drop in aim point

[angrybear]

Where you say the aim points are "as they should be" according to who/what exactly ??

If you are comparing them to your previous scope then it's just showing the difference between the two sets of glass.
If the MV is identical the same pellet should follow the same tragectory, obviously if the stripper has effected the MV the tragectory will change.

A head/tail wind or rain in the air will also effect a pellets tragectory.

[Brian.Samson]

Not having owned a Hawke Varmint, are the mildots true mildots at 12x mag?

You need to get a MV reading, then the things to check are... have you twisted the barrel while fitting the stripper?. What's the MV, with and without the stripper? What's the actual drop in inches (not mildots) between 50 and 55 yards. Or better still, what's the drop between your zero range and 50 & 55 yards.

[Gwylan]

Hi Buck, just been talking to lesj on the phone. I'm wondering if there's a fault with the side wheel, and when you focus at 55 yds, the erector tube "jumps" a bit, changing the POI? This can also happen if you change the mag zoom, but as you're keeping on 12X, it can't be that. Perhaps we can sort it out on Sunday.

Gus

[stevet1981]

Yeah that would be great if you could have a look but been looking at my hawke ballistic calculator and it says that at 12 x mag at 55 yards it should be around 3 mildots so it may be right but if you could have a look I would appreciate it
Thanks
Buck