Field Target POI shift from temperature?

[Airgunsruinedmylife]

Hey everyone, so I sighted in this morning and shot a bit. Decided to shoot again in the afternoon and I’m getting a 3/4” drop in POI, almost a full mill. It’s 70 degrees in the morning and 95 in the afternoon which is a big shift. Should I try another scope? This will greatly affect my score.

 

[PapaT]

I haven't seen it with all of my scopes, but temperature definitely destroys the usefulness of my pinty scope. Too long in the sun/heat and I start shooting the dirt, despite my best efforts.

 

[Airgunsruinedmylife]

I haven't seen it with all of my scopes, but temperature definitely destroys the usefulness of my pinty scope. Too long in the sun/heat and I start shooting the dirt, despite my best efforts.

Yeah, I have a brand new scope and I’m going to set it up tomorrow. I’ll do the same test. Might have to send the current one into Athlon. I don’t think it is my gun.

 

[PapaT]

If the gun also has irons, you can test with that. At some point one of the many smarter than me people may also chime in with better answers/thoughts.

 

[Airgunsruinedmylife]

If the gun also has irons, you can test with that. At some point one of the many smarter than me people may also chime in with better answers/thoughts.

It only has a dovetail rail.