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I finally bought my new bushnell legend 3-9X scope after
researching the competition, and for the money it's much
brighter and clearer than the cheap simmons blazer.
However, I'm having trouble with adjustments, as I went to
the range last week and fired 3-165gr btsp @ 100 yds which
hit slightly higher and to the left of my desired 3" high.
I then moved the windage and elevation clicks as needed to
bring my POI to 3" high, then fired again, but the shots hit
exactly back to the first spot. Tried to adjust again to the
right and down slightly, but hit the same place again?!
The good news is that my groups were under 1" as these
factory hornady's have always done in my savage, but the damn
crosshairs won't move, and I can't believe that this scope
could possibly be faulty? Bushnell doesn't seem to have a
solution without inspecting the unit, and I've never had a
scope not adjust properly in 30 years whether it was $50 or
$500. Ironically, though the blazer scope wasn't great
quality, it was 100% with keeping and adjusting POI!

Any ideas or quirky suggestions with this particular model?

Earl.
Send it back.
Send it back, get a refund, buy a 4x Leupold and never look back.
will they move the other way? maybe you've used up all the adjustment available in the tube.
Hold a little mirror up tight against the objective lense, and look through the scope. You should see two sets of crosshairs. When a scope is adjusted back to zero, you will see only one set, as they are right on top of each other. Look through the scope and adjust the windage and elevation controls and see if the reticle moves or not. If it doesn't move, then the scope is junk.

Or, if you have a grid type boresighter, you can adjust it and see if it moves. I just don't like to stick anything in the muzzle of my rifles, so I don't use them.
Thanks guys for the input, but I found the problem with why
the crosshairs wouldn't move. The windage and elevation
adjustments have 2 tiny screws that were not tightened so the
clicks were not crisp and audible, and basically weren't grabbing the internal gears to move. Just tightened them down
and the clicks are working now.

Aceman.
Originally Posted by dogcatcher223
Hold a little mirror up tight against the objective lense, and look through the scope. You should see two sets of crosshairs. When a scope is adjusted back to zero, you will see only one set, as they are right on top of each other. Look through the scope and adjust the windage and elevation controls and see if the reticle moves or not. If it doesn't move, then the scope is junk.

Or, if you have a grid type boresighter, you can adjust it and see if it moves. I just don't like to stick anything in the muzzle of my rifles, so I don't use them.


Good point..
thanks dogcatcher - that ID good info. OP'er glad you got it figured out. I spend a little more on scopes but have to say I have never run into a scope from Bushnell that was pure junk. Inespensive- YES, but not crap like some others. Good job.
Using the mirror trick is cool because it is also an easy way to get a scope back to Zero prior to putting it on a different gun. Beats counting clicks...
Unless you have OCD...
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