Thread: Scope Failure?
View Single Post
  #48  
Old 09-13-2018, 10:59 AM
catnthehat's Avatar
catnthehat catnthehat is offline
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ft. McMurray
Posts: 38,583
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by West O'5 View Post
Forgive my ignorance but I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around how oil can cause your action to move if it’s bedded and screwed down to spec.....tight is tight,no??Is it the bedding material itself that might be sliding?
And even if excess oil can cause it to shift a few microns,wouldn’t that be barely noticeable to all but the most discriminating PR shooter,as in fractions of MOA?
....and we are talking here about a dramatic 8” shift in POI....I don’t get it?
It takes a very amount of oil in between the action and bed to mess things up and shift POI continually, no matter how tight or torqued the action screw are.
Same as a small high point in the action or recoil lug.
Cat
__________________
Anytime I figure I've got this long range thing figured out, I just strap into the sling and irons and remind myself that I don't!
Reply With Quote