Persuader12
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After asking advice here about what scope I should get after having nothing but problems with scopes in the past for my .22 rifle (a Ruger 10/22), I finally got a Vortex Crossfire 2 2-7x32mm. I've been having some issues that I hope can get resolved.
Mounting it was the first problem. After being installed, it was obviously not straight. Looking at it from overhead, it was clearly crooked. I figured out that one of the clamps was backwards and got it flipped around and now it seems much straighter.
Now for shooting.
I couldn't hit anything with it further out and moved in to 20 yards to get results. The instructions say to turn the dials (windage/elevation) 1 click for every 1/4" I want to adjust at 100 yards. But even at 20 yards, I was about 8 inches off both left and too far low, which means having to do a lot of adjusting which I've heard shouldn't be done because it could break the scope adjusting it too far. If one click shifts 1/4" at 100 yards, and I'm off by 8 inches at 1/5 that distance, then I'd be off 40" at 100 yards, which explains why I couldn't hit anything. I ended up having to do well over 100 clicks with each knob, and I felt like I was going to be doing some damage as a result. I tried doing it just 20 clicks at a time, with some of those times not resulting in any shift in bullet impact at all. It sure was getting frustrating!
Well, right now, it appears to be lined in. But time will tell if it holds, or if the zero will wander like I've had happen with other scopes where I got lined in, and then suddenly the aim point is nearly a foot off again in one direction or another even at 20 yards.
That's what I've experienced so far. Right now, I'm concerned that I had to adjust the knobs way too far. I only expected to have to do maybe 10 or 15 clicks--not close to 150. Do you think I may have caused damage? How many clicks to adjust is typically needed on a scope?
Mounting it was the first problem. After being installed, it was obviously not straight. Looking at it from overhead, it was clearly crooked. I figured out that one of the clamps was backwards and got it flipped around and now it seems much straighter.
Now for shooting.
I couldn't hit anything with it further out and moved in to 20 yards to get results. The instructions say to turn the dials (windage/elevation) 1 click for every 1/4" I want to adjust at 100 yards. But even at 20 yards, I was about 8 inches off both left and too far low, which means having to do a lot of adjusting which I've heard shouldn't be done because it could break the scope adjusting it too far. If one click shifts 1/4" at 100 yards, and I'm off by 8 inches at 1/5 that distance, then I'd be off 40" at 100 yards, which explains why I couldn't hit anything. I ended up having to do well over 100 clicks with each knob, and I felt like I was going to be doing some damage as a result. I tried doing it just 20 clicks at a time, with some of those times not resulting in any shift in bullet impact at all. It sure was getting frustrating!
Well, right now, it appears to be lined in. But time will tell if it holds, or if the zero will wander like I've had happen with other scopes where I got lined in, and then suddenly the aim point is nearly a foot off again in one direction or another even at 20 yards.
That's what I've experienced so far. Right now, I'm concerned that I had to adjust the knobs way too far. I only expected to have to do maybe 10 or 15 clicks--not close to 150. Do you think I may have caused damage? How many clicks to adjust is typically needed on a scope?