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Quite, never had to or needed to, resort to shimming a scope.Originally Posted by PCPShooter
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I guess I've been exceptionally lucky over the years. Mounts on, scope positioned, a few clicks on the turrets and scope zeroed. So I've never run out of adjustment.
HOWEVER, it seems thst having your scope optically centred and achieving zero by the use of adjustable mounts is, indeed, a good thing.But it's not something I've ever played with.
As mentioned previously, if a scope won't adjust to enough to achieve zero, there must be other naughty factors at play.
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After market field target scope rails are machined with an angle to accommodate , getting the scope optically centred at 55 yds, to avoid shim.
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you can use a scope rail with an angle built in .
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Don't some rife makers produce rifles with droopy barrels . Pretty sure Diana are guilty of it.
https://www.tacticalscope.co.uk/leap...n034-929-p.asp
Leapers UTG Compensator Mount for Diana Airguns with TO5 Trigger and Large Barrel Droop - MNT-DN034
Last edited by bighit; 23-05-2019 at 10:53 AM.
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Just a reminder that shimming creates an angle between mount bases and scope - thus latter becoming much more prone to damage - so the best way to shim is to "taper shim" both front and rear, so that the scope is in full contact. Found the best way to do this would be with stepped aluminium sheets, and the scope ultimately bedded in the mounts - I used Gelcoat Filler for glassfibre, but something like JB Weld should be fine, if perhaps stickier to work with. And test a release agent beforehand too...
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