Mounted new scope off center?

[magbolt]

I have a 12 gauge Ultra Slugger shotgun and just had a new Bushnell Trophy 1.75x4 scope mounted and bore sighted at my local Dick's sports.  I have not had a chance to take it to the range yet but when I look through the scope at the lowest magnification I can make out the barrel and the vertical crosshairs on the scope do not appear to be centered over the barrel.  They are slightly to the right of the barrel.  Is this normal?  I have also heard about lapping scope rings, I have never done this in the past is it necessary?

[GBO MGMT]

Many scopes with REALLY wide FOV will show a bit of barrel and front sight. I have noticed that most often when this occurs it doesn't seem the cross hair and front sight are perfectly aligned.

It is of no importance however. The ONLY thing that matters is that you sight in the scope so the crosshairs are where they need to be so bullets go where you want them to. The relationship between them and the front sight has zero to do with where the bullets go.

I sure hope you don't think just because they bore sighted it for you that it will do much more than hit the target sheet at 25 yards. That's pretty much all bore sighting is good for. It gets the first shot on paper at 25 yards. Well most of the time anyway. You still must sight it in.

[Dave in WV]

If you move your head while looking through the scope you'll notice the barrel seems to move. That's normal. Trying to adjust the reticle to align with the barrel is an effort in futility.