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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: HoofsandWings on February 24, 2019, 01:49:38 PM

Title: Looking for the guy who turned my elevation knob on my scope.
Post by: HoofsandWings on February 24, 2019, 01:49:38 PM: He is a sneaky cuss! I have been looking for him everywhere, but I only get a glimpse of him when looking in the mirror. :bash:
Title: Re: Looking for the guy who turned my elevation knob on my scope.
Post by: Jonathan_S on February 24, 2019, 01:50:54 PM: Usually you find that out when you miss a coyote :chuckle:
Title: Re: Looking for the guy who turned my elevation knob on my scope.
Post by: KFhunter on February 24, 2019, 01:51:15 PM: Pretty sure mine's spun dragging it out the back seat of a pickup :chuckle:

(its my story and I'm sticking to it)
Title: Re: Looking for the guy who turned my elevation knob on my scope.
Post by: EmeraldBullet on February 24, 2019, 01:55:02 PM: I was trying to replace the battery for my red dot, and got mixed up and turned one of the adjustment screws instead lol, feel like an idiot.
Title: Re: Looking for the guy who turned my elevation knob on my scope.
Post by: Stein on February 24, 2019, 02:13:17 PM: I've done it twice, one full revolution each time. Fortunately, both were a miss on a doe that I was able to recover from. I finally marked zero with a white line.
Title: Re: Looking for the guy who turned my elevation knob on my scope.
Post by: Magnum_Willys on February 24, 2019, 02:22:46 PM: Sighted in son's rifle for him on hunt to Montana - first shot was 40 inches low at 100 yards :yike: Glad I checked it for him.
Title: Re: Looking for the guy who turned my elevation knob on my scope.
Post by: 2labs on March 09, 2019, 10:43:12 AM: Quote from: Magnum_Willys on February 24, 2019, 02:22:46 PM
Sighted in son's rifle for him on hunt to Montana - first shot was 40 inches low at 100 yards :yike: Glad I checked it for him.

Thanks Dad 😬
Title: Re: Looking for the guy who turned my elevation knob on my scope.
Post by: Crunchy on March 09, 2019, 10:46:51 AM: Quote from: Jonathan_S on February 24, 2019, 01:50:54 PM
Usually you find that out when you miss a coyote :chuckle:

Or bobcat at 50 yards. Look and see the ghost turned my dial to 450 yards
Title: Re: Looking for the guy who turned my elevation knob on my scope.
Post by: TRD1911 on March 09, 2019, 11:11:11 AM: :chuckle:

Blame it on the severe barometric shifts we've been having
Title: Re: Looking for the guy who turned my elevation knob on my scope.
Post by: hunting4sanity on March 09, 2019, 01:54:13 PM: Been there, missed that.
A scope with zero-stop helps, but still isn't fool proof.