First time out with my .357 Carbine/Scope frustration.

[Coach]

I forgot to mention that the side gate was great. I didn’t use the tube at all.

The advice to not put the round all the way in and push it in with the next round was the way to go.

[Coach]

All shiny clean…

[Bake]

Just for laughs, how about switching your scope mount around 180 degrees . . .

[daytime dave]

Those Henry side gates are sharp lookers too.

[Hatchdog]

My Big Boys wear a smaller diameter scope exit and it barely clears the front sight. That’s probably your problem as mentioned earlier. That’s a fine looking rifle.

[DsGrouse]

Just for laughs, how about switching your scope mount around 180 degrees . . .

That was my first thought, looking at his photo's it's mounted the (usually) correct orientation. I wonder, though, if it is a henry mount or an aftermarket mount. It does seem like it is pointing down into the barrel.

[Mags]

Just for laughs, how about switching your scope mount around 180 degrees . . .

The original picture in post 1 show a cantilevered mount to clear the hump at the front of the receiver. So not meant to be installed rotated. But if the mount is sloped like DSGrouse suggests, than rotating it might help as the hump would tilt the mount up some.

[220]

At what distance were you that low? If it was 25 yards or less, then something is wrong. Eight inches at 100 yards is about 32 clicks, which isn't unreasonable. But 8 inches at 25 yards is about 120 clicks, and that's possibly going to max out that scope.
There is a possibility that the barrel is mounted into the receiver at a downward angle, I've had a 1022 that was like that, but it's unlikely.
That one-piece mount looks very low to the bore line, which is nice, but sometimes things touch. Check that there are no contact points between the scope and the rifle, that front sight looks close in the picture.

Agree does not sound like a scope issue, 3" elevation change at 25y for a full revolution sound about right. That is around 12moa or 1 foot at 100y, another thing that might be worth checking is if the elevation adjustment is actually in middle of its adjustment range. Probably unlikely but a possibility someone has played with it and screwed it towards the bottom of its adjustment range.

[The Happy Kaboomer]

Mebbe ya scope rings aren't level.........Cut about 3 shims from a Pepsi can and put them into the bottom half of ya front ring........Run scope back adjustments dead .......Remount and first zero at 35-30 yards........Once there ya can move on out for final zero.

[The Happy Kaboomer]

Mebbe ya scope rings aren't level.........Cut about 3 shims from a Pepsi can and put them into the bottom half of ya front ring........Run scope back adjustments dead center.......Remount and first zero at 35-30 yards....From a very good steady rest....Once there, ya can move on out for final zero.

[Coach]

Thanks for all your help.

I took it back to my LGS and told him about the situation.

He adjusted the scope (not physically) and said that it would probably shoot high now and that I will need to probably dial it in by lowering the sight.

With the Leupold model I have you can only do one rotation of the dial because it has a zero stop on it. To go more than one rotation you have to take the dial top off.

So hopefully I can make it back out to the range this weekend and get it dialed in…

[BigAl52]

Well its already been mentioned but I would of thought that if he used a bore sighter when mounting the scope he would have seen that and taken care of that then.

[Coach]

Well its already been mentioned but I would of thought that if he used a bore sighter when mounting the scope he would have seen that and taken care of that then.

He said that the bore sight was spot on.

On my feedback he raised the zero.

We will see when I get back out with it.

It’s raining today…

[BigAl52]

Hmmmmm well anyway I wish you a better outing next time. When you dont reload buying 357 can get pricey.

[cpaspr]

I had similar issues with my BBS .357. I bought the Tilley one-piece mount, but I ran out of elevation adjustment. My solution ended up being to add a shim under the back end of the mount. 0.014" was the thickness of the aluminum flashing we had in the garage, and it was super easy to lay the mount on it, scribe it with a razor blade and cut it with tin snips. Then set the mount on top of it on the bench and centerpunch the screw holes, then drill them out. The shim can be seen on the rifle if you look real closely, but it gave me enough adjustment that I was able to get it zeroed at 100 yards.