i have a remington m700 in 22-250, it is a very accurate rifle but i noticed that last night at the firing range that it went from 3/16" groups it started grouping to 1". I took a few minutes and repeated the 5 shot string with the same results. so i went through it again this time dry firing the rifle. i noticed that the cross hairs would move about 1/8". its not because of a stiff trigger pull because i have it adjusted as light as it will go and not go off by itself. im thinking that the internals of my scope have had it. may be time for a Leupold on this thing. by the way the scope that is on it is a Bausch & Lomb 3000 elite 4.5X14x50. thanks

 

Unless it's a bench rest gun, it's pretty tough to dry fire without moving the rifle a little. Did you check all your scope mounts? Before changing your scope, give the rifle a thorough cleaning and then clean it some more. If the cleaning doesn't straighten things out, shoot a "box" by shooting a group and then moving the scope ***** 1" to the right - shoot another group, 1" up - shoot a group, 1" left - shoot a group, 1" down - shoot a group. If the target shows a box, chances are that your scope is OK and something else is wrong. If you do need a new scope and can afford a Leupold, also take a look at the Swarovski A-line. They are only a few dollars more, have the same lifetime warranty, and have better glass.

 

I used to used the varxiii's myself but upgraded to the swarovski a-lines.For the extra dollars the swarovski lenses and coating are superior to the japanese lenses that leupold uses.

 

Slab,what kind of critters do you hunt w/ 22-250?

 

Same thing happend to me. But on mine the scope mounts losend up with each shot it kept geting worse and it was the first time I had shot the gun I couldn't figure out for the life of me what was worng then I looked at the top of the scope and it had moved 2 inches from where it was when I started. That was the last time I shot it. What do yall think of the Tasco scopes.


reply biggin

you can hunt all kinds of critters with a 22-250 I personlly use it to dispatch dogs that get in the cow pasture

 

http://www.remington.com/firearms/ce...re/700vssf.htm that is a link to the rifle that I am talking about. I am about to check the screws for tightness and if they show to be loose I am going to locktite blue them. The mounts are Leupold so I'm sure that the mounts themselves arent to blame. I was shooting the rifle off of a large shooting bench and 50lbs of sandbags. One was an Uncle Mikes "sausage bag" looks like 4 big sausages stacked 2 on 2. plus a large flat sandbag to raise the other up some. I dont use the rifle to hunt right now because it is too heavy to carry around in the woods but if given a chance to coyote hunt or praire dog shoot with it I'd do it in a heart beat. thanks for the replies fellas

 

I had that exact same thing happen to me once. I took the scope out of the mounts, and it rattled when I shook it. So much for being 100% shockproof LOL

However, the company did me right, and fixed it for free, and in only about 2 weeks time. I will give them credit for that.

Farmr

 

I just took the whole rifle apart, took the scope off, the mounts, removed the action from the stock, everything. Tomorrow I am going to go back to the range and resight the scope. I put locktite on the mount screws, the base screws plus i retorqued the action screws. I done the paper test to check to see if the barrel was completely free-floated, it is. I went outside and sighted across the road at my neighbors workbench and done a couple of dry fires. So far so good, no jump or jitter. Tomorrow or sunday will be the real test though.