Dirtfarmer
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I need some advice here. I can only use open sights to hunt muzzle loader season here in North Idaho but I want to use a scope to test 5 or more different bullets, weighing 295 grains to 405 grains with powder charges from 90 grains to 150 grains. I've installed an EABCO PeepRib scope mount onto my CVA Optima NW 50 cal muzzle loader. Right off the bat, with the Hornady 385 grain conical, with 100 gr of Pyrodex, the gun shoots too low and the 14 inches of scope adjustment at 100 yards is not enough to get onto the target. I know that for a rear sight you adjust it the direction you want the bullet impact to move. I don't think that taller scope rings will do anything about this issue. How do you shim a scope mount to bring the center up like 7 -8 inches? Do you raise the back, or do you raise the front of the scope base?