Hi chaps, I would be interested in any suggestions about the following problem.
I have a Yugoslavian K.98 in 7.92 and have fitted an S&K scope mount to it. The mount is excellent and I have used it for years with an old Burris 2.75 Scout scope. This has just been been for fun, plinking on the range out to 200 yards. The problem has only appeared since I decided to get clever and swopped the Burris for 3 X 7 variable magnification Scout scope. for some reason setting this on the zero range uses up practically all the scopes elevation. Setting the scope for point blank at 25 yard / 100 yards on he zero rang leaves me with only 18 vertical clicks, which at 1 click for a quarter 1/4 MOA is hardly useful, leaving me with 197 clicks of depression, which is pointless.
I emailed S&K, who were very nice, but not very helpful. They said they had not encountered this before and that the best option may be shimming the scope with slivers of alloy sliced from a soda can. I looked this up on Youtube and it seemed a stop gap measure at best. I have the right tools to set the scope up properly (Torque wrench, vice and spirit levels etc,) but I am worried about damaging the scope and frankly whether the shims would just shake loose very quickly.
Any comments or suggestions or alternatives about this would be welcome.
I have a Yugoslavian K.98 in 7.92 and have fitted an S&K scope mount to it. The mount is excellent and I have used it for years with an old Burris 2.75 Scout scope. This has just been been for fun, plinking on the range out to 200 yards. The problem has only appeared since I decided to get clever and swopped the Burris for 3 X 7 variable magnification Scout scope. for some reason setting this on the zero range uses up practically all the scopes elevation. Setting the scope for point blank at 25 yard / 100 yards on he zero rang leaves me with only 18 vertical clicks, which at 1 click for a quarter 1/4 MOA is hardly useful, leaving me with 197 clicks of depression, which is pointless.
I emailed S&K, who were very nice, but not very helpful. They said they had not encountered this before and that the best option may be shimming the scope with slivers of alloy sliced from a soda can. I looked this up on Youtube and it seemed a stop gap measure at best. I have the right tools to set the scope up properly (Torque wrench, vice and spirit levels etc,) but I am worried about damaging the scope and frankly whether the shims would just shake loose very quickly.
Any comments or suggestions or alternatives about this would be welcome.