I picked up a Nikon monarch last winter amd just went to sight it in. I have it on a brand new DNZ medium scope mount. It’s mounted on a 30-06 Remington 7600. Ive owned the gun since new that was bought in 1984. I removed the see through mounts and mounted the DNZ for a cleaner and more stable look. I have a DNZ mount on another 7600 and it seems to work descent. I zeroed in my 7600 the other day at 100 yards. When I spun the up and down scope cap cover back in place I felt and heard clicks. I removed the cap cover and sure enough it moved to “7” from the “zero” mark I adjusted the cap to. I screwed the cap back in place with out adjusting it and it moved again. I removed the cap, put it back to zero, tested the POA which was perfect and then screwed the cap back on lightly. It seemed not to turn the turret this time. I called Nikon to see if they had longer turret covers. Seems they use to make them but don’t offer parts anymore. I could send the scope back in but will just get a suggested retail refund after months of waiting. I also thought maybe the new DNZ mount was pointing to far down? DNZ told me I could send it in for inspection. Any suggestions if it’s the scope or mount? I do have extra monarch scope caps and they seem to be the same height.
I’m thinking of removing the optic and trying it on my 35 whelen 7600 that I have the exact same style DNZ medium mount to rule out the variables?…Or I could switch the two DNZ mounts on the rifles and retry the optic back on my 30-06?