Hmmm..... I'm wondering if it's the bedding of the rifle Kirky. Have you checked to see if the stock is making any contact with the barrel at all, or if the action might have shifted a bit in the stock? I'm assuming that there's no lightening cuts to the action, which is what's usually blamed for the most famous example of a wandering zero. For the record, I've never been able to shoot a No.5 MkI accurately enough to prove or disprove the theory. Bloody thing kicks like a mule! Its' bigger brothers No.1 MkIII and No.4 are much more docile. Anyhow, two scopes doing the same thing makes it sound like the bedding is off to me.
Yeah with two scopes doing the same thing, I'm not thinking it's the scopes themselves.
I was about to say Leapers and Nikko Stirling are very low end brands and that air rifles are notorious for busting scopes and that it might be worth getting a dedicated air rifle scope or something a bit nicer... but if two scopes did it straight after each other it sounds a little suspect.I hate scope problems... I'm having issues with my 6-20 Weaver Grand Slam on my 7mm at the moment Is your rifle one where you pull the barrel down to cock it? The barrel isn't loose or wiggly is it?
Stupidly, I seem to have given myself a bout of tennis elbow from overdoing it with my WH57.
Quote from: Gareth on July 08, 2014, 11:44:55 PMStupidly, I seem to have given myself a bout of tennis elbow from overdoing it with my WH57. Can't say I've ever experienced that issue from a rifle. M1 Thumb isn't much fun though, that I know.....
Quote from: jerseydevil on July 09, 2014, 01:33:00 AMQuote from: Gareth on July 08, 2014, 11:44:55 PMStupidly, I seem to have given myself a bout of tennis elbow from overdoing it with my WH57. Can't say I've ever experienced that issue from a rifle. M1 Thumb isn't much fun though, that I know.....Had to look that one up: http://www.garandgear.com/m1-thumbOuch! You can actually do something similar, if not nastier, with a spring powered air rifle. There is a pretty grizzly video on youtube you can look up, but I'm not going to post it here. Safe loading technique should prevent this from ever happening.
Just a thought, as its a HW97 which has a fixed barrel there should be no barrel droop. Are you useing a stop pin in the rear mount (the 97 has 3 holes for a pin). When you put the action into the stock always tighten the rear (trigger guard) screw before the front stock screws. After a shooting session always check the stock screw tightness, they can work loose on a springer. Hope this helps. Stan.
Quote from: Gareth on July 09, 2014, 11:12:48 AMQuote from: jerseydevil on July 09, 2014, 01:33:00 AMQuote from: Gareth on July 08, 2014, 11:44:55 PMStupidly, I seem to have given myself a bout of tennis elbow from overdoing it with my WH57. Can't say I've ever experienced that issue from a rifle. M1 Thumb isn't much fun though, that I know.....Had to look that one up: http://www.garandgear.com/m1-thumbOuch! You can actually do something similar, if not nastier, with a spring powered air rifle. There is a pretty grizzly video on youtube you can look up, but I'm not going to post it here. Safe loading technique should prevent this from ever happening. I'm guessing bear trap failure?
Quote from: kirk13 on July 09, 2014, 11:35:12 AMQuote from: Gareth on July 09, 2014, 11:12:48 AMQuote from: jerseydevil on July 09, 2014, 01:33:00 AMQuote from: Gareth on July 08, 2014, 11:44:55 PMStupidly, I seem to have given myself a bout of tennis elbow from overdoing it with my WH57. Can't say I've ever experienced that issue from a rifle. M1 Thumb isn't much fun though, that I know.....Had to look that one up: http://www.garandgear.com/m1-thumbOuch! You can actually do something similar, if not nastier, with a spring powered air rifle. There is a pretty grizzly video on youtube you can look up, but I'm not going to post it here. Safe loading technique should prevent this from ever happening. I'm guessing bear trap failure?IIRC the guy had the butt braced on his hip, one hand on the barrel, one hand on the forward stock. As he was just about to bring the barrel back to it's locked position the butt slipped off his hip casing the whole rifle to shoot backwards and his hand on the forward stock to shoot up towards the breach, thus removing about 1/2 an inch from the top of his thumb as the breach snapped shut on it.
Congrats on the PB mate.