Help….ran out of elevation on my scope

[jrg_80]

Have a Mark V 30-378 that I recently swapped scope rings out to Leupold Backcountry(Talley type) highs and my zeiss hd5 5-25x50 scope. Took out to shoot today and ran out of elevation and still 6" low at 100yds. Suggestion on correcting please and Thanks

jrg

 

[Ken61]

That seems like even a 30 or 40 MOA base wouldn't fix it.

 

[Sockeye66]

Have you used the Zeiss before on a different rifle without issue?

 

[lancetkenyon]

Adjust zero stop.

 

[jrg_80]

Before the ring swap I was running a EGW mount with TPS rings….everything was good except I didn't care for the lack of finger clearance between rail and action when loading the rifle. Was going with Talley but figured I'd try the Leupold ones with a little more stout design to it….

 

[ShtrRdy]

Is it possible you have the rings reversed?

 

[jrg_80]

Is it possible you have the rings reversed?

I actually thought of that and double checked myself…..they are in fact installed correctly.

jrg

 

[ShtrRdy]

Did the EGW mount you were using have any cant to it? Like 20 moa?

 

[jrg_80]

Did the EGW mount you were using have any cant to it? Like 20 moa?

No sir 0moa


My thoughts are at this point that I naught have some factory discrepancies between the rear/front rings. Might pull the scope off tomorrow and run my Lapping/Alignment tools thru the rings and see how they line up. Kinda stumped here at the moment.

jrg

 

[jrg_80]

Lance - If what I've been doing is correct(completely removing the cap, resetting the insert, adjusting around until it stops and repeating) then I've done that until it won't go anymore….

jrg

 

[ShtrRdy]

Lance - If what I've been doing is correct(completely removing the cap, resetting the insert, adjusting around until it stops and repeating) then I've done that until it won't go anymore….

I think if the zero stop was blocking your ability to adjust elevation it would be in the downward direction of bullet impact. As I understand it your problem is being able to move the bullet impact upward.

 

[Prieto9000]

I think if the zero stop was blocking your ability to adjust elevation it would be in the downward direction of bullet impact. As I understand it your problem is being able to move the bullet impact upward.

Hd-5 scopes are limited to 1 rev once the zerostop is set.

 

[ShtrRdy]

Hd-5 scopes are limited to 1 rev once the zerostop is set.

Really. That sounds like a potential PIA to initially zero the scope.

 

[Prieto9000]

Really. That sounds like a potential PIA to initially zero the scope.

I had 2 of them and sold them because of that issue. They fixed it on the V4 and V6. The had great glass, but 1 rev o elevation was not enough for stretching it out. Maybe on a "Regular" hunting scope that's more than enough, and they might thought almost nobody would need more but in the end the ended up discontinuing to open space for the V series.