So I finally went to the range after getting my midway BSA 6-24 tactical scope. Let me start by saying I love the scope and it works great. so much better trying to shoot at 100 yrds and being able to see clearly.
I Will include some pictures at the end of my post that might clear up some of the things I mention heere. My first problem deals with the scope mounts. On my last scope I used regular rings, and they didnt stand a chance on the puny dovetails. The scope moved back alot by the end of the day. Which was really frustrating. With the new scope I got a one piece ring specially made for high recoil and dovetails. I thought they would get the job done, but unfortunately they did not. I marked the dovetails at the beginning, and 5 hours later and 650 rounds, it moved back maybe just SLIGHTLY. Basically, I zeroed the rifle at 50 yards, and by the end of the day when I tried 50 yards again, i had to dial about 3 MOA 'down' to zero it. The only other variable is that there was some winds at the beginning of the day, and at the end of the day it was absolutely still. I am assuming at 50 yards though, wind wouldn't create that big of a difference, even if it was head on wind, and since it the scope did move, im contributing it to that.
Does anyone have any further suggestions on what to do to get the scope to not creep? The only option, I can think of is drilling the rifle. The mounts have a hole on the bottom where a screw can be put through, So I can imagine that I can drill through the top of the rifle and put a screw through guarantee it holds there. But I would just rather not drill the rifle and mess something up if I dont have to.
The second problem is an extreme amount of FTE's and some FTL's. Throughout the entire day I shot about 650 remington golden bullets, 100 federals and 30 CCI mini-mags. So Last time I went to the range I had this same problem, but right away. After doing some research I narrowed it down to the remingtons being junk and me oiling up the rifle to much when I cleaned it. So I cleaned the rifle meticulously and used small drop on the fingers of oil for the entire gun. For the first 200-300 rounds, I would get a FTE once every 40 rounds or so. I was OK with this, because the remingtons are dirt cheap so I get what I pay for. I did not get any failure to loads at this point. Then after 300 rounds is when the problems began. I would get FTL only on the first bullet in the mag once every 5-6 reloads, and I would get a FTE almost every single mag. The FTL if I caught it before firing, I would just have to pull the bolt back couple CM and itlet go and it would load it properly. So it would get stuck at an angle half way in the bore and halfway out. SO I tried shooting with the federals and they seemed SLIGHTLY better, but out of the 50 I still got 2-3 FTE and 1 FTL. And the mini mags I only shot 20 or so at this point, and I had a FTE as well. So is there something wrong with my rifle or did the better ammunition not help because the rifle was dirty already after 300 rounds of remington? After about 600 rounds, the FTE's actually got a little better , instead of one every mag, it went down to 4 out of 5, BUT instead of getting stuck every time in between the bullet and the roof of the rifle, it would just barely get stuck in bolt on its way out. Does this make any sense that it got better, or is it just random. Any suggestions or help would be great.. Should I clean out the rifle right now again, or do I need to let it 'break in' a little and thats why it started getting better.
Here is the mount I have, as you can see its pretty heavy duty:
Here is what I mean when I say the casing gets stuck between the new bullet and the rifle wall. I simulated these situations and didnt have any spent casings, so imaging the top bullet is the casing. It would be really jammed in there, and I would have to give ALOT of force with a flathead to get them out, because the bolt hitting it really force it in there.
Here is what I meant by the casing getting barely stuck on the bolt. Imagine the bullet is a casing, and you can see it is barely stuck in there.
Also, to be clear. The ejection mechanism on the bolt works perfectly when I do it by hand. it grabs the bullet and snaps it out perfectly. Lastly, out of 650 remingtons I had not one dud that failed to fire. So atleast thats good haha.
Sorry for the long post, but any help would be appreciated!
I Will include some pictures at the end of my post that might clear up some of the things I mention heere. My first problem deals with the scope mounts. On my last scope I used regular rings, and they didnt stand a chance on the puny dovetails. The scope moved back alot by the end of the day. Which was really frustrating. With the new scope I got a one piece ring specially made for high recoil and dovetails. I thought they would get the job done, but unfortunately they did not. I marked the dovetails at the beginning, and 5 hours later and 650 rounds, it moved back maybe just SLIGHTLY. Basically, I zeroed the rifle at 50 yards, and by the end of the day when I tried 50 yards again, i had to dial about 3 MOA 'down' to zero it. The only other variable is that there was some winds at the beginning of the day, and at the end of the day it was absolutely still. I am assuming at 50 yards though, wind wouldn't create that big of a difference, even if it was head on wind, and since it the scope did move, im contributing it to that.
Does anyone have any further suggestions on what to do to get the scope to not creep? The only option, I can think of is drilling the rifle. The mounts have a hole on the bottom where a screw can be put through, So I can imagine that I can drill through the top of the rifle and put a screw through guarantee it holds there. But I would just rather not drill the rifle and mess something up if I dont have to.
The second problem is an extreme amount of FTE's and some FTL's. Throughout the entire day I shot about 650 remington golden bullets, 100 federals and 30 CCI mini-mags. So Last time I went to the range I had this same problem, but right away. After doing some research I narrowed it down to the remingtons being junk and me oiling up the rifle to much when I cleaned it. So I cleaned the rifle meticulously and used small drop on the fingers of oil for the entire gun. For the first 200-300 rounds, I would get a FTE once every 40 rounds or so. I was OK with this, because the remingtons are dirt cheap so I get what I pay for. I did not get any failure to loads at this point. Then after 300 rounds is when the problems began. I would get FTL only on the first bullet in the mag once every 5-6 reloads, and I would get a FTE almost every single mag. The FTL if I caught it before firing, I would just have to pull the bolt back couple CM and itlet go and it would load it properly. So it would get stuck at an angle half way in the bore and halfway out. SO I tried shooting with the federals and they seemed SLIGHTLY better, but out of the 50 I still got 2-3 FTE and 1 FTL. And the mini mags I only shot 20 or so at this point, and I had a FTE as well. So is there something wrong with my rifle or did the better ammunition not help because the rifle was dirty already after 300 rounds of remington? After about 600 rounds, the FTE's actually got a little better , instead of one every mag, it went down to 4 out of 5, BUT instead of getting stuck every time in between the bullet and the roof of the rifle, it would just barely get stuck in bolt on its way out. Does this make any sense that it got better, or is it just random. Any suggestions or help would be great.. Should I clean out the rifle right now again, or do I need to let it 'break in' a little and thats why it started getting better.
Here is the mount I have, as you can see its pretty heavy duty:
Here is what I mean when I say the casing gets stuck between the new bullet and the rifle wall. I simulated these situations and didnt have any spent casings, so imaging the top bullet is the casing. It would be really jammed in there, and I would have to give ALOT of force with a flathead to get them out, because the bolt hitting it really force it in there.
Here is what I meant by the casing getting barely stuck on the bolt. Imagine the bullet is a casing, and you can see it is barely stuck in there.
Also, to be clear. The ejection mechanism on the bolt works perfectly when I do it by hand. it grabs the bullet and snaps it out perfectly. Lastly, out of 650 remingtons I had not one dud that failed to fire. So atleast thats good haha.
Sorry for the long post, but any help would be appreciated!
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. I didn't have the cycle problem and I was finally able to zero the rifle and group them together. They didn't always group super nicely but that would probably be my fault not the bullets. I would even be able to fire rapidly all 10 bullets and not a hint of a problem. I know its common for the rifle to like one ammo but not another, but is it common for there to be this big of a difference? I thought I became a horrible shot and I messed up my gun to not cycle properly, until I tried the next pack. It sucks that I have to pay a little more for bullets then if my rifle worked with the cheapies, but like I said its deff worth not having the frustration.