Hello,
I know that when you clean a rifle, rimfire especially, the POA shifts until it is shot back in.
I cleaned mine a few days ago - just a bore snake coated with CLP in front of the brush - and put a total of two rounds through it later in order to kill a 'possum raiding some stuff. Not long distance.
I went to shoot it today, to confirm zero. Put 20 rounds or so down the tube, and it was shooting way off.
Normally I use an aiming point the size of this "<span style="font-weight: bold">O</span>" at 50 yards, if I do my part, within five shots the dot will be gone.
However, it was shooting way to the right.
So I shot it a few more times. Still didn't come back on target, so I adjusted the 'scope.
In the course of adjusting the 'scope, I expended about 50 rounds. Only then did it come back to the previous zero.
I was under the impression that these should come back to zero after cleaning within 20 rounds max. Am I missing something? This is the first time I've used CLP - maybe it has some properties I don't know about?
What gives?
Thanks,
Josh <><
I know that when you clean a rifle, rimfire especially, the POA shifts until it is shot back in.
I cleaned mine a few days ago - just a bore snake coated with CLP in front of the brush - and put a total of two rounds through it later in order to kill a 'possum raiding some stuff. Not long distance.
I went to shoot it today, to confirm zero. Put 20 rounds or so down the tube, and it was shooting way off.
Normally I use an aiming point the size of this "<span style="font-weight: bold">O</span>" at 50 yards, if I do my part, within five shots the dot will be gone.
However, it was shooting way to the right.
So I shot it a few more times. Still didn't come back on target, so I adjusted the 'scope.
In the course of adjusting the 'scope, I expended about 50 rounds. Only then did it come back to the previous zero.
I was under the impression that these should come back to zero after cleaning within 20 rounds max. Am I missing something? This is the first time I've used CLP - maybe it has some properties I don't know about?
What gives?
Thanks,
Josh <><