Scope Mounting

17 December 2007, 21:49

Terry Blauwkamp

Don't laugh too hard. Not long ago, I had a fellow on the range that had his scope turned so that the windage was on top and the elevation on the left side. ( All just 1/4 turn off). He sure was having a tough time getting it zeroed, so I helped him turn it right side up, and soon he was a happy camper.

17 December 2007, 22:11

z1r

The scary thing is, at one of the shops I smith for, the former, emphasis on FORMER, gunsmith mounted a scope so that the elevation turret was on the left side and the windage was on top. Only 90 degrees out in that case, lol. Pointing that out was enough to get me the shop owner's business.

18 December 2007, 02:34

tnekkcc

Someone put a mount on a Garrand and turned the Leupold 3x9x50 90 degrees to the left so that the adjustment knobs were on the left and on top.

The guy that did it did not know if it was going to work, but it did.

The cases ejected up, so the knob on the offset to the left scope could not be over the clip.

18 December 2007, 03:29

tiggertate

quote:
Originally posted by z1r:
Or rather, how not to:

See the ad here.

Not so fast, Kemosabe. That rifle is obviously made to shoot sub-equitoral game! Probably has a left-hand twist as well...

Also an excellent use of the rear ring to add some drag to the power ring!

18 December 2007, 03:55

Pegleg

That fellow could also be a trick shot and shoots his rifle upside down.

18 December 2007, 04:16

gunmaker

Here's a better one. I really like the stock. Looks great!

I got this picture from a post here on AR. The scope mounting is priceless.

18 December 2007, 04:28

Bill Soverns

Holy Crap! LMFAO........ lol

18 December 2007, 04:28

z1r

Didn't the caption read, "Only fired once"?

18 December 2007, 05:33

Bill Soverns

Okay...I have to make a confession here. I have seen the photo that James posted before....missed the scope on backwards. I ask my wife to look at the photo just this minute and to tell me what was wrong. Took her all of 2 seconds to see it. Sheesh.....

18 December 2007, 09:49

JKS

The Redfield mounted mounted with the elevation turret 180 out is a bit odd!

However, as tnekcc noted sometimes a 90 degree rotation can work. On my TRG-S Lapua with a Leup 2.5-8 on low rings the windage turret wouldn't allow empties to be ejected properly. You would cycle the bolt and the brass would hit the turret and most of the time flop back into the action...not a good thing. I tried rotating the scope 90 degrees and it worked. Now brass ejects fine but you have to keep sharp when making adjustments sighting in! I like the low mounts to keep the scope as low of profile as possible for a scabbard rifle. It works but is not ideal.

John

18 December 2007, 17:01

El Deguello

quote:
Originally posted by Terry Blauwkamp:
Don't laugh too hard. Not long ago, I had a fellow on the range that had his scope turned so that the windage was on top and the elevation on the left side. ( All just 1/4 turn off). He sure was having a tough time getting it zeroed, so I helped him turn it right side up, and soon he was a happy camper.

Hey, you all! Did it ever occur to you that perhaps a relatively intelligent person might have mounted the scope that way for a reason??

I have mounted a number of scopes on bolt action rifles that way ON PURPOSE!!

The reason is to get the adjustment turret and knobs out of the way of inserting cartridges into the magazine. When zeroing, all you have to do is remember that for elevation, "R" is "UP", and for windage, U" is "left, and vice-versa. This is not too complex a mental process! Of course, it can only be done with a symmetrical reticle like plain crosshairs, duplex, etc. I have also seen a scope with a post reticle mounted upside down so the post could be used to accurately judge hold over at extended ranges by allowing space between the post and the target. However, the one scope I saw mounted this way was a German scope on a German rifle with external mount-located adjustments.....

18 December 2007, 18:49

z1r

quote:
Originally posted by El Deguello:
quote:
Originally posted by Terry Blauwkamp:
Don't laugh too hard. Not long ago, I had a fellow on the range that had his scope turned so that the windage was on top and the elevation on the left side. ( All just 1/4 turn off). He sure was having a tough time getting it zeroed, so I helped him turn it right side up, and soon he was a happy camper.

Hey, you all! Did it ever occur to you that perhaps a relatively intelligent person might have mounted the scope that way for a reason??

I have mounted a number of scopes on bolt action rifles that way ON PURPOSE!!

The reason is to get the adjustment turret and knobs out of the way of inserting cartridges into the magazine. When zeroing, all you have to do is remember that for elevation, "R" is "UP", and for windage, U" is "left, and vice-versa. This is not too complex a mental process! Of course, it can only be done with a symmetrical reticle like plain crosshairs, duplex, etc. I have also seen a scope with a post reticle mounted upside down so the post could be used to accurately judge hold over at extended ranges by allowing space between the post and the target. However, the one scope I saw mounted this way was a German scope on a German rifle with external mount-located adjustments.....

If the guy had been relatively intelligent I might have considered it was on purpose.

In the case of the scope mounted in reverse, even if he was highly intelligent, it still woulda been kinda hard to see through, don't you think?