I don’t know much about bolt action weapons but because I have a great passion for shooting I decided I would get in to long range shooting. All I have learnt has been through the Hide and you guys have been a wealth of information. I have been trying to put together a bolt action rifle for the past year. The only thing holding me back has been lack of funds. After much waiting and much preparation I finally got my weapon out to the range last week for the very first time. I took it out all the way to 300 after much practice and managed to land my target enough times for me to feel confident to do it again.
Remington 700p Cerakoted Tan
Harris Bipod LM with notched legs als Cerakoted Tan
Farrell 20 MOA Base
Leupold Mark 4 Low rings
Leupold Mark 4 6.5-20
I immediately noticed that my reticle was canted to the left. I figured I had not leveled the optic so I readjusted and continued shooting. I brought the weapon home set it down and stood above it. I noticed that the whole weapon seemed as if it was leaning to the left. I put up the left leg one notch and the weapon and the scope seem evened up, but now the reticle is off due to the fact that I overcompensated too far to the right. As I already stated I have never had any training and have no operational experience with bolt action weapons or scopes. I have no clue what the issue may be. I measured the bipods legs, inspected the weapon ( looked at both sides of the weapon in relation to stock, don’t know any better way ) to see if it may have been bedded improperly and cant figure out what the issue may be. I have been doing a lot of reading and searching on the hide for the past two days and cant come up with anything. Also I have heard a lot about Lowlight’s feeler gauge method but every link I click on comes up with nothing. I’m not sure that’s even the right way of resolving this specific issue.
http://www.snipershide.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=25
Here are some pictures to better demonstrate the issue I’m having. Both pictures were taken from directly above the rifle.
First one is what the rifle looks like regularly.
Second picture is after having raised the left leg on the bipod by one notch.
Once again I don’t know much about this side of the house, I hope my suspicions are not completely irrelevant and a waste of everyone’s time.
Thank you in advance.
Remington 700p Cerakoted Tan
Harris Bipod LM with notched legs als Cerakoted Tan
Farrell 20 MOA Base
Leupold Mark 4 Low rings
Leupold Mark 4 6.5-20
I immediately noticed that my reticle was canted to the left. I figured I had not leveled the optic so I readjusted and continued shooting. I brought the weapon home set it down and stood above it. I noticed that the whole weapon seemed as if it was leaning to the left. I put up the left leg one notch and the weapon and the scope seem evened up, but now the reticle is off due to the fact that I overcompensated too far to the right. As I already stated I have never had any training and have no operational experience with bolt action weapons or scopes. I have no clue what the issue may be. I measured the bipods legs, inspected the weapon ( looked at both sides of the weapon in relation to stock, don’t know any better way ) to see if it may have been bedded improperly and cant figure out what the issue may be. I have been doing a lot of reading and searching on the hide for the past two days and cant come up with anything. Also I have heard a lot about Lowlight’s feeler gauge method but every link I click on comes up with nothing. I’m not sure that’s even the right way of resolving this specific issue.
http://www.snipershide.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=25
Here are some pictures to better demonstrate the issue I’m having. Both pictures were taken from directly above the rifle.
First one is what the rifle looks like regularly.
Second picture is after having raised the left leg on the bipod by one notch.
Once again I don’t know much about this side of the house, I hope my suspicions are not completely irrelevant and a waste of everyone’s time.
Thank you in advance.