Ernie Bishop
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Well said.I wonder if it ever occurred to the op to shoot it at 100 yds and see where it hit's?
Well said.I wonder if it ever occurred to the op to shoot it at 100 yds and see where it hit's?
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I wonder if it ever occurred to the op to shoot it at 100 yds and see where it hit's?
It's a 30-30 get rid of the scope. learn the sights. That's hunting 101. The next rifle bolt action. Then get a scope. I ounce met a young guy that just bought a Marlin 30-30 and he put a scope on it and with a iron sight set of rings. I suggested get rid of the scope. He was mad. Oh well. The next day a nice buck came bounding through the woods and jumped right over him. He tried to shoot him at 4'. Heck he didn't have a chance with all those gizmos. Couldn't see and couldn't decide what to use. Dump the scope.
I'm not a huge fan of red-dots for hunting. For one, a dot that is the right sized for a 100 yd shot will look huge on a 20 yd shot. Conversely, one that is the right size for a close shot will look very tiny at distance. Also, Murphy's law will catch up to you. You'll be in the blind and the buck of a lifetime will show up just when your red dot decides to die.
My own preference for a short and light rifle like a lever 30-30 is a lightweight 2-7 power scope. In fact, I've just put another Leupold like that on order yesterday to go on a backup rifle. At just under 12 oz, it won't unbalance your light rifle. When you are in a short-distance stand, keeping it set at 2x means that the only thing you won't be able to see is a VERY short-distance running deer - something it would be unethical to try and shoot anyway.
Problem solved. I was able to get 100 yard shot at the target and had virtually no drop after sighting in at 50 yards. The biggest factor here is probably the way the shooter See’s the the target with regards to dropping a quarter inch or half-inch or even an inch with this particular cartridge, I feel confident to say beyond 120 yards on out, that real compensation has to start being factored in.
What has me puzzled is this… After taking the rifle completely apart after last year‘s hunting season and giving it a deep cleaning, it definitely change the elevation of the scope after reassembling. Even though the scope was never removed from the barrel, the elevation had somehow changed causing it to shoot several inches high.
We all know that you’re never supposed to go back and torque down the screws in the mounting rings as that will pull the scope all out of alignment. I’m thinking more than anything, it had to be the big screw that sinks down through the tang in to the rear butt of the gun and that is what change the elevation. After reassembling and torquing that big screw back down through the tang, it must’ve change the elevation of the way the scope was sitting on the rifle.
If that rear tang screw is your problem, then you have an action bedding problem. Tighten both action screws down. Then loosen the front screw slowly while watching the action just in front of it or even the barrel at the front of the stock. You see any movement at all and your action needs bedded.