Scope ran out adjustment

[Anshultz1962]

Sako 223 with zeiss scope fitted and piccanny rail and lowest rings you can fit still 3 inches too high at 100 yards from zero no more adjustment on scope to take it down further any helpful ideas please

 

[308rws]

What MOA is the Picatinny rail, is it fitted correctly, could you dispense with it and use OEM Optilocks?
What rings are you using?
IAW OEM specifications etc. check that the Zeiss reticle has full adjustment for both elevation and windage and re-centre.
If all else fails, consider shimming.

 

[Anshultz1962]

I will check on the above information many thanks for your help

 

[HonestJohn]

What’s not to like, that’s a 3” hold-under at 100, and probably point and shoot thereafter out to almost 300

 

[Will the chippy]

Are your rings the right way round? Swap front to back? Is your picatinny rail the right way round?

 

[finnbear270]

What's the history of the scope?

 

[tozzybum]

Shim under the rear mount ,which will lower your aim point .Experiment with different thickness till you achieve zero.
Use proper shims off t,interweb or if a tight wad like me use coke can trim or plastic tub trim.

 

[jcampbellsmith]

Get a set of adjustable rings, eg Burris 30mm Signature Zee Ring Weaver Mounts
I mount most of my scopes with these. They allow me to optically centre the scope. I also use the XTR version on my .22s.
Regards
JCS

 

[Stevie/P]

Ziess scopes have limited adjustments in my experience maybe the scope is too low a friend had a similar issue with a Ziess scope I sold him ended up use Burris signature zee rings with the inserts which gave more elevation +20 on the back ring -10 on the front if I remember correctly so would work in reverse.

 

[rwade545]

What ZEISS scope is it? Might just be a case of adjusting zero stop if it has a ballistic turret.

 

[Craigsaun]

I have experienced this with a new rifle I bought back in the day . I won’t mention a names but it was one of those , you can have this and that deals. Any way it turned out to be some bad machineing With the pick rail . It was shooting 8in high at 100yds

 

[3.5mag]

Shim under the rear mount ,which will lower your aim point .Experiment with different thickness till you achieve zero.
Use proper shims off t,interweb or if a tight wad like me use coke can trim or plastic tub trim.

Errrr... Front mount to lower POI

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Shim under the rear mount ,which will lower your aim point .Experiment with different thickness till you achieve zero.
Use proper shims off t,interweb or if a tight wad like me use coke can trim or plastic tub trim.

Plastic when compressed as happens when car interior parts are screwed onto the steel body lets the Newton pressure drop over time ie screw something up to 6nms then a month later it is held down only by 2.5nms, I have seen this often. Better to use the coke tin ally.

 

[tozzybum]

I've gone posh now with brass shimm but as half a Scottish it was painful

 

[nun_hunter]

Ziess scopes have limited adjustments in my experience maybe the scope is too low a friend had a similar issue with a Ziess scope I sold him ended up use Burris signature zee rings with the inserts which gave more elevation +20 on the back ring -10 on the front if I remember correctly so would work in reverse.

I had the same issue with a Zeiss duralyt on a HW60-J but ran out of windage. It would have been the same on a tikka too but I had Leupold windage adjustable sights on that.

If there's not something wrong with one of the parts involved it may just be that the tolerances involved (and lack of adjustment on a lot of Zeiss scopes) are all on the extreme of what's acceptable but added up is causing the issue.

 

[User00040]

Plastic when compressed as happens when car interior parts are screwed onto the steel body lets the Newton pressure drop over time ie screw something up to 6nms then a month later it is held down only by 2.5nms, I have seen this often. Better to use the coke tin ally.

Better not to shim at all...

 

[Eddie P]

I'm a real fan of burris signature rings for fixing manufacturer tolerance issues.

 

[Utectok]

Probably the zero stop just needs adjustment

 

[Cyres]

Burris Zee signature rings every time.
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[Bowland blades]

You on a 20 moa picatinny? Barrel bent / mis aligned in the action ? Try a different scope as as it might have given up and is jammed up and not actually moving the reticule !