Rifle Scopes Help needed with Us optics

[Bigwheel]

So I need some help! Bought a 5-25 tpal off a hide member a few months back and sent it in to the folks at uso to have them do a once over and make sure everything is in proper working order. Well I got the scope back with no paper work so I assume they would have called if something was wrong? Anyway got it mounted and bore sighted with a leupold optical boresighter and followed the video on how to do it. All was fine and dandy took it to the range to get it zeroed and the closest I can get it is at the base of the paper at 100 yds. I'm leaving 1 mil of adjustment to a hard stop and the center erector adjuster (the one down inside the turret) is moving but for the last 2 full turns causes absolutely no change in impact... I am following directions step by step but am incredibly frustrated that I can't get this scope zeroed how it's suppose to. A little Info on what it's mounted to if that helps... Gap built 308.. Surgeon rsr action w/20moa base 20" brl. Any help would be great I've just never heard of problems like this with these scopes which is why I bought one. I've got an email in to the folks at uso so I'll see what they say but figures would solicit help on here while I wait to hear from them.
Thank- Will

 

[Papa Zero Three]

Base of the paper meaning its low of the X ring?

 

[Bigwheel]

Correct. About 8" low at 100.

 

[Papa Zero Three]

Correct. About 8" low at 100.

Then dial up with the turret or use the hex key to move the cross hair up. Or can you not do this?

 

[Bigwheel]

I can dial with the turret but I was attempting to do it with the hex key and although it has aprox two more turns before it stops it is no longer making and Change to POI.

 

[Papa Zero Three]

Use the turret then and see if that fixes the issue of getting you zero'd. Once zero'd you can go about setting the zero stop. It sounds like you somehow bottomed it out with the hex key.

 

[Bigwheel]

Well that is the issue I zero with the turrets and the put the hex key in to spin the turret back down to set the zero stop but I can't due to the hex stopping. Which leaves me zeroed but renders the "zero stop" pointless due to the fact I'm about 3.5 mils up from the stop.

 

[Papa Zero Three]

Well that is the issue I zero with the turrets and the put the hex key in to spin the turret back down to set the zero stop but I can't due to the hex stopping. Which leaves me zeroed but renders the "zero stop" pointless due to the fact I'm about 3.5 mils up from the stop.

You are doing it wrong then. The hex key shouldn't be moving, you should be holding it still while rotating the turret. Check it out at about the 3:00 mark to see what I mean.

 

[buffybuster]

Well that is the issue I zero with the turrets and the put the hex key in to spin the turret back down to set the zero stop but I can't due to the hex stopping. Which leaves me zeroed but renders the "zero stop" pointless due to the fact I'm about 3.5 mils up from the stop.

The Erector and Knob move independently of each other. Zero it using the knob, then loosen the two little screws and turn the knob back down. If you want to set your zero stop exactly at some point, then you'll have to adjust the erector with the hex key while holding the knob or vice versa.

 

[Bigwheel]

Right.. Followed that video to a T then once I went to shoot it was way low so I adjusted it up with the turret and held the key in while spinning the turret back down just as done in the video and just as I did when bore sighting. when spinning the turret down tho it stops spinning around the hex key with a hard stop and if I pull the key out I'm still 3.5 mills from the turret bottoming out. I'm probably just in over my head and doing something wrong I just can't figure it out.

 

[Nik H]

Have you tried calling Becky at USO and explaining the issue? She is in charge of customer service and can hook you up with one of the engineers there. Maybe it needs to go back??

BR,

 

[Papa Zero Three]

You are going to have to play with the Hex key by turning it until you can get it the turret to zero and then re-adjust your reticle with the hex key as described.

 

[Bigwheel]

Nik H - yes I emailed Becky and I'm sure I will here from her tomorrow was just trying to figure something out today. -PZThree yeah your right thinking about it when I wasn't on paper after bore sighting I should have just gone back to the factory settings instead of continuing to mess with it and making it worse.. Just seems like the inner erector is running out of adjustment too soon.. Who knows I'm sure I can get ahold of the folks at uso tomorrow and they can tell me where I'm dropping the ball.

 

[Papa Zero Three]

Having gone through this myself with Becky. My guess is she is going to tell you to turn the turret all the way counter clockwise until it stops and the hex all the way CC until it stops and then rotate the hex key slightly clockwise. Then boresight adjust it with the turret and then set zero stop as shown in the video.

 

[Wes@USO]

Bigwheel- give us a call at 714 582 1956 my ext is 202. I will walk you through it.