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So first what are your favortie weaver style rings?

Are they return to zero? Or are there even such a thing as Weaver style return to zero? If so is it a function of the rings and the bases or just the the rings?


Mike

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What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
 
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leupold lever QRW for looks
Milletts to fix a bad mount job
 
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Rich,

Can you explain a little more?


Mike

Legistine actu quod scripsi?

Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.




What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
 
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None. someone make a more petite one like old warne premire or tally style. Current warnes are ok cept they are big 'ol honkin chunks o' metal that look terrible on a trim light rifle
 
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Mike,
I know what richj is meaning: the Leupold looks really good for a Weaver type base. But the Millets offer adjustability left and right and can help correct off set scope base holes. But they dont look all that great in my opinion.

I agree with GSP7 about the old Warne Premier rings. They are my favorite ring by a long ways. it is a shame they no longer offer the Premier series. But they do not fit a Weaver base - instead they fit a 3/8" dovetail similar to a Talley.

The current Warne Maxima are a very rugged ring and return to zero quite well. But they are clunky looking.


William Berger

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The courageous may not live forever, but the timid do not live at all.
 
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My favorite Weaver-style rings are the Redfields. They're steel, which I prefer over aluminum, and they offer some windage adjustment for those installations where the receiver holes aren't quite in line with the bore. They're the ones I stock for those who want Weaver-style.


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Millet and/or Burris Signature Z-Ring.
 
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William

You got it right. The lever Leupold rings are heavy but work very well and the millett rings offer the windage adjustment, I'd like to try the Burris rings with the concentric inserts some time too.

I prefer the screws to be at 3 and 9 instead of 12 and 6.


Rich

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Mike,
I know what richj is meaning: the Leupold looks really good for a Weaver type base. But the Millets offer adjustability left and right and can help correct off set scope base holes. But they dont look all that great in my opinion.

I agree with GSP7 about the old Warne Premier rings. They are my favorite ring by a long ways. it is a shame they no longer offer the Premier series. But they do not fit a Weaver base - instead they fit a 3/8" dovetail similar to a Talley.

The current Warne Maxima are a very rugged ring and return to zero quite well. But they are clunky looking.
 
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