Brackney Mount

[Chad Schmidt]

Is there any way to zero the knobs on this mount? I received one with a scope today read the instructions for mounting and adjusting but nothing about the aforementioned zeroing. So I figured I'd ask if there is a way. Thanks for the help & God bless.
Chad

 

[Pete Wass]

Chad. The best way to proceed is to boresight, shoot a shot and then crank the reticle to the bulet hole. You will be very close. Fine tune from there. When going to another distance, say to 200, crank the reticule down a line or so and then shoot. Fine tune from there. There is no zeroing of knobs that I am aware of, there is simply cranking to the bullet hole.

Pete

 

[glp]

If you are shooting on a score target, just use the size of the 100 yard 10 ring (.5") as your gauge. With a 100 yard zero, put the X hair at the top of the 10 ring(12 o'clock position) and move the X hair down to the bottom of the 10 ring (6 o'clock position). Do that 4 times and you will be so close to a 200 yard zero with a 30 BR shooting 118 grain bullets at 2950 fps that it will scare you. Good luck --Greg

Is there any way to zero the knobs on this mount? I received one with a scope today read the instructions for mounting and adjusting but nothing about the aforementioned zeroing. So I figured I'd ask if there is a way. Thanks for the help & God bless.
Chad

 

[adamsgt]

While shooting at the Whittington Center last weekend I encouuntered a situation with my LV gun that has the Brackney mounts. During the LV 100 I shot a .135 and a .162 on the first two strings. The first shot on the sighter bull on the third string was not visible. Two more shots were also ghosts. Went to the larger sighter bull and that shot resulted in a hole in the bottom of the upper box. Finally found the other three sighters that were hiding in the target number writing in the middle of the target paper. My elevation was near 12 inches too high. Went back to the lower right sighter bull and reset the elevation using the technique described by Pete. Unfortunately I ended up with a four inch penalty on that target.

Had no further issues with the mounts for the rest of the competition.

Things learned, the knobs were not loose and moved firmly. While the knobs have index marks, they are not labeled, so I took my sharpie marker and placed a small dot on the knob to mark my 100 yard zero. The 200 yard zero is about 1 1/2 index marks off from the 100 yard mark.

Now to the curious stuff. Two other shooters had the same thing happen to them. Their knobs were not loose either. Both shooters were very experienced. One shooter never found the paper. So, the questions remain, mechanical failure, user failure or third party mischief? What is the likelihood of three identical occurrences that are the result of mechanical or user failure?

 

[glp]

Jerry,
Possibles...mechanical failure in that the erector tube and X hair is moving but if you reset and it stayed that would seem to rul that out.

Mischief - well, those knobs do stick up there pretty well and are susceptible to mischief or just an inquiring mind trying to get the feel of how they turn? 3 happenings at one shoot...my vote is NOT for mechanical issues. Interesting --Greg

While shooting at the Whittington Center last weekend I encouuntered a situation with my LV gun that has the Brackney mounts. During the LV 100 I shot a .135 and a .162 on the first two strings. The first shot on the sighter bull on the third string was not visible. Two more shots were also ghosts. Went to the larger sighter bull and that shot resulted in a hole in the bottom of the upper box. Finally found the other three sighters that were hiding in the target number writing in the middle of the target paper. My elevation was near 12 inches too high. Went back to the lower right sighter bull and reset the elevation using the technique described by Pete. Unfortunately I ended up with a four inch penalty on that target.

Had no further issues with the mounts for the rest of the competition.

Things learned, the knobs were not loose and moved firmly. While the knobs have index marks, they are not labeled, so I took my sharpie marker and placed a small dot on the knob to mark my 100 yard zero. The 200 yard zero is about 1 1/2 index marks off from the 100 yard mark.

Now to the curious stuff. Two other shooters had the same thing happen to them. Their knobs were not loose either. Both shooters were very experienced. One shooter never found the paper. So, the questions remain, mechanical failure, user failure or third party mischief? What is the likelihood of three identical occurrences that are the result of mechanical or user failure?