Hey guys,
A friend and I have been struggling to get his 301 shot in with a vortex venom. I have an egw mount torqued to spec and I have ran the elevation and windage adjustments all the way in and out several times and purchased the U.M tactical Delrin shim and it still shoots low. Any ideas? I'm about ready to ship the sight back.
Look down the sight and see if the dot is moving while you turn the adjustment screws. All my reflex sights can move far beyond what I need them to in all directions.
Pick a line on a block wall, or a level piece of siding on your house. Look down the top of the barrel from the side so the level line rides on top the barrel front to back. Adjust the dot to sit on that same line as you bob your head back and forth from barrel to dot. This will get your elevation really close to zeroed.
Or better yet on the Stevens, break the action open and sight right down the barrel. Put the bead on the same mark as the barrel.
Yes I've had 3 of the 301 and all 3 shot 19"+ low. Mfg response was well there made in China. Done with them. Good luck!
After I made the post we decided to bore sight and realized that the vortex sights dot stops long before we actually run out of adjustment. We adapted to the issue and made a thicker shim and got it shooting dead on at 40. This is just going to be a momentary "fix" because once season is over here in PA it's getting sent back. Thanks for the tips I appreciate it.
I had to shim the vortex on my 301 also. No issues since
They all shoot 2 ft low!!
Burris ff3 on mine and my son's. 0 issue with standard rail and picatiny mount
ive had a tru glo on the factory mount and a cheap sight mark on a egw mount and both had more than enough adjustment. I did take the factory mount off one time to try and use just the bead (attempting to make the gun light as possible) and it would consistently shoot low even when I felt like I was shouldered properly
I put an AT3 RD-50 on mine and it's lights out. I'm so glad I didn't spend the money on a Vortex I highly recommend the AT3 RD-50 and it comes with a lifetime warranty. That site paired with a Nitro .390 and nitro 9&10 blend tss shoots insane Good out my 301
I tried to mount a Burris Fastfire 3 on a Stevens .410 turkey using the factory rail. It shot about 18" low with no more room to adjust. I ended up mounting a Vortex Crossfire (1" tube) on the Stevens. The Vortex dialed right in. All was not lost because my son used the Fastfire on his Browning BPS 12 gauge using the Meadow Creek rib mount. The Fastfire worked fine with the BPS.
No issues at all with fastfire and EGW mounts on 301s.
Stevens reply they are made in China what do you expect!!!!!!!
No issues with my Swampfox Kingslayer. Good to know about the Vortex.
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Mine shoots good with the bead and great with the swampfox. I have had no problems.
No issues w/301 and a Sig Romeo on it. Only shot #9's pheasant loads so far, I don't foresee any issues with the tss in the future. It's a shooter so far.
Have a Sig Romeo 5 on mine. It has the high mount so it looks kinda goofy but seems to work. It has taken 3 birds to date (all within 30 yards max). I double checked the zero yesterday and thought it was a little lower than I remembered. I turned it up and ran out of adjustment but it had just enough to bring it up to zero. Interesting problem. I would be just as happy to replace the red dot with some decent sights. Have been threads on this before but I don't remember the open sights recommended by some.
I didn't want to spend a fortune on a cheap gun so I went with a Bushnell TR-25 red dot, but then because of the elevation higher I raised the comb up... no problems
I've got the factory Red Dot that came with the 301 and I have had no problems with it. It hasn't come loose (blue loctite on mount screws and it holds point of aim. It is definitely more "old school," is bigger than most newer red dot sights, but as long as it works, it is hard for me to want to drop $100-$250 on a new sight. If I ever decide to shoot TSS in my 20 gauge. I might consider it, especially if I had available shots at 50 yards. I currently shoot straight bead on my 20 gauge gun, but beyond 40 yards an optical sight of some type would be needed, particularly with my aging eyes.