Originally Posted By: j_valdezI mounted a leupold scope on a Savage 12 with medium rings. I maxed out the adjustment up and it shoots 3 inches low at 100 yrds with no adjustment up. If I buy lower rings will that give me more elevation up to play with?
There is nothing wrong with your scope, and changing rings will do nothing.
The receiver of a rifle is course polished, and then fine polished to remove the tool marks - it is done on belt sander or automatic machines.
There is a specified dimension for the ring and bridge heights. For every 0.001" difference in height from the print dimension, there is a 1" change at 100 yds.
With the scope, there are ~40 moa of adjustment from the top to the bottom of the elevation turret.
So, in a perfect world, you put your scope on the action and it lines up perfectly... and you loose 20 moa of your elevation before you have ever fired a shot - most guys rifles cannot shoot past 600 to 700 yards, because there is ot enough elevation. Now, add some variables to the soup, like the front ring is a few thou over, and the rear bridge is a bit low, and. BINGO, you are out of elevation, before you start.
The solution is NOT to bed your mount, that just adds more unpredictable garbage to the soup.
The solution is to get a pair of Burris Signature rings, and then you can add what elevation you need to the rings, plus you get the added protection of never marking up the scope tube with "ring marks".
I use these rings, and set them up so my 100 yard zero is at the very bottom of the elevation adjustments, so I get full 40 moa of "up" (which is what I paid for!!)
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