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Mounting Issue - Can see barrel through scope |
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bulldawg66
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Posted: September/21/2009 at 09:42 |
I just recently purchased a Swarvoski Z6 and a Remington 700. It was mounted for me so please don't bash me too much for being a newbie. ;-) When I look through the scope I can see a very small portion of the rifle barrel at the bottom of the scope. Is this common or do I need taller mounts? I know the taller mounts are not good for accuracy. I currenly have Leupold mounts on the gun. It does bug me a bit but I am not sure if this is common for a 50mm scope. It looks like my barrel is 1-2 inches longer than my old Winchester model 70 so maybe i have just not dealt with a longer barrel before.
Thanks for any help that you can provide.
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mike650
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Sounds like you have the 2-12x50 z6, no worries, it's normal when you have the power setting on 2x.
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bulldawg66
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Exactly. It is the 2X12. I am such an idiot. I was starting to panic a little. Of course, I moved the scope around a little to see if I could fixe it so I screwed up the bore sight they did.
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ckk1106
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I had a leupold 1-4X20 on one of my rifles and could see the barrel on every power except for 4. I just got used to it. It never affected any of my shots.
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Rancid Coolaid
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It is normal, there is only one fix: get higher magnification scope.
If you had a 1X, you'd see more of the barrel. |
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Sharp Mike!
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