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Air Gun Home Forum Index » General Air Gun Questions and Topics » scope help    View previous topic :: View next topic  scope help   Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:03 am neill91_maui New Member Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Big Island , Hawaii i bought a ruger air hawk it cam with a 4x32 scope and i cant get it sighted in the windage is fine but the elevation is off and i cant adjust it any more it shoots about 5-7 inch's high is there anything i can do to fix this? thank you   Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:44 am AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6929 Location: "Out There" If you have tried re-mounting the scope, you may have to shim it to line up properly. At what distance are you attempting to shoot? _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:24 pm neill91_maui New Member Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Big Island , Hawaii im trying to sight it in at 10 yards farthest distance would be about 40 yards.Im new to airguns how would i shim it. thank you.   Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:04 pm under500fps Veteran Member Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 217 Location: Nova Scotia http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2005/03/how-to-shim-scope.html http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=shimming+a+scope&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq= _________________ René My air gun stuff .   Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:54 pm Raths Member Joined: 06 Sep 2009 Posts: 28 Location: Neb. Thanks. That first link answered my latest question perfectly! _________________ (2) 1077's Dasiy 880 (30 years old!-still a good shooter)   Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:45 pm gerrybongo New Member Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Posts: 6 Location: macclesfield need to think about your zero range ie 30yds then start shiming   Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:49 pm rsterne Moderator Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 2998 Location: Coalmont, BC For a lot of airguns with a scope.... a 10 yard zero is very close to being zeroed at 25-30 yards as well.... Bob _________________ Dominion Marksman Silver Shield - 5890 x 6000 in 1976, and downhill ever since! Airsonal: Too many to count!   Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:18 am gerrybongo New Member Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Posts: 6 Location: macclesfield Your right 10yds is about 30yds zero but if 20yds wanted 10 no good All i meant was decide exactly whats wanted at the start do a job once spot on Ps see u got a ratty im thinking of moding mine up any pointers ie metal breech where from UK gerry   Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:32 pm neill91_maui New Member Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Big Island , Hawaii Thank you for all of the help. scope help     Air Gun Home Forum Index » General Air Gun Questions and Topics You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum All times are GMT - 5 Hours   Page 1 of 1   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First  Select a forum Main Forums----------------AirGunHome Q&AGeneral Air Gun Questions and TopicsPicture GalleryTarget Shooting: Casual, Fun and CompetitionHunting, Pest Control, Varminting People/Events/Airgun Issue Discussion----------------Introduce YourselfThe BS TopicClubs/Events/Regional/Political Airgun Issues Maintenance, Modification and Reviews----------------RiflesPistolsAntique, Collector and Novelty AirgunsBB GunsPellets/AmmoOpticsAccessoriesAirgun Smithing Buy, Sell or Trade Forums----------------For SaleWant to Buy   Note: If you are seeing "Please enter your username and password to log in." Your browser cookies have been reset or you need to register to access the topic in question. Use the 'Register' button near the top left of this page. Click Here for AirGunHome.com Main Page Powered by phpBB © 2001-2004 phpBB Group Partial Styling Supplied by Vjacheslav Trushkin Themes Database.