Optics story: Worst day at range ever!
First lame-arse excuse is, I was coming down with the flu and chose to ignore that unavoidable fact in the excitement of completing the initial assemble of a LR308 and going to the range. Mentally, I was able to count to potato, and my nose had been replaced by a mucous valve stuck wide open.
The range was crowded, but I got a table and proceeded to go thru a lengthy, inaccurate bore-sighting process. After messing around for about 30 min, I took it into the clubhouse and the rangemaster did his boresighting, and it appeared I was about 40 clicks off combined v/h combined--wow. Back to the bench, assemble the rifle, wow again, look at all the people just standing around watching, waiting for a table, get the rifle set-up for some dry-fire, 1, 2, on the third bolt reset the fine optic puked itself off the rifle clattering to the stone table. Hopefully I don't become some epic youtube video rifleman fail. I just packed it up and left before anyone came up with some good lines. I guess when weakened by the flu, don't trust your seat-of-the-pants torque feel. The optic is fine; ACOGS need intentional abuse to go south. Whether I can show my face at the range again is debatable. Yeah I used Loctite. Ah well, back to the flu. |
Too bad for you, and it sucks to zero in an optic when you are sick.
A trick to sighting in semi-auto's is to take the rifle apart, on the upper look down the barrel so that you can see any target (the POV of the bullet), and match the scope to what you are looking at by 2" lower. Done up to 50 yards, it can get you on a letter sized paper. Make sure it's on something steady (ammo box, rifle case, etc...) so it isn't moving around. |
Lol… The lesson of the day should be to buy a torque wrench…
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That aside, even without optics issues a day at the range while sick, sucks. A while back I opted to go home after a sneeze resulted in a trigger pull(safe direction, did actually hit the target backer). |
not sure what kind of mount you have, but a QD is the way to go.
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I'm still not sure how it could have come off the rifle if torqued by "feel" (instead of a torque wrench). Even if the scope wouldn't hold its precise zero or position, it should have been tight enough to not fall off by the bolt going into battery. :shrug:
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Great story. It's okay to be embarrassed. You'll get over it quickly once you start shooting it again. Live and learn
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Shouldn't the scope be sighted 2" above the bullseye to account for the centerline of the scope being ~2" above the bore of the rifle? |
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But yes, a torque tool in inch/pounds rather than foot/pounds would be the thing to look for. |
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When I finally broke down and bought a torque driver, I was amazed at how far off I had been - not nearly tight enough. |
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Just because its called a wrench doesn't mean its for high torque applications like lug nuts. I actually prefer a non-clicker for low torque applications. http://www.amazon.com/Park-Tool-TW-1...+torque+wrench http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...2L._SX385_.jpg |
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It’s very hard for people to tell the difference between 15,25,25,30,50 inch/lb The tools are just a reliable and repeatable way to get the job done… |
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http://www.tohnichi.com/products/ima...TD120_60CN.jpg or http://www.tohnichi.com/products/images/ph_FTDS.jpg While both a torque wrench and a torque driver are designed to apply a measured amount of torque to a fastener, the advantage of the torque driver for delicate work is that the torque is applied on-axis with the fastener and is thus a balanced force, whereas a torque wrench applies the force off-axis and is therefore less accurate and more likely to cause damage to the parts you are fastening. |
never used any of those tools although I like good tools ,good fitting screw driver & my wrist.
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Sounds about right. I have pneumonia, been sick a few weeks. One day I went to the range with my 1911 and some .45, which sounds fine, but it is a 10mm. Next time I went I was barely hitting the 7x7 targets at 12 yards, and I did miss several. I feel your pain!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5betKv46GB4
Your post reminded me of this. At the 15-17 second mark.... |
Just say a Front Sight commercial on Youtube watching the Great Santini videos.
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haha! Thanks perfect!
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Get a QD
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Keep shooting
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On a flu note . . . Tried the Kleenex Cool Touch tissues? Very nice!
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You may want to check your rings/mount by twisting and moving it side to side. Larue mounts are tricky to mount the rings and can be loose when moved side to side. Also I had a out of spec upper where the width of the Picatinny rail measured .020 where spec is .035 -.005. It was so loose my Bobro would clamp down but when I applied force to it you could feel it move slightly. Solid mounts are always best but if your running BUIS then a quality QD mount that will rezero is required. I have found Bobro to be superior to Larue IMHO because there is no adjustment necessary and the one handed disconnect. For the ultimate ring to optic contact lapping the rings are also good/cheap insurance.
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Update: Although I have other rifles with ACOG's and they use non-stock mounts, I tried again to make this work stock this weekend. Re-mount, go through the bore-sight process again, start shooting 12" low and 6" right, within 8 shots in the 7 ring, 12 shots I was in the 9 ring, next weekend, a couple clicks right and a click down, should be in the red over and over. 4x32 ACOG 308 ballistic ret, really fun optic.
I was going for a lightweight 308 carbine and I think I nailed it, can you say sunglass-breaking recoil HOOOAH! |
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Don't beat yourself up
LOFL stuff happens bro we all go Retardo Montalbon some times. Over the years I have 1. Shot a boresighter out of an AR... 2. Had my AR high side on a 30 round magazine and a bi-pod and roll off onto my brand new $300 scope.. :eek: Stuff happens sometimes.
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Wow..Don't feel bad..I had that kind of a day @ the range as well..Got a new 18inch stainless bull Ar to compliment my 16in one..For the 18 incher, I got a Nikon Prostaff3 3-9-50..Boresighted it on Friday, so i figured, No problem..I will have tis dialed in in about 8-10 shots...Again..not feeling well and slept for crap last night..After 35 rounds, I was still off...I packed up and called it a day....Try again next week..
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Before I knew any better, I fell into that idea that I needed one as well. Not only does it work like crap and isn’t very consistent, I got better results with the “look down the bore” method. |
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