Reply With QuoteOld photographic film works well for shimming.
Dave
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I’m trying to set up a modern telescopic sight on an old mk2 bsa meteor. So far so good however I’m having the following issues :-
The sight tends to creep back on its rail (dove tail to picatenny)
The sight is on its maximum elevation but still shooting low what is a good shimming medium ?
Ive just got back into this hobby so trying keep costs down untill I decide to stay with it.
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Old photographic film works well for shimming.
Dave
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Cheers. Would old negatives work ? Think I still have some around.Originally Posted by Unframed Dave
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I second that. (And welcome to the forum…)
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It's the same stuff, so most likely. It may be more brittle, but no harm in trying
Dave
Smell my cheese
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Cheers. I picked up some good quality dove tail mounts today hopefully cure movement issue
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Further to my mounts post the new mounts came with a tape liner. Wondering if self amalgamated tape would do similar job
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When I had this issue I got a dove to pic rail and tightened it very hard and then used FX zero mounts - it fixes the problem with ease.
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Just had to shim the rear scope mount on one of my old Dragons whilst running out of elevation mounting a non-too-fancy 4 x 32 Bushnell scope.
First time ever, I used a piece of thin plastic from a yoghurt pot....came already curved
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