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I have used S&K rings that I could just pull open & slip over the scope. These Buehler rings are heavier so I can't pull them apart with my fingers. What is the procedure to get these on the scope? I'm afraid of bending them & they won't return to the original shape. Thanks
 
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Some of the older Buehler rings were not split and I believe they were made to slip over the end of a straight tube scope, one without an enlarged objective. And on the ocular end the eyepiece would have been unscrewed and removed, as well.

I don't know what they did to replace the inert gas in those older scopes. I guess with the right equipment it could be done, though.
 
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You might be able to use a scope like Leupold's Ultralight fixed 2.5 power with the 20mm straight objective. If you could get the eyepiece all the way off...
 
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Yes I bought this mount a few years back at a gun show for about $5. The finish was gone but under the rust they were OK. I cleaned them up & ran them thru my hot blue tanks. They now look like new. I think I'm going to try & make a set of jaws for the vice on my milling machine that will slip into the split so when I crank the vice open the ring will spread. I have nothing to loose because I don't have a scope that is low power & doesn't have a bell on it. Thanks Larry
 
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You can get a similar projectionless look with Conetrol rings/mounts.

But probably not for 5 bucks!
 
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Many of those early Buehler rings were very low. But you have probably already checked that out.
 
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Larry,

I sent you a PM.
 
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To use those rings you had to take the scope apart and slide them on. I had a pair on an old Weaver K3 and they really looked nice. I doubt you could do it with most of today's scopes.
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You have to all but dismantle the scope, depending on the scope..A Lyman Alaskan and 2,5X and 3Xs demand removal of the ocular lens and in some case the adjustments. and this is all well and good, but it must be in a sterial inviorment with scope pointed straight up as Nitrogen being heavier than air won't leak out, its tricky btw..All in all and Ive done it many times early on and still have a number of solid rings in various makes...Most folks will end up losing all the nitrogen and fill the scope with "stuff" like dirt etc..Play it smart and get a set of split rings and Buehler makes some nice ones..and lots of that stuff can be found at gun shows all over the states.

Another option is have some scope repairman or scope factory might install solid rings on your scope, at one time Leupold would..they sure look nice on a custom rifle for sure or any rifle for that matter. I have them on some low power Leupold scopes and the old solid rings still fit on Redfield and Leopoldl bases..


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Thanks for the help. I think I'll just hang on to these until I have a rifle that needs a low power scope. I'm afraid of ruining them if I try to bend them open.
 
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Originally posted by larry miller:
Thanks for the help. I think I'll just hang on to these until I have a rifle that needs a low power scope. I'm afraid of ruining them if I try to bend them open.


Bending them open would ruin them, I would be willing to bet.

I talked to Leupold a few years ago and they said that they would disassemble one of their straight tube scopes and install the rings for free.


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Bending them is not an option IMO,although Ive seen it done and sometimes they got lucky mostly they did not..


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