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My buddie brought over his new sako 75. We were going to put on the mounts. We realize how the taper works. The confusing thing to me is I would think you'd want to push the mounts up to where they get snug on the taper and then set them. Yet the directions say the front mount should be mounted in line with the front of the ejection port. Should we follow directions or slide them further forward to snug on the taper??? (Imagine a guy not wanting to follow directions!)
 
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I always slide mine as far forward as they will go. They sight in just fine. However, doing what I recommend creates a longer distance between rings which causes certain scopes to be unuseable. Sako is probably suggesting a mounting position that gives you the broadest possible range of scope selections.
 
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I like to adjust my Optilocks to where the rings are as close to the bells of the scope as possible. Of course the one with the recoil stop is fixed but you can adjust the other to where it fits the scope best. The difference between the long action and short action versions are where the hole for the front ring is. You can even swap fronts around to acheive the best scope fit.
The other thing that will really help out with optilocks is to use a small hammer to tap the wrench while tightening the scope ring screws. You want to make sure that the wrench bottoms out on the screw.......................DJ


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Posts: 3976 | Location: Oklahoma,USA | Registered: 27 February 2004Reply With Quote
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Sorry guyes, not to be ofencive, but has anyone of you actualy try to mount an original sakomount.
Facts: The action is equipped with a tapered mountrail.
The mounts has 1 fixed side, and one ajustable.
Moving the mount forwards or backwards also moves it sidevards, because of the taper.
So if you variates the individual distance of the front and rear mount, you will se the scope to chance direction sidewards in relations to the action.
This feature could be deliberate from Sako, to compensate for krocked barrels or porely sqared actions
 
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i se you hs some Sakos
Please try to look at the construction of the bases combined with the tapered shape, and the left side beeing fixed, and only the right side ajustable, Then think thoroghly, ant then tell me if moving only one of the bases forward or rearward, dos not misalighn the scope to the action.

Maybe you has scopes with so mutch sidewards ajustment, that you manages to sight it in anyway.

As i said earlier i dont want to offend anyone. But i had a hell of a expirience with that kind of mounts, untill i actualy started thinking( even that might sound impossible sofa)
 
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DJ back to basic.
Just try to put the base at the rear of the taper, holding it hard to the righe, to get contact on the fixed side. Now you push it slowly forvard(still holding to the right side.) Then you will expirience that the base mooves further to the left, the longer you pushes it forward
 
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DJ back to basic.
Just try to put the base at the rear of the taper, holding it hard to the righe, to get contact on the fixed side. Now you push it slowly forvard(still holding to the right side.) Then you will expirience that the base mooves further to the left, the longer you pushes it forward


Jorgen, You are right about the scope moving left with forward movement. However I've mounted the rifles above and a few other Sako's with never a worry about the horizontal movement. They make bases with 3 different ring positions so that you can match the base to the ring where it will clamp the scope next to the bell. Of course it would be more critical if you have a scope with limited windage adjustment.
It did take me a while to figure out how equal dovetails on both sides would still make it move to the left... Confused Confused Smiler Confused Confused..................DJ


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The most important thing when mounting a scope is that it is as near centered as posible, from the beginning. It is mutch more important than a few mm spaces from the bell.
 
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One of the nice things about the Optilocks having 3 different bases with different ring/base spacings is that you are a lot more likely to do both than with about any other mounting system.....................DJ


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I started off with mine in the middle like the directions say. Then I shot the gun and ran out of windage adjustments and ended up moving the mounts as far foward as possible to correct the problem.

It worked out just fine.

I used the one piece Optilock Ringmounts.

If you are interested in some LNIB bases or rings, let me know as I have some extra sets collecting dust.
 
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I have a few sets of Optilocks on some of my SAKO rifles, no issues---but I prefer Talley's--eliminate all the BS.....
 
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