Rifle Scopes Leupold Mark5 elevation being limited

[HonkyTonk86]

So I discovered at the last match I was at my 7-35x Mark5 elevation come up is being limited somehow. With the turret cap on it’s limiting the up travel from my zero to 10.4 mils, .1 under one full revolution. When I pull the cap I get 23.7 mils up travel and 13.2 mils down travel. That is more or less in line with the 4 other Mark5 I have. (3- 7-35x, 3-18x) I swapped 5 other elevation caps on and they all stopped at 10.4. Not sure what do to beyond send it in to Leupold for warranty just curious if anyone else has experienced this.

 

[NHPiper]

Sounds like something is binding or maybe the factory zero internally was off. Only other thought is the mount has 30+ MOA base and it's flipped backwards.

 

[HonkyTonk86]

It’s a lone peak fusion action with integrated 20 moa rail

 

[RKBArmory]

It sounds as though the push-button, that is supposed to go flush with the surface of the dial after one full revolution, is catching on something.

 

[HonkyTonk86]

@RKBArmory That was my first thought but was able to eliminate that possibility by swapping the other elevation caps on and they all stopped at 10.4

 

[1911hombre]

My Mk5HD 7-35 has 21.6 mil from my 100yd. zero with a 20MOA rail.

 

[HonkyTonk86]

Ya my 3 other 7-35s on various calibers…
20moa rail 19.5 mils
20moa rail 20.5 mils
40moa rail/6mil spuhr 29 mils

 

[stanley_white]

A friend of mine’s MK4 elevation knob bound a bit. After ensuring all the set screws were evenly screwed in, like literally counting screw rotations to ensure they were even, the problem went away.

-Stan

 

[Patty]

once before I've seen an internal burr in the cap mechanism catch, take it off and check inside to make sure there isn't anything there, is it a hard stop or does it feel like you could turn past it with a little effort?

 

[HonkyTonk86]

@Patty it’s definitely a hard stop just about a full rev too soon

 

[Patty]

@Patty it’s definitely a hard stop just about a full rev too soon

Have you checked to see how much downward travel do you have?

If it’s not a whole lot, chance is is something is catching and the burr might just be too large to break through

 

[HonkyTonk86]

@Patty 13.2 mils down travel

 

[Patty]

@Patty 13.2 mils down travel

That means you should have approx 15.8 up, I’d bet something in that mechanism is hung up. I’d give them a call, they’ll take care of it for you

 

[Patty]

also, try a dial from one of your other mk5s

 

[HonkyTonk86]

That’s my plan Leupolds been great to deal with

 

[HonkyTonk86]

also, try a dial from one of your other mk5s

Did that with 5 or 6 different dials all same results

 

[Patty]

Did that with 5 or 6 different dials all same results

Bummer, sounds like not as simple a fix the burr might be in the mechanism itself. Sorry that happened.

 

[HonkyTonk86]

Update-
Seems like there must've been a burr internally. Gave it some extra oomph and got it past 10.4. It stopped similarly a few more spots. I'm up to 20.5

After 10.4 it would stop then I got it to turn without clicks then dialed back down and it would click up to the next stop. Repeated that a few times to get to 20.5

Next step I suppose is re-check zero and tracking