Hey all, I'm just putting together a rifle with a Badger Ordnance C1 and a Viper PST gen II 1-6x. I was reading up on scope leveling, and a lot of people are discussing resting the scope in the rings, moving it forward and back, twisting, etc to find the right eye relief spot and to level it.
The problem is, there is absolutely no way to move the scope once it's placed into the bottom half of the mount. If I rest it gently into the bottom half, there's a several-mm gap between the bottom of the scope base and the scope tube; if I push the scope down so its flush into the rings, its very tight; there would be no way to slide or twist the scope without serious friction. I can hold it just by the scope and the bottom rings are practically glued into the tube.
I broke out the calibers and measured the tube first: I measured at and and 90 degrees at several parts of the tube, and saw between 30mm and 30.10mm.
Measuring the rings is a bit tougher; the BO C1 has hash marks meant to line up with leveling marks on a scope, so I measured at those first; I got between 29.94 and 30. Measuring in from the top of the opening of the ring, I got about 30mm exactly.
Am I overthinking this? Should the scope be able to "slide" forward and back or twist left and right without excessive friction while resting at the bottom of the rings? Should the bottom rings be able to "clamp" to the scope when the scope is pressed flush to the bottom of the rings?
Much appreciated; I haven't spent this much on a build before so I may just be being nitpicky.
The problem is, there is absolutely no way to move the scope once it's placed into the bottom half of the mount. If I rest it gently into the bottom half, there's a several-mm gap between the bottom of the scope base and the scope tube; if I push the scope down so its flush into the rings, its very tight; there would be no way to slide or twist the scope without serious friction. I can hold it just by the scope and the bottom rings are practically glued into the tube.
I broke out the calibers and measured the tube first: I measured at and and 90 degrees at several parts of the tube, and saw between 30mm and 30.10mm.
Measuring the rings is a bit tougher; the BO C1 has hash marks meant to line up with leveling marks on a scope, so I measured at those first; I got between 29.94 and 30. Measuring in from the top of the opening of the ring, I got about 30mm exactly.
Am I overthinking this? Should the scope be able to "slide" forward and back or twist left and right without excessive friction while resting at the bottom of the rings? Should the bottom rings be able to "clamp" to the scope when the scope is pressed flush to the bottom of the rings?
Much appreciated; I haven't spent this much on a build before so I may just be being nitpicky.