Each year, we receive a significant number of scopes for repair that are found to function perfectly. We encourage you to review the following before sending a scope for repair.
Insufficient windage adjustment
| Possible Cause | - Receiver diameter out of specification, or barrel threaded in at an angle.
- Base mounting holes drilled out of alignment.
- Tolerance variations in rings and base.
- Ammunition.
| Scope tube bent at bell or eyepiece |
| Solution | Use Burris Signature Rings / XTR Signature Rings to correct alignment or gain windage adjustment. | Return to Burris for repair |
Insufficient elevation adjustment
| Possible Cause | - Receiver diameter out of specification, or barrel threaded in at an angle.
- Base mounting holes drilled out of alignment.
- Tolerance variations in rings and base.
- Ammunition.
| Scope tube bent |
| Solution | Use MOA canted bases, or Burris Signature Rings / XTR Signature Rings to correct alignment or gain elevation adjustment. | Return to Burris for repair |
Grouping or accuracy problems
| Possible Cause | - Barrel or chamber throat erosion.
- Stock warpage.
- Stock bedding problem.
- Loose Action Screws.
- Loose mount or rings.
- Heavy trigger pull.
- Copper Fouling.
- Ammunition.
- Not having a steady rest.
- Wind.
- Density Altitude changes.
- Barrel is too hot.
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| Solution | Consult with a competent machinist or gunsmith. Use a torque wrench to meet the manufacturers suggested torque specifications. |
Focus or image not clear
| Possible Cause | - Target is too close for the magnification that the scope is set on.
- Eyepiece out of focus.
- Parallax adjustment not correctly set.
- Eye relief was not set correct.
- Looking through bifocal glasses.
- Vision.
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| Solution | Refer to product instructions for focusing reticle and adjusting parallax. |