Great scope, 1 issue though - Leupold VX-Freedom 3-9x40mm

Bought this around Christmas. Just now got around to shooting it. It on a 16 inch 6.8 ar build. It’s mounted in a aero ultra lite are mount. Tried at 50 yards not on paper. Tried at 10 yards almost 2 feet low. Started dialing in for elevation heavily. Still a foot low. Kept dialing in until I ran out of elevation. I was close. Went back to 100. I’m right at an inch or so high. I was trying to be 2” high but not happening. Shooting Hornady 120 sst factory load also ppu 115. This is odd to me. None of my other scopes did this. I’ll get with OpticsPlanet and see if they know what’s going on. Very bright glass. Still a great scope.