My Sniper Rifle is DONE!

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I see it regularly....typically on the trade in. Guys trading a Remington 700 heavy barrel in .308 with leupold rings and mounts and a $50.00 tasco mounted off center.

friend shot the same rifle a week or so ago.... .177 inch group at 100 yards. of course it is wearing a bushnell 4200 now and has had a couple other things tweaked, but damn....
 
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edit: nice rifle, btw
 
Mil Dot when did you buy your gun ? This was at least 20 yrs ago when I recall this , but , S&W used to have a pistol called a pocketlite. They changed the name to airweight b/c that made it sound like you should carry it around your pocket :evil:

I like the Tikka nevermind what the others are saying and being negative . That is one nice scope I think I will look into one of those for 25-06 that I will purchasing in the near future . Did you get some trigger time today? I want to see some groups on paper with that bad boy ;)

Are you handloading ? if so tell us about your trial and erreor loads .
 
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Taliv--I was not attmpting to flame the OP; my post, now deleted, was supporting Eric, albeit in a very sarcastic, Clark Grisswald way. No offence intended, Eric; Only vapid humor directed at the guys slamming you.

Post range pics, dude--
 
OK, I finally had a chance to shoot the new set up today.

Attached are pictures of my groups. Best one first. All shot at 100 yards from sitting position, rifle rested on sand bags and pressed against my shoulder.

Funny thing I noticed, and tell me if that's normal... it seams like my rings moved forward taking the scope with it. I have Burris Extreme Tactical rings on it or something like that. The cross screw holding the ring has a cut that's supposed to stop on the base's rail kinna thingie. Well I mounted it wrong I guess and the rings shifted forward until the cross screw stopped against the scope base. DO I NEED TO REMOUNT THE RINGS AND BASE? Or can it stay that way?

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Nice groups, while I don't really follow your question, the rings cross-bolt definitely need to be positioned over a corresponding notch in the base. I really didn't think that it was possible to put rings atop (rather than in the notch) the picatinny rail without it seating, but being weaver rings (which are slightly smaller) it may be possible. The best option is to purchase actual picatinny rings rather than the weaver ones, but you should be fine either way...with groups like that it doesn't appear to be a big problem. :)
 
I mount all of my bases and rings with epoxy, and use red LocTite in the screws. Needless to say, I get zero movement.

Nice groups.
 
...i've been waiting for this post...

if its not moving anymore and you cant get it to move anymore, i wouldnt worry about it if you can shoot groups like that. if its got any kind of wiggle left in it, remount it so you dont end up chasing zero all over.

but again, nice groups! what kind of ammo?
 
kis2,
Federal Gold Medal 175gr Sierra BTHP. My rifle seams to like it a lot. 168gr of the same brand shot just fine as well.
I tried GameKing from walmart as well, 150gr Federal soft point load. Not bad results. Not bad at all.
And it did seam for a while there like I was chasing zero... I would shoot an inch high, so I would click 4 down, and then I would end up 1" too low... and I was like wth??? Do I suck that much or what?!?!?! Now I see it might have been the rings sliding along the base. I'll reattach them after getting rid of this weird grease that was on them. Hopefuly this time my blue locktight will hold :) and of course I'll slide them forward until they stop on the rail.
 
awesome. i've had some buds that mounted their own scopes and spend more money on ammo trying to sight it in than if they wouldve paid a smith 30 bucks to mount it professionally. but if you know what to do its no big deal.

i'ma have to get my hands on some of the federal match stuff. best stuff i've run through my 700 is prvi partizan match and one out of every five gives me a flyer that is about 1/4" off the rest of the group. the other rounds of the group all touch, but that one flyer just kills me. need to get off the bipod and onto a sand bag too.

i'll have to pony up for the federal so i can take some pics like yours :D
 
Re: Rings sliding

More info on sliding scope rings...

Here's my base. Notice how it's rounded tops, not flat rail:

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And here's the ring. Notice the scratches on it where it rubbed against the base. Also, NOTICE the cross screw that holds the ring secured to the base. NOTICE the 90 degree cut into it. That flat face of the holding pin/screw is supposed to touch the rail on the base so that the base "pushes" back on it under recoil. Well it didn't touch. So under recoil it moved forward until the two vertical surfaces met, while scratching the ring bottom. I took it off, cleaned the old lock tight off. Will install back soon.

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BTW, do you guys think I'm doing good shooting? I know I can do better, and so can the rifle. I was inpatient, and I let it over heat. I just wanted to blast away. Plus I played with the scope dials while shooting a given group. BAD IDEA. Anyways, I'll reinstall the rings and scope, and most likely take it back to the range this week. Stay tuned for another report :D
 
i agree with your diagnosis of the problem.

as far as shooting goes your doing good off a bag. anything moa and less is kind of the going standard, so if your groups are submoa at 100 yds, youre in good shape and should start thinking about pushing out the distance a little more to where there are some more variables. don't get all hung up on it though, have fun with the new gun.

enjoy it!
 
It will likely make no noticeable difference, but since you have the rings off it would be best to move the front ring back a little (1-2 notches) to put it over the receiver (not the cantilevered portion of the base) as that is the strongest part of the base. :)
 
Maverick223,
Look at my original pics (post #1). I'm afraid moving it back will put the ring too close to the center "box" of the scope. Plus the rifle is 308, so I don't think I need to worry about base snapping under recoil do I???
 
I'm afraid moving it back will put the ring too close to the center "box" of the scope. Plus the rifle is 308, so I don't think I need to worry about base snapping under recoil do I?
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I wouldn't worry about that as much as flex in the base, but I don't believe that you have a hope in snapping that base...or even the screws that hold it to the receiver (the weakest connection). Like I say it will likely make no discernible difference, but since you have it off I don't think it will hurt anything. YMMV, Mav. :)
 
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