Zeroing the Savage MK II TR

[JackRydden224]

I tried to zero in my new MK II TR (awesome gun btw) today but I ran out of adjustments before I can bring it up high enough. The graph below illustrates where I am and where my shots end up. I'm using a Redfield Revolution 3-9x40 with AccuRanger. High Rings and EGW scope mount. I would appreciate it if somebody can point me towards the right direction.

[mitchsti]

how far out are you shooting and is the mount with any moa? If so maybe rail is on backwards???

[JackRydden224]

how far out are you shooting and is the mount with any moa? If so maybe rail is on backwards???

It's a 20 MOA rail.

Let me check to see if it is on backwards LOL

[Siberian23]

Other thoughts just to throw out suggestions:

1. Are you turning the dials on the scope the correct way? I was confused with my scope and still turn them the wrong way sometimes.

2. Are the rings to high? At close range 25-50yrds the rings may be to high.

[G-forceJunkie]

Show us a picture. The base on backwards sounds like the best possability, but man, it would look funky backwards, I would hope you would have noticed it is not correct. The extra part that sticks past the holes should be forward. Other possabilitys, is your barrel is drooping a massive amount, your rings are badly mismachined, or the scope is not tracking properly. Did you have to do alot of left or right adjustmet?

[JNunez23]

Have you ever zeroed a scope before?

What distance are you shooting?

[covingtonhouse]

#1. Dial scope either all the way up or all the way down until it stops.It doesn't matter. Don't force the dial once it gets tight.
#2. Dial scope in reverse of above til it stops again while counting how many clicks it takes to get there.
#3. Dial reverse of step #2 exactly HALF the amount of clicks in step #2.
#4. Do the same for horizontal adjustment. You have now optically zeroed your scope.
#5 get a large blank sheet with a 1" dot or square in the middle and shoot a 10 shot group. Adjust as needed until you run out of adjustment or you zero.
My Savage mkII BV has a slight case of barrel droop that I had to compensate for.
I would venture a guess that between the high rings and Savage mkII droop you've adjusted yourself out of adjustment.
Your scope should be mounted as low as possible to the rifle without it touching on the objective bell.
Typical zero distance for a .22lr is 25-100 yards with 50 being the most common that I've heard of.

[JackRydden224]

I was shooting at 15 yards. It's where I usually start and I push back to 25 yards after I zero in at 15 yards. I had no problem zeroing my AR22. The scope mount could be on backwards so I'm gonna rotate it and then take it to the range again tomorrow. If that doesn't work then I'll try new rings.

[JackRydden224]

I was shooting at 15 yards. It's where I usually start and I push back to 25 yards after I zero in at 15 yards. I had no problem zeroing my AR22. The scope mount could be on backwards so I'm gonna rotate it and then take it to the range again tomorrow. If that doesn't work then I'll try new rings.

[covingtonhouse]

at 15 yards you will be shooting low since the trajectory of the bullet is still moving up to apex. Try your first string of shots at 25 yards first. Another way to tell which way your mount goes is to lay it on a flat surface and measure from that surface to the top of the mount on both ends. the smaller of the two measurments is the front of the mount. a 20 MOA mount will be noticeably shorter on the front than the back when sitting on a flat surfasce.

[janus408]

When you take the scope base off, look at both ends, it should be obvious which one is shorter, and hence the front.

When I dialed in my FV-SR I started at 25, then 50. Zeroed there and dialed in at 100 yards.

I just shot 220+ yards with it yesterday before I ran out of elevation, and I am using a 0MOA base.

I have a 25MOA base incoming since 220 was basic on steel, I wanted to shoot at 300meters but really had no elevation left... I was using the bottom mildot at 220 yards lol.

[JackRydden224]

Ok I got it zeroed

I had the mount on backwards

I'm so (not) smart!

[covingtonhouse]

Ez peazey

[JackRydden224]

Ez peazey

Yup

Once I had the mount on right the first three shots I fired was pretty much near bullseye. After some minor adjustments I had it zeroed.

Now I might need to zero it in again because I just can't see the reticle very well if it is not illuminated.