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Re: Scope adjustment housing bottomed out on rail Fixed it with the grinder............

Re: Scope adjustment housing bottomed out on rail Well, the mount is off and sold. I have an EGW inbound, and still deciding on rings. I got the base free from a friend and the money I got for the old base and rings will cover a set of Burris rings. Any other suggestions for rings in the...

Re: Scope adjustment housing bottomed out on rail which means I need new rings, again? My wife is going to come unglued when she gets the CC bill. How can Leupold build great scopes and such trash for mounts?

Re: Scope adjustment housing bottomed out on rail Well upon further research, the base is a LR-Long range base. I pulled the mount and it has LR stamped on the bottom. According to Leupold, this has a built in 1/4 degree which adds 15 MOA. Guess I shoulda checked earlier. The base came with...

Re: Scope adjustment housing bottomed out on rail I may give em a try later down the road. Right now I have to use what I have as I have a last minute AR build going on for this upcomming hunt.

Re: Scope adjustment housing bottomed out on rail Thanks for the input. This is my varmint rig and really my first go with a 700. I've built and used several ARs for varmints, so all the mount options are new to me. I do not really care for the base , seems to put shit in a bind all over, but...

Re: Scope adjustment housing bottomed out on rail Anyone?

Need some advice. Leupold VXIII LR 6.5x20x40, Leupy 1 pc std base, std low rings all on my 700 VS SF. Within the last 2-3 in lbs of torgue the adjustment housing makes very slight contact with the rail, before that there is 1/32"-1/64" clearance. Is this a bad situation? Do I need to remove a...

Re: .223 to much for squirrel hunting? Strider-I am about 2.5 hours from your location, I have chased tree rats here since I was old enough to hold a gun. .22 LR has always worked well. Squirrel pot pie is pretty good also.