Ok, I got to shoot it at the range yesterday. Took over an hour to clean everything up when I got back...
When I went to the range Sunday morning, there was a light mist coming down. I figure since the place ya sit on the rifle range is covered - I'd be good to go. So, I made the trip out there anyway....
I get out there, and as I dial in my optic, I am getting wetter and wetter.
The wind is blowing the mist in behind me. So, my spotting scope is getting wet. My Optic is getting wet. Everything on the table is slowly getting wet. The covering over where I am shooting isn't really doing much good.
I get it within 1 inch to the right at 25 yards. I figure, that's good enough for now. It's hard to see because of the mist on my glasses and the optic. And, since its such a dark, rainy type day - it's hard to clearly see the target while looking thru the optic... Using 1 eye. Just getting to be an eye strain after a while...
I go down to the 100 yard range. Starts to rain by this point. The roof is bigger, so I am not wet. But, there is this slanted roof to keep you from shooting upwards. So, there is just a little "port" to shoot your gun thru. It's so dark under the roof because of this. And, the lack of bright son really made it hard to see.
I gave up on the spotting scope and just walked up and down range a few times.
I was about 4 inches to the right. I figured given the rain - that's good enough for now. I'll dial it in all the way on another day.
Now, the PROBLEM is this. I get home, and I discover a wobble in my optic as I am cleaning the gun. The front screw of the rail is loose. I tightened it after putting some blue thread locker on it. However, even after that, I have some optic wobble (so, it wasn't the screw). At first, I thought the rail itself was out of spec.
I noticed that if the optic is all the way to the front of the rail - it's fine. Anywhere else on the rail - it wobbles. I resigned myself that I would have to contact Beretta today, after I tried the optic on other rifles, and it had no wobble. I figured the rail must be out of spec... In the evening, though, I played with it again. I tightened the mount bolts just a tiny bit on the Mepro - problem solved. NO more wobble of the optic on the rail.
So, I loosened the mount bolts - put thread locker on them, and then tightened them as tight as I could and still have the optic be removable.
This is the 3rd Mepro I have owned - never had this issue with one before. But, it's fixed now.
On the plus side - gun worked 100%. And, I was satisfied with my group sizes. I just now have to finish zeroing the optic. The optic was removed from the gun a few times, but I put it back on the exact same slot on the rail. So, it should be close to where I left it (the zero). And, I checked the laser boresighter - and it seems very close to where it was when I zeroed the gun using the laser prior to my shooting trip. So, for 25-50 yards, the gun shouldn't be off by much.
Because of the rain, I also had to wipe EVERYTHING down. All my mags had to get a coat of CLP on them. All the mag carriers and targets and other stuff is currently sitting in the garage for a couple of days to dry. Had to clean the optics on my Mepro and the spotting scope too. A bit of a pain, and all for nothing it seems, since I still have to fine tune the zero.
It took me a long time when I got home to wipe everything down and put everything out to dry. Plus, my shoes were full of mud, so I had to clean the inside of the car too... Not gonna go out on a misty day again
It is strange that the loose mount would lock up on some parts of the rail and not others, however.... But, the mount screws must have vibrated loose - they were not loose before I went shooting.Now, with the blue thread locker, the problem should be resolved.