Rifle Scopes Vortex Viper PST shims...alternatves

boisepaw

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I bought a used scope on the Hide and it only had one shim with it. I’m sure Vortex will send more but I want to shoot that rifle in a competition a week from today. Any ideas for alternatives so that I can set the zero stop on the scope?
 
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I have couple old ones and was thinking of getting brass washers or spacers/bushings and cut a channel in them, same size as the shims and make a better fit. I have found that the shims can sometimes be inconsistent when bottoming the dial back out.
 
The alternative I used was a piece of 1/2" PEX pipe that I sliced a slot to fit the stem. I was able to get it to stop about half a rotation under zero. This might work until you get a set of shims. It wasn't a hard stop but I knew to stop when I felt resistance. PVC might work too,I'm not sure of the outside diameter.
 
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