Off-balance - Leapers UTG T4 Series 4X32 Prismatic 36-Color Illuminated Riflecope

After mounting this scope and taking to the range to zero on my Marlin 33CS, I found that I had to 'peg' the windage control knob all the way to the left just to get my shots within 2 inches of center at 25 yards! I took the scope home and dismounted it. Verified again that the rail was balanced on the rifle...YES. Then I dismounted the scope from its own mounting bracket and tried to verify that the mounting bracket was level... NOT while sitting by itself on a level surface. So I mounted just the scope bracket onto the rifle rail to make sure it was balanced... still NO. I loosened it and tightened back up the screws... Still NO... off-balance. I had to use a emory paper to sand away some material from one side of the clamp mounts in order to get the bracket to mount balanced. Then I verified that the scope itself was balanced... Heck NO! That was even worse. I had to use more emory paper to sand and sand to get the mounting surface and scope level. Then I mounted the scope to its mounting bracket and then mounted the bracket to the gun rail and low and behold, it was out of balance again! WT...?? Turned out that the mounting channel slot did not marry up to the scope mounting platform evenly, preventing the scope from screwing down level onto the scope mounting channel. Back to sanding. Finally, I removed enough material from one side of the mounting channel slot so that the scope mounted balanced. Now the scope appears to be balanced on this rifle. I plan to take back to range next week to attempt to zero again. Wish me luck.

Positive Thoughts:
1) The glass is clear
2) The 4x fixed magnification is perfect for my hunting scope requirements.
3) I love, love, love the etched "T-reticle" and the ability to illuminate the reticle; when and if need be.

Would be ecstatic if I can only get this scope level mounted on this rifle, zero'ed and functioning properly.
Darn shame such a fine scope is so poorly matched up with an unbalanced mounting system. Mfg'ing Quality control? Engineering design?