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FLChinook · October 25, 2013, 05:13 PM

I'll have to do more testing. I only went to the range today for a final tune-up before hunting season and I did not have my usual compliment of ammo.

I was, in fact, ready to leave (quite happy) when I decided to fire one round at 6x (after finishing a very nice group of about 1/2" at 14x) and that shot was at 10 o'clock about 1.5 " away from the main group. Almost out of ammo, I tried one shot with the scope at 8x and it came in at 6 o'clock about 1" away (2.5" from the 6x shot).

Of course, one or two shots prove nothing and these variances are clearly within the range of prior experience. But for safety sake, I'm leaving the scope at 8x for opening day and I'll bring more ammo to the range next time to fully test out the issue.

If only I hadn't decided to fire those last two shots...

October 25, 2013, 05:13 PM	#4
FLChinook Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 378	I'll have to do more testing. I only went to the range today for a final tune-up before hunting season and I did not have my usual compliment of ammo. I was, in fact, ready to leave (quite happy) when I decided to fire one round at 6x (after finishing a very nice group of about 1/2" at 14x) and that shot was at 10 o'clock about 1.5 " away from the main group. Almost out of ammo, I tried one shot with the scope at 8x and it came in at 6 o'clock about 1" away (2.5" from the 6x shot). Of course, one or two shots prove nothing and these variances are clearly within the range of prior experience. But for safety sake, I'm leaving the scope at 8x for opening day and I'll bring more ammo to the range next time to fully test out the issue. If only I hadn't decided to fire those last two shots...