I am wondering how others have found weaver rings and bases to work. I have never used them as I always have use leupold's, but now have a rifle where these will work and are the only game in town. Any comments would be appreciated.
The Weaver bases work well, however I am not to fond of thier rings. If I have to use weaver bases I always use Leupold QRW rings with them. If you use the Weaver rings be certain to make sure the screw that attaches the ring to the base is very tight, I have had quite a few come loose.
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The design works fine, but I tend to stay away from the cheaper rings and bases. If you have to go ahead and use an aluminum base but steel is so much better for the base and especially the rings. I like Burris Zee rings, strong and simple and quality built too.
Posts: 7776 | Location: Between 2 rivers, Middle USA | Registered: 19 August 2000
The only problem I have with the Weaver rings is they are tightened from one side and are hard to get on stright as the last torque will angle them, so you must allow for that if you tighten them real tight...
The other problem is related to the same design flaw..If you carry the gun in a scabbard or in a truck year around the cross hairs will turn towards the screws because of the constant viberation...
Weavers are very strong mounts and I used them for 40 years, but these are the two problems that continued to show up with me, and I really cranked them down tight and used everything except glass to stabilize them, I expect a dab of accuglass would stop this problem, but I didn't want to do that..
quote:Originally posted by Atkinson: The only problem I have with the Weaver rings is they are tightened from one side and are hard to get on stright as the last torque will angle them, so you must allow for that if you tighten them real tight...
Atkinson is right, as usual. If you get the hang of it, you learn to allow for this and then as you tighten the screws the scope ends up where you want it to be.
An advantage of the Weaver bases and rings is that they can be used as an interchangeable mount. You can take the scope off of the rifle by loosening the two transverse screws that hold the rings onto the bases and then lifting the scope off. When you put the scope on again and tighten it down, it will return to the same place as before, so the rifle will shoot to the same point of impact, relative to the scope reticule setting. I've done this repeatedly because I like to remove the scope when cleaning a rifle. Or you could use several different scopes on the same rifle, each scope having its own rings, and one set of bases on the rifle.
The Weaver steel rings and bases are very strong. My only objection to the Weaver bases and rings is that they are quite ugly.
Posts: 5883 | Location: People's Republic of Maryland | Registered: 11 March 2001
ugly? yes. effective? very. If I clean the rifle and screw holes well and use a little locktite as I attach the bases and mount the scope, the scope is there to stay. I have heard of the scopes "drifting" but have never had a problem with it.
Posts: 2037 | Location: frametown west virginia usa | Registered: 14 October 2001
I believe the question was addressed regarding the weaver style rather than the weaver brand, Marcus if I am incorrect here please straighten me out.
Like Ray, I think the weaver rings are a poor design because they will make a scope rotate slightly. It would not be a big deal now for me but when I was a kid I was never able to get those darn crosshairs prefectly level so now I haven't had a set on a gun for many years. Like I stated earlier, I really like Burris Z rings which are very well made and all steel. Not too expensive either so they're a great value for your dollar.
And I seriously think I would use a pair of aluminum tasco rings before I would consider weaver rings.
Oh hey Marcus- Welcome to the forums here!
Posts: 7776 | Location: Between 2 rivers, Middle USA | Registered: 19 August 2000
I too have used Weaver mounts on my rifles in years past. I have had no trouble with them what so ever, even though they do torque the scope sideways when tighten. And yes you do have lead the torquing if you will. No way would I use Tasco mounts instead of the Weaver brand name mounts. I don't like Tasco at all. Just MHO. Since you said they were the only game in town, I have to wonder if you are shooting a 788 Remington. The Weaver mounts seem to be the only game in town. But I have looked extensively and found four sets of Leupold mounts for my 788 Remingtons that I shoot a lot. They haven't made them for 20 years or so but you can find them from time to time. Another good mount that I use is the Millet. Windage adjustable and all steel. I works good too.
Shoot Safe, Shoot Straight.....RiverRat
Posts: 413 | Location: Owensville, Indiana USA | Registered: 04 July 2001
I use a lot of Weaver rings and bases because they are light and strong. An old gunsmith taught me an easy way to install them so the scope does not twist. Tighten the rings just tight enough that you can still twist the scope by hand. Then align the crosshairs. Tighten each screw alternately about 1/8 turn at a time, and the scope will stay alligned. If you try to tighten each screw all the way at once you will twist the scope. Another thing that I have used a lot is the long B-Square one-piece base on Rem. 700 actions. I like the Leupold 2.5-8X scopes, but they don't fit the ring spacing you get with the standard Weaver mounts. I cut a new groove in the B-Square base for one of the Weaver rings to fit at the proper spacing.
