Sighting In Your Mossberg Tactical .22 715T

Re: Shooting way low

so I should use pliers to screw it in clockwise?

Re: Shooting way low

no, if you look just in front of the sight pin, there is a little "button", if you push this down with a pen tip or something similar, you can turn the sight pin fairly easily

Interesting, to me at least

I was just browsing the Mossberg web site and was looking at the rifles and noticed this...

the sights on the 715T Flat Top


Look to be the same sights that are on the $950 MMR Tactical....


I just found it interesting.

Re: Interesting, to me at least

good eye

Re: Interesting, to me at least

ahh..but FWIW, the sights on the Flat Top are metal, not plastic.

Newbie-complete fail on sighting a scope

Ok, so this is my first rifle. I purchased a flat top 715T and a NcSTAR 3-9x40 scope. I spent an hour yesterday and an hour today at the range. The best I could get at 25 yrds was about 5 inches low and 3 inches to the left, with adjustments maxed out. Since it's my first time trying to sight a scope, I'm guessing I'm missing something?

I removed the stock sights and put the scope on before firing a round. I'm lost...

Re: Newbie-complete fail on sighting a scope

Yes, with a front rest.

Re: Newbie-complete fail on sighting a scope

Welcome from StL. MO.

Ouch, two new components and you are maxed put on both elevation and windage?! Is that correct?
Also, no other scope or rifle to determine which is the problem?

My guess - It is either a warped rail and that should be obvious to the naked eye if it takes the scope's complete adjustment. I'd lay a straight edge on it from all angles.

If it's not the rail, it has to be the scope OR the mounting rings. Double check the install. Find a friend who has installed and zeroed optics before - also a scope that is on another gun that you can mount. Swap them. See if the problem follows the scope. NcStar is in the lower end of the market but should work fine with the 715. If it is defective, return it.

Pretty basic stuff to start. Rail, mounting, scope defect. Narrow down where the problem lies.
If you bought either at a local gun shop they should be willing to help as well.

Re: Newbie-complete fail on sighting a scope

Rail seems fine. I'll have to see if I can find someone with another scope...or someone with some experience to give me a hand. I maxed both settings, height and wind. Pretty frustrating, especially since it's a lucky day when you can find ammo around here :x

Re: Newbie-complete fail on sighting a scope

Forgot to mention...no, I don't have another rifle or scope. My shotgun doesn't have a rail, and my only other gun is a 1944 German P38...so no help there :roll:

Re: Newbie-complete fail on sighting a scope

Was a gun shop involved with either purchase?

Got a friend with a scoped rifle?

Re: Newbie-complete fail on sighting a scope

The purchase was from a pawn shop that sells new and used guns.

Re: Newbie-complete fail on sighting a scope

New to this, but can the 715 be bore sighted? I don't see how...