Trooper, Archer has laid it out. As an experienced scout rifle shooter, I have 14 centerfire scout rifles, when you mentioned that the rifle was fine with the open sights, I went straight to the cheek weld on a scout. Yes, an inconsistant cheek weld can visually float the reticle off-center. It is amplified with the scout. This is a problem with traditional mounted scopes as the scopes magnification increases. I didn't spend much time searching, but this guys starts to hit on it with an adjustable comb. Head lift or cant effects POI (point of impact) significantly.Archer wrote:You say the iron sights are good to go so that sort of rules out the rifle, the ammo and the shooter with a normal cheek weld? The only thing that's really left is technique with the scout setup OR one of the things you have already checked out has fooled you.
How much of your experience shooting scoped rifles have the scope 15" in front of your face?
A cheek weld when you face is lined up with the scope, and the scope is an inch to three inches in front of your eye is pretty consistent. A chin weld can vary depending on how you hold your mouth, especially with the scope another foot plus in front of your eye.
It is probably pretty easy to rig up a improvised cheek piece on the gun with duct tape and a couple three washcloths or the like and try again. If it is still not working for you then maybe something else is a problem?
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I used this catalog picture of the scout to emphsis the space created by the mount.
Now back to the rifle for a bit. If your shot comparison, open sights vs. scope, is the same distance. That totally eliminates the ammuntion or barrel. If they weren't then it might be pressure on the barrel applied by the front barrel band. I've never shot my R92s with open sights, never, only the scoped. I've found issue with the forearm and band fit that affects accuracy, 100 to 200 yards out, and have adjusted that fit on all my R92s. That is another subject for sure.
I'm sure some are reading this and don't understand the scope thing on a R92, but every rifle I buy is a hunting rifle first. I live in South Texas, and in my 60 years of hunting (we hunt a lot here), I've only seen one guy hunt with an open sighted rifle and that was me 60 years ago. That was me, with a Savage 340. At seven years old, I did not have a good cheek weld for scope use, so I shot the 30-30 Win open sighted.
I've shot a bunch of critters with the Rossi Scouts; dozens of whitetails and hundreds of hogs. As I load them, I consider the 44 Mag, 45 Colt, and 454 Casull 200-yard whitetail rifles. The 357 Mag, a 150-yard rifle. I sold my 480 Ruger rifle.
