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Rolf, You will probably need to get the medium rings for this scope. The recoil should not be a problem, just make sure the screws are tightened properly before you shoot. ------------------ www.accuratereloading.com | |||
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I use the low Leupold Dual Dovetail mounts with the 2.5-8x Leupold on Remington and Winchester actioned rifles. Bulletproof and plenty of scope clearance. | |||
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| <HeadHunter> |
The dual dovetails will not work on Winchester long actions with the Leupold 2.5 x 8 scope. I have found a solution, but I am curious as to what you have done? | ||
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| <gone hunting> |
quote: i used offset rings and laped them on my pre-64 220 swift, scope is a leupold 2x7. ------------------ | ||
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Most likely, low rings will clear a 36 mm objective bell, but it depends on your barrel contour (on my Sakos, low rings clear a 40mm bell). The rear ring adds very little strength to the mount in the standard Redfield (Leupold) system, but the front dovetail is usually strong enough by itself. Just be careful in properly mounting the scope to make sure that the rear mount sits properly in its opposing screw adjustments. The biggest distraction in today's factory rifles are stocks with cheekpieces too low and scope mounts that are too high. I have a fairly full face, but most combinations require me to lift my head slightly from the stock to align with the scope. How do guys with skinny faces get by? Lesson: Keep your mounts as low as possible, for this and other good reasons. | |||
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| <Bruce Gordon> |
I have two solutions to correct the stock fit on high scope mounts. The cheapest is to buy one of the padded leather raised comb pieces like they used on the WW2 sniper rifles. That works well as long as it gives the correct amount of additional height but has to be unstrapped to remove the bolt for cleaning. The best long term fix is to install an adjustable cheekpiece like the high power target guys have been using for years. You can buy the steel assembly for $80 and install it yourself if you are decent at doing stock woodworking (or fiberglass work on a plastic stock). There is a nice picture here http://www.reamerrentals.com/bench_varmint.htm | ||
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