Adjustable scope mounts. What are you using?

[Hoppalong Doc]

You're right about Sportsmatch rings. My most recent purchase are Sportsnatch duel rings. So far I really like theit adaptability for placement . I just hope they live up to their reputation. Orv.

 

[Roamin Greco 1]

I think I may be in need of adjustable scope mounts to be used on a Daystate Wolverine R. With optics centered on a Aztec Emerald 5.5-25x50 scope, pellet impact is low just shooting inside my shop at 20 feet for initial sight in. Low enough to near max out elevation to get to be where it needs to be. Just testing with shims in the rear mount .020 will do the trick. Yes, I know shims can damage the scope, but I was very careful. I am using UTG Pro P.O.I. high rings.
So, my question is, what adjustable mounts would you recommend. Or is there another option?
Thanks.

Just how low below the bullseye was that optically centered scope shooting at 20 feet?

And what would be your typical range you will be shooting at?

Please let me know if my logic is off because I'm a bit new at this stuff: At that range, I would expect any gun to shoot below the bull (because your barrel is below the scope and line of sight), and if you think about it, if the scope adjustment is 1 click = 1/4 inch at 100 yards or 300 feet, at 20 feet you need something like 15 clicks to move your shots that same 1/4 inch. That's 60 clicks to move an inch at 20 feet.

Not knocking adjustable sights, but if you are normally shooting at 50 or 100 yards, maybe you just need to back up and try again?

 

[cavedweller]

Airguns in general...
pellets rise from the barrel until they reach their apex - usually somewhere between 21-35 yards and then they start to drop.
So Shoot a target a 10 yards away to get on paper and for starts place your initial zero about 2" below your intended bullseye. then move the target to say 25 yards/28 yards and shoot again and you will be on paper close enough to zero properly.
20 MOA rails and or adjustable rings are helpful for folks shooting out past 100 yards.
This first picture will show you the flight of a pellet from the 10 yard mark to 20 yards. Actual shots. the second picture shows you from 10 to 55 yards by the yard. these were jsb 13.4's moving at 810 fps.

 

[Scriv]

I think I may be in need of adjustable scope mounts to be used on a Daystate Wolverine R. With optics centered on a Aztec Emerald 5.5-25x50 scope, pellet impact is low just shooting inside my shop at 20 feet for initial sight in. Low enough to near max out elevation to get to be where it needs to be. Just testing with shims in the rear mount .020 will do the trick. Yes, I know shims can damage the scope, but I was very careful. I am using UTG Pro P.O.I. high rings.
So, my question is, what adjustable mounts would you recommend. Or is there another option?
Thanks.

I just re read your post. I realized that you said 20 FEET as opposed to yards. You have to realize that the pellet has yet to even have the chance to get up to the line of sight at 20 feet. If you zeroed at that range your rifle would shoot high for quite some time. Depending on your set up you could still be high at 80 yards. It's important to remember that a projectile crosses the line of sight twice in its flight.

 

[SpindleB]

Westhunter and Vector
I prefer the Westhunter, I like the colors too.

 

[Billm]

An idea/suggestion for a future HAM article: “Point Blank Range” and applying it to airguns. Over the last twelve months or so I’ve seen various posts around the web about pellet drop and ‘flat shooting” air rifles. As several of the answers above portray, there’s no such thing as a “flat shooting” rifle. Even bullets traveling at over 3000 FPS travel in an arc, thanks to drag and gravity. The best that you can hope for is to extend the “point blank range”. Plinkers and pesters would do well to understand and zero their sights for the point blank range, I was pleasantly surprised recently how broad the point blank range on my Ghost .25 actually is. Unfortunately a lot of shooters think “point blank “ means holding the barrel close to something. If course range finding scopes kind of negate the need lol.