kmw1954
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The other day I posted that with the help of a friend we swapped scopes on my Savage Axis 223 While cleaning it today after firing it the other day I noticed that the scope moved forward and is now touching the mounting rail.
The mount is a Weaver Multi-slot and the rings are Weaver Quad Lock Mediums. The old scope had a 40mm Objective and the new Burris has a 42mm Objective. Both fit very tightly on the gun in that there was not much room to move the scope forward or rearward because of the length of the base. With the old scope off the rings I could see where the original owner or mounter had cut or filed the ends of the mounting rail for clearance.
The new scope is even tighter on the rail and has now moved forward to where the mount base is touching the scope magnification ring.
So this is my question. Do I change rings to High from Medium or just try to file/grind the base mount for more clearance? As it is the scope height feels good and comfortable and I have good eye relief. I have looked already and Amazon and BPS has the Weaver Quad Lock High rings in stock. They are about $5.00 more at BPS but I can drive there and get them tomorrow or I can order from either Amazon or ObticsPlanet.
Now also before we all start to comment on the scope moving, let's not. The friend that helped has mounted scopes before and we did this at the shop at the range and had all the proper tools and the ring screws were all torqued with a driver to spec.
The mount is a Weaver Multi-slot and the rings are Weaver Quad Lock Mediums. The old scope had a 40mm Objective and the new Burris has a 42mm Objective. Both fit very tightly on the gun in that there was not much room to move the scope forward or rearward because of the length of the base. With the old scope off the rings I could see where the original owner or mounter had cut or filed the ends of the mounting rail for clearance.
The new scope is even tighter on the rail and has now moved forward to where the mount base is touching the scope magnification ring.
So this is my question. Do I change rings to High from Medium or just try to file/grind the base mount for more clearance? As it is the scope height feels good and comfortable and I have good eye relief. I have looked already and Amazon and BPS has the Weaver Quad Lock High rings in stock. They are about $5.00 more at BPS but I can drive there and get them tomorrow or I can order from either Amazon or ObticsPlanet.
Now also before we all start to comment on the scope moving, let's not. The friend that helped has mounted scopes before and we did this at the shop at the range and had all the proper tools and the ring screws were all torqued with a driver to spec.