EAW pivot mount windage+leveling

[USPirsch]

good evening,
new to the forum and posting from overseas.
I believe in european quality and purchased a Steyr bolt action SM12, EAW pivot mount, and a Meopta Optica 3-18x56 scope.
The installation manual that came with the EAW mount did not mention the usage/ manipulation of either the 2x elevation/ leveling screws ( front ring ) or windage screw ( rear ring ).
I got my scope zeroed in for 200 yards, but would like to know how these screws, if needed, could be beneficial.

Windage screw:
- turning it cw or ccw moves the scope's impact point right/ left?
- certain amount of torque required/ desired
- a reference on how many turns could equal the effect of 1x click. ( MOA )
- would you bother adjusting the windage screw even before you run out of windage, ( personal prefernce ?)

Elevation/ leveling scews:
- no clue how to manipulate these screws to my advantage. I could not get them loose in the first place. I read somewhere that up to 5nm of torque is recommended to fixate the screws.

Your help and insights are greatly appreciated,

Cheers/ Waidmannsheil USPirsch

 

[8x57]

Welcome to the site USPirsch, though I should point out that you haven't yet posted an introduction and the moderators will be on your back if you don't do so pronto.

I don't own any EAW mounts and have only limited experience of them but I understand that they can be a little difficult to install correctly. Not wishing to tell granny how to suck eggs but you enquire about the adjustments on the windage screw, I don't think that they have any set degrees of adjustment e.g. 1 MOA, I think that you just adjust as necessary.
I take it that you did centralise the adjustments on your scope before mounting it in the rings/mounts. The idea being that the EAW mounts are then used to adjust rough zero of the scope, and the actual scope adjustments are only used to fine tune.

 

[Mungo]

I hated these. A set came on a .308 I bought and caused endless trouble. They are clever, and well engineered - but they need someone who really knows what they’re doing to set up properly. I think the Germans generally get a smith to do it. And they do become loose with use.

In the end I sold them and installed weaver bases and Recknagel rings. No more problems.