In the past, I had bought a $10 Tasco scope and was actually satisfied with it until it lost its zero along with the ability to be adjusted about a year later. So now I decided to get something better so I wouldn't have that problem again.
Yesterday, after doing an obsessive amount of online research, looking up reviews on a number of different scopes, asking questions and finding out what's available in my area, I finally paid $50 at Gander Mountain for a new Simmons 3-9x32 22Mag scope for my Ruger 10/22. Here's an Amazon ad for it: https://www.amazon.com/Simmons-511039-Matte-Black-Riflescope/dp/B000KOSB34
The zoom lens is almost impossible to turn, but I'm fine with that since I would have been ok with a fixed power scope of 4x anyway. Gander Mountain had a 4x model of this scope, but it was exactly the same price, so I figured I may as well take the one with adjustable power.
But here's where the real problem is. When I first tried sighting it in, it shot about 2" low and 2.5" to the right. So I tried making the adjustments to correct this. On the dials, it indicates 1/4 MOA per click. Well, I tried using several clicks and eventually ended up turning both dials at least a full turn in an attempt to move the retical to the desired setting. No matter how far I turned the dials (both the windage and elevation), it didn't make a bit of difference. I even lightly tapped the top of the scope in the middle with a plastic screwdriver handle thinking that maybe the reticle was stuck. No luck with that. I'm afraid to keep turning the dials because I don't want to break it if it isn't broken already. I'm sure there's a limit as to how far they should be turned.
Any ideas about what I may be doing wrong? Did I just waste $50?
Yesterday, after doing an obsessive amount of online research, looking up reviews on a number of different scopes, asking questions and finding out what's available in my area, I finally paid $50 at Gander Mountain for a new Simmons 3-9x32 22Mag scope for my Ruger 10/22. Here's an Amazon ad for it: https://www.amazon.com/Simmons-511039-Matte-Black-Riflescope/dp/B000KOSB34
The zoom lens is almost impossible to turn, but I'm fine with that since I would have been ok with a fixed power scope of 4x anyway. Gander Mountain had a 4x model of this scope, but it was exactly the same price, so I figured I may as well take the one with adjustable power.
But here's where the real problem is. When I first tried sighting it in, it shot about 2" low and 2.5" to the right. So I tried making the adjustments to correct this. On the dials, it indicates 1/4 MOA per click. Well, I tried using several clicks and eventually ended up turning both dials at least a full turn in an attempt to move the retical to the desired setting. No matter how far I turned the dials (both the windage and elevation), it didn't make a bit of difference. I even lightly tapped the top of the scope in the middle with a plastic screwdriver handle thinking that maybe the reticle was stuck. No luck with that. I'm afraid to keep turning the dials because I don't want to break it if it isn't broken already. I'm sure there's a limit as to how far they should be turned.
Any ideas about what I may be doing wrong? Did I just waste $50?
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