Leupold Scope on Savage Fit?

If not, some extended dovetail rings would work if that's the base you went with. Being a 32mm scope will help too...

That scope won't fit a long action Savage without extension rings. It will fit a Savage short action or any other long action.

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My reading skills, I tell ya! It does say 36 in the OP Extended rings should get you some tube to mount to.

Not these, but this style
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/13...ront-extended-rear-gloss?cm_vc=ProductFinding

It should fit with the rings you have now.
Leupold says that scope has 5.1" of mounting length. How far apart are your rings, outside-to-outside?

Wow it really won't fit on a Savage LA? I have the same scope in Zee rings on my M70 Safari Express and there is no way the Savage action is longer. That's interesting.
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The action isn't longer, but the loading/ejection port is. Much longer, and the mounting holes are much farther apart than any other guns. This is a common issue with all Savage rifles. Their short actions loading/ejection port is only 1/16" shorter than my Winchester long actions.

I didn't initially catch the 1 piece base part in the OP. With that maybe, but it won't be possible with 2 piece bases and no extension rings.

Not my gun, simply a photo I found on the net for illustration. This is a much longer scope and it still needed help to fit on a long action Savage rifle.

I use Weaver bases on my Savages. I use the #402 extended front base with the mounting slots to the rear.
I mounted a Leupold Vari-X II 3x-9x on a friends M110 a number of years ago.
It was cheaper to get the Weaver bases and some Simmons rings than the extension Leupold rings.
The Millet rings are a little less expensive than the Leupold if you decide to go that route.

If you have the one piece weaver style base it shouldn't be an issue. With the 2 piece bases I doubt it would fit.

Are you ordering the scope and wondering if you should get new rings/bases in the same order to save shipping? Like Haxby said, you've got 5.1" of tube length. I'd at least measure it and see if it's close.

jmr40 said:

This is a common issue with all Savage rifles. Their short actions loading/ejection port is only 1/16" shorter than my Winchester long actions.

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I was also surprised at how little room I had on my Savage short action.