Rifle Scopes scope bottomed out

[bowkill]

I would like to know what you guys think about my problem. I have a bushnell 4200 6x24x50 and had it on a savage model 10, with egw 20 moa base. Well went to shoot it and it bottomed out with 8 inches high? not enough adjustment to get on target, you would think it would have had more adj,than that. counted 70 moa does that sound right?

 

[Quickdraw40]

Base mounted backwards?

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[roggom]

Which rings are you using. Usually guys have the opposite problem, with not enough elevation in the upward direction.

If you can not move the point of impact any lower at 100Y, that means the scope and or reticle are to low in reference to the bore.

You could try a zero degree base, or higher rings.

If you bedded your base, then remove the bedding as you have too much cant.

 

[Mayhem52]

Check your base again. The thick end goes to the back. Looking at the advertising the 70 minutes sounds right. Toss in another 20 for the rail. I don't have a Bushnell but I have another 6-24x50 scope and a 20 minute rail on a Model 10 with absolutely no adjustment issues either way. One other rifle has a 20 minute rail, 6-24x50 Vortex with 65 minutes of adjustment and again no issues. It sounds like you might have an installation error.

 

[bowkill]

you cant mount base backwards hole spacing is different. rings are leupold mark 4 low. but i will recheck may be wrong on base? usually am..

 

[Mayhem52]

Just for the heck of it, have you tried bore sighting? Securely prop up the rifle, remove the bolt, look through the barrel to find a distinct object 50 to 100 yards away, then try to match the reticule to the bore picture. The Model 10 should be able to handle the rail and scope combo and easily let you make the 100 yard zero.

 

[bowkill]

Just for the heck of it, have you tried bore sighting? Securely prop up the rifle, remove the bolt, look through the barrel to find a distinct object 50 to 100 yards away, then try to match the reticule to the bore picture. The Model 10 should be able to handle the rail and scope combo and easily let you make the 100 yard zero.

yep always do tha twhen first time shooting, shot at 100 and that was when i could not adj to zero . shot 8 inches high and scope would not go higher.....sure something simple ..

 

[BobinNC]

yep always do tha twhen first time shooting, shot at 100 and that was when i could not adj to zero . shot 8 inches high and scope would not go higher.....sure something simple ..

If you indeed have a Bushnell 4200 6-24x50mm, you might have the older model and that one has less than 50 MOA of adjustment. I have attached a review of this scope, and the one tested had only 44 MOA of total adjustment.

https://www.snipercentral.com/bushnell4200.phtml

If this is your problem then you need a 0 MOA base or one sloped not more than 10 MOA. If your scope has only 44 MOA of TOTAL adjustment that's 22 MOA up and 22 MOA down, and with a 20 MOA base it takes that 20 MOA from the down adjustment to give you 42 MOA up and leaving only 2 MOA of down adjustment, in a perfect world.

The newer Bushnell Elite Tactical's do have more total adjustment, but the older 4200's do not.

Often you need 5-7 MOA of down adjustment just to sight in and it sure looks like that may be your problem....

 

[bowkill]

If you indeed have a Bushnell 4200 6-24x50mm, you might have the older model and that one has less than 50 MOA of adjustment. I have attached a review of this scope, and the one tested had only 44 MOA of total adjustment.

https://www.snipercentral.com/bushnell4200.phtml

If this is your problem then you need a 0 MOA base or one sloped not more than 10 MOA. If your scope has only 44 MOA of TOTAL adjustment that's 22 MOA up and 22 MOA down, and with a 20 MOA base it takes that 20 MOA from the down adjustment to give you 42 MOA up and leaving only 2 MOA of down adjustment, in a perfect world.

The newer Bushnell Elite Tactical's do have more total adjustment, but the older 4200's do not.

Often you need 5-7 MOA of down adjustment just to sight in and it sure looks like that may be your problem....

My scope has 12 moa per revolution, it will go around 4 times plus 10 more moa=58 dont know? putting on 0 moa weaver tactical base i guess...

 

[oldfatguy]

8 inches high and " won't go higher"??? Are you turning the elevation turret in the right direction?

OFG

 

[EXTREMEPREJUDICE]

8 inches high and " won't go higher"??? Are you turning the elevation turret in the right direction?

OFG

I understand him to mean POI 8" too high and can't go lower. Too much cant in the base, as advised reducing 10 MOA at 100 Yds. would get him close to zero and max elevation. Might have to go to 0.