hope my scope isn't bad.

[nailbender73]

does anybody have any advice? i have a springfield 30-06, with a bushnell 6-24x50. it been accurate until recently. i took it apart to refinish the stock,didn't bump it or anything and now i have trouble sighting it in. i bore lined it. but every time i shoot i have to resight it. do i need to re-glasbed it?please don't say my scope is messed up!!! lol.

[RIKA]

Checklist:

Are all stock screws tight?
Are your scope screws secure?

"i took it apart to refinish the stock,didn't bump it or anything"

I am assuming that you removed the scope from the barrelled action. When you put the scope back on the action did you make sure that the mounting surfaces attached to the scope were correctly and securely engaged to the mount surfaces attached to the action?

If everything is tight and your scope doesn't rattle when you shake it then it should shoot to some zero. Your scope shouldn't be messed up.

Now I'll wait to learn what I missed from the guys who are real pros. :)

RIKA

[DaRkWoLf]

If its overtightened, you could be in trouble. A safe call for the screws securing the two halves of your rings together is 12 pounds force. A guestimation for that is when the screws stop turning easily don't try to turn them anymore.

I almost ruined my optics setup on my M700P simply by tightening the screws down a tad after a long firing session. What called the error to my attention was when I noticed I had a wandering zero during my next trip to the range. Overtightening or having sub-par rings, particularly unlapped sub-par rings, destroys optics.

In an extreme, you may have also somehow stripped the screws attaching the base to the receiver. Thats unlikely though unless you took of the base for some weird reason.

I'm not sure what your action screws should be torqued to, but finding that out and keeping that information is a good idea.

Did you somehow noticeably affect your bedding when you did your refinishing? If all else fails you may want to check its integrity.