Relative newbie here so please be patient with my story. I bought an FX Wildcat Mk1 .25 cal from a member here and mounted a Sightmark Wraith digital scope on the upgraded Picatinny scope rail. For several months I was successful ear-holing squirrels, chipmunks, and flying squirrels in my backyards at distances as far as 30 yards. My typical shot from a bedroom window is 15 yards with me sitting in a chair with the bipod resting on the window sill.
One day while attempting to sit my rig back on the carpet it tipped over on the carpet (not on the hardwood pictured). I had rested one of the legs of the bipod on the carpet but the other leg wasn't down all the way and the rig tipped over. I didn't think this was any more stress than field carry bumps. The next time I used it, the reticle in the scope appeared to have dropped in the sight picture. Sightmark was great and and sent me another. When I went to zero the new scope, the shot lands 18 inches below the target at 15 yards and is too far off to zero for this optic. I assumed it was defective and had Sightmark send me another. Today it also shoots 18-24 inches low. I now don't believe the problem is the scope since I am on my third scope. The scope rail looks fine, nothing bent, the two screws tight. It shoots the same with the moderator on or off the barrel. Gun is holding pressure fine. It shoots low whether I shoot JSB King Heavy 33.95's or regular 25.39 JSB Kings. The carpet tip over may be unrelated but did occur around the time everything went haywire. What is wrong with my once deadly accurate Wildcat?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
One day while attempting to sit my rig back on the carpet it tipped over on the carpet (not on the hardwood pictured). I had rested one of the legs of the bipod on the carpet but the other leg wasn't down all the way and the rig tipped over. I didn't think this was any more stress than field carry bumps. The next time I used it, the reticle in the scope appeared to have dropped in the sight picture. Sightmark was great and and sent me another. When I went to zero the new scope, the shot lands 18 inches below the target at 15 yards and is too far off to zero for this optic. I assumed it was defective and had Sightmark send me another. Today it also shoots 18-24 inches low. I now don't believe the problem is the scope since I am on my third scope. The scope rail looks fine, nothing bent, the two screws tight. It shoots the same with the moderator on or off the barrel. Gun is holding pressure fine. It shoots low whether I shoot JSB King Heavy 33.95's or regular 25.39 JSB Kings. The carpet tip over may be unrelated but did occur around the time everything went haywire. What is wrong with my once deadly accurate Wildcat?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.