Mount or misaligned barrel?

[natbea09]

The mount looks off, both vertically and horizontally. Either it's been installed incorrectly or it's defective. Try reinstalling it in different slots before calling Burris.

I did try different slots with no success. And it's installed correctly, even torqued to spec.

 

[ParadiseRoad]

...center the scope adjustments...get a laser bore sight...and that will show just how far the mount is off...

 

[Newhouse]

I did try different slots with no success. And it's installed correctly, even torqued to spec.

Double check your torque. You may have too much clamp up force/pressure due to the torque. On my Vortex scope, the tech recommended torque for the rings that were lower than Burris. If the mount is not defective, front and rear, left and right should have the same amount of gap. Also the bell housing where the turrets or elevation and windage adjustment is too close to the rear ring . Too much clamping force is enough to affect the internals as explain by the tech especially when the ring is too close to the bell housing.

Looking ar your pictures, you have a gap right side of the front ring and a gap on the left side of the rear ring. This maybe enough to affect your scope as the rings are placing a twisting load on the tube. Try getting the gaps even and maybe check with Leupold if they have a recommended torque.

 

[Blackstuff]

Applying the same amount of torque to each bolt would not fix the differing gaps on the scope mount. If one side is just snugged down all the way down (to the right torque setting or not), before adjusting the other side, then there will always be a larger gap on one side than the other.

You must adjust each bolt a little at a time moving from side to side to get the gap (and there should be one) on either side the same, however i'm extremely skeptical that this is the problem here.

For such a large problem to exist i would guess that either the mount isn't true, the picatinny rail isn't square or less likely it has been mounted incorrectly (which the pictures don't seem to indicate) or the scope is broken. My money is on the mount being out of kilter given that both windage and elevation are both cranked out.

 

[natbea09]

So, after purchasing a Leupold mark 2 ims mount and getting it all setup, torqued to spec, and hitting the range. I was finally able to make sensible adjustments and get it zeroed. My Burris mount was the culprit. Thanks for all your help everyone!

 

[Bassyaks]

You mount is FUd look in the second picture the space between the 2 tightening screws is different. Make sure that the GUIDE pin isn't on a of the lug instead of in the slot.

 

[tacticool22]

Is the scope mount zero MOA or something else?

 

[bamashooter]

For future reference for all, you should always go by the optic to mount specs from the optic manufacturer and mount to weapon specs from the mount /rings manufacturer. The specs provided by mount manufacturers for the optic to mount are generic / universal / catch-all specs. Glad to see you got it squared away.

 

[Bassyaks]

So what was the problem?