Rifle Scopes Having trouble figuring out which rings.

[ashiha]

Sorry to make another thread on this. I HAVE read the sticky on measuring to get the needed height of the rings, but am having trouble measuring due to the abnormal shape of my Remington 700 barrel.

Gun: Remington 700 SPS 308 Win
Rings: Seekins 4/6
Base: Seekins 1 Piece 6-48
Scope: SWFA 5-20x50 SS (don't have it in hand yet to measure)


So with that, does anyone have a similar set up that wouldn't mind sharing the heights of their rings preferably in inches?



What's happening is that I had a really cheap Vortex on the rifle as a place filler, but there was a failure of the Leupold rings which caused damage to the rings and the scope. Vortex has offered to replace the scope so I just sent that out, but have not heard back form Leupold.

I am waiting on the SWFA SS 5-20x50, but in the meantime would like to get the new Vortex mounted so I can do some more shooting. I figured that since the Vortex is a 1" that I would just buy these 1" inserts from Midway for the Seekins rings until I get the SWFA.



Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[RobG]

Re: Having trouble figuring out which rings.

Did you read <span style="color: #FF0000">this</span>...

 

[ashiha]

Re: Having trouble figuring out which rings.

Yes I did. I assume the answer may lie in heatseekin's response, but comes with no explanation on how to figure out the contour.

 

[Glen Seekins]

Re: Having trouble figuring out which rings.

" Remington 700 SPS 308 Win"

Is it a factory gun or a custom barrel? If its factory your barrel is smaller than a a number 5 contour and you can use LOW rings

 

[ashiha]

Re: Having trouble figuring out which rings.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: heatseekins</div><div class="ubbcode-body">" Remington 700 SPS 308 Win"

Is it a factory gun or a custom barrel? If its factory your barrel is smaller than a a number 5 contour and you can use LOW rings

</div></div>

Thanks so much! So the contours are just known based on the barrel whether or not it is aftermarket or stock? I'm curious to figure this all out so I don't need to ask this again in the future. Although, I suspect I won't run into this problem on future barrels.