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Basses for small ring 98.

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10 November 2018, 21:10
tjroberts
Basses for small ring 98.
I ordered a set of leupold standard basses for my 7x57. It has weavers, and i prefer the adjustment for windage on the Leupold bases.
Went to mount them and the front is right but the whole spacing is wrong on the rear.
Took a closer look and am about sure i have a small ring 98. The guy i bought it from called it a large ring and i just accepted it. Its an FN military action.
I cant find a leupold base for a small ring.
Is there one ? does a 96 fit it ?
I am kind of stoked that my rifle is a small ring. the front and rear bridges are level , so i think its a small.
I could just put the weavers back on and call it good, but i like leupolds Any Ideas ?
...tj3006
10 November 2018, 22:09
dpcd
Yes a 96 will work, but I have never seen an FN military action, small ring. However hole spacing was placed there by someone who sporterized it. Send me a picture of it and I will tell you what you have.
10 November 2018, 22:42
tjroberts
Thanks DPCD,
I just did a little research , Looks like a large ring after all. I just looked up the weaver basses by the Numbers and they are 45 and 46. Those are for a commercial FN. The Leupold Basses i ordered are for a large ring 98. It looks to me the leupold just have a different hole space then the weavers. I could have another hole drilled , or order the weaver grand slam basses that have windage adjustment.
I think i will just get a set of low Z Rings and use the basses i have. If i need to adust the scope for windage more then i like i can go back to the drawing board thanks again....tj30063
11 November 2018, 00:33
dpcd
Hole spacing is different on the ones that keep the clip guide, and longer for ones without the clip guide like the commercial ones. Later ones. I will look at some Weavers and see; later today.