RSSZ

Just read these posts. Gotta say, somethings wrong.

Can't be the weapon. Have never seen one that bad. Scope ??? We'll with due respect.........you pay $79 for a scope.........your gettin' $79 worth of scope. But......I've owned Busnell's and they have been good "for the money" scopes.

I usually can boresight a bolt gun to within 2-3" @ 50yds. just by taking out the bolt and looking down the bbl. This,with weapon layed in the groves cut out of a cardboard liquor box.

I'd say that you have a glitch in your mounting system.

One of the things that I see people do wrong is torqueing the rings onto the bases only finger tight. You gotta torque the heck outta that big knurled knob with a large screwdriver. Also make sure that the ring screws are torqued evenly and tightly. There is lots of other stuff to check but this oughta do for now.

Also you do not need to do all that walkin' back and forth out to the 100yd. line. Without knowing what your hunting,at what ranges,using what bullet,the "thumb rule" is >>>dead on at 50,dead on a 150.This will put you as close as you can hold rested accross a stump. Also .5" low at 50 will put you dead on at 200'ish. These figures aren't exact but will allow you to hold hair out to 300+ yds.

If you need more precise ballistics let me know and I'll check my loading manuals.

Good luck, and let us know how you make out. -------

PapaScout

No offense taken, RSSZ. I could have spent hundreds $$ on a scope and I went cheap. Cheap rifle, cheap scope, cheap PapaScout. :)

I have tried moving the scope by hand and it seems to be fine. I did loktite everything when I put it together but I did not measure torque when I tightened. Maybe this is it?

I've shot thousands of .22 rifle rounds and maybe a hundred in my Dad's 30-30 over the years but do not have much experience with this much rifle. I think the last box of 20 went better than the first box. ;-) Although I don't feel like I tensing for recoil or anything.

Let me shoot a bit more and see what happens. Now that I'm starting to get some predictability as to where those holes show up I should be able to see if it's me or the setup.

Ron

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RSSZ

Nothing cheap 'bout a Savage. I have a 112V that will shoot in the low to mid .300"'s. I also had a Bushnell with BDC(remember the little drums that were interchangeable) on a 7mag that would take woodchucks at 400+yds all day long.

You don't have to measure torque. The way that the rings go onto the bases(Weaver ?) and the way that the scope goes onto the rings will hold everything pretty tight if you tightened as you would any metal to metal screw. Locktite(blue) is good also. Or clear fingernail polish. Did you use a screwdriver on the ring to base screws? If these loosen your groups will open up very quickly. -----