check the bedding screws and confirm they’re not the cause.

Next I would consider ammunition. If you've recently switched ammunition, try a different brand.

Assuming it’s the same ammunition as when the rifle shot well, then I would consider sighting equipment. Make sure the base and rings are tight and firmly attached to the scope. It should be nearly impossible to move or twist the scope in the rings by hand without loosening them first.

If everything else has been eliminated, then I’d consider the scope itself the prime suspect. You can replace the suspect scope with a known good scope, or reverse the process and put the suspect scope on known good rifle. That should tell you whether or not the scope is the problem.

Good luck.
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Re: cheap scope failure up for ideas
« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2016, 05:54:49 AM »
Cheap scopes have lesser than desired internal components. Cheap scope = Cheap scope!!
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My guess is that the internal adjustments were just sloppy. I've had mid priced scopes start to do the same thing but that was after 1000s of rounds and a lot of turret twisting.

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Re: cheap scope failure up for ideas
« Reply #17 on: February 14, 2016, 10:19:36 AM »
Could your mount been touching the Bell....last year I mounted a new scope and not paying attention  I mounted it right against the bell and I could not get a group to save my life so I posted a pic of my setup on here and that was pointed out so I moved the scope and what do you know it groups and thanks to some helpful members on here seeing my oversight  :tup:
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Re: cheap scope failure up for ideas
« Reply #18 on: February 14, 2016, 10:25:32 AM »
innards probably got knocked loose.   I have two cheap 4x scopes that were on trade rifles that I got in the 80's.  Both had the "innards" knocked loose and would not hold zero.  I put them on smaller calibers that recoiled less and they're still in use.  One doesn't want to try and change the settings though as when that's done you don't always get what you "click" in.  Usually it's way more.

 


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