Heads up for material for shimming scope mounts

[Riffler]

I've used the metallic/plastic blister packaging from tablets to good effect.

[StellaArtois Sr]

Personally I use film base as I have a 100m roll I acquired before Kodak shutdown. Like said on a previous reply it's not readily available now, but at the range where we shoot is an abundance of shotgun cartridges. Cut to the right width they have a curve that fits the mounts perfectly and providing it's not over tightened it works perfectly well.
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[angrybear]

I prefer to cure the problem which causes the supposed need to shim

[charub]

I prefer to cure the problem which causes the supposed need to shim

How’s that then? Or do you mean adjustable mounts?

[angrybear]

How’s that then? Or do you mean adjustable mounts?

No, I mean there must be a reason why the poi is so far from the LOS of the scope, a bent barrel, duff mounts, trying to zero too close, whatever it is find it & fix it.

[craig9mm]

have the same problem,but have Hawke adj mounts to experiment with
But this gets round the prob without sorting it
If I had cheese smelling shims my dog would want to come shooting as well.......

[bighit]

have the same problem,but have Hawke adj mounts to experiment with
But this gets round the prob without sorting it
If I had cheese smelling shims my dog would want to come shooting as well.......

I have a Hawke one here too. my mate used it on his photon night vision but gave me the mount when he sold the photon. Never used the mount myself .

[RobF]

No, I mean there must be a reason why the poi is so far from the LOS of the scope, a bent barrel, duff mounts, trying to zero too close, whatever it is find it & fix it.

No, it's just that if you put a scope high or shoot close (or far) or a combination of both then you can run out of travel on some scopes with limited elevation adjustment.

But shims just bend the scope so adjustables are the way to avoid that and give the scope an easier time.