Snowblind
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Looking for some troubleshooting on my mounting setup. I wanna go through all the details in the hopes of finding the best solution, so please bear with me if this is a bit verbose:
I got a Redfield Revenge 3x to 12x scope for xmas, mounted it to my Mini-14 using the rings that came with it, and tested it today.
Alas, the setup was plagued with issues. The most pressing however is that the rifle does not seem to function properly with the scope set up as I had it. On a 5-round mag, I was getting 3 or sometimes 4 failures consistently. Mostly failures to eject, with the brass being pinned by the bolt, but sometimes failures to extract or even double feeds, both of which I never got before. I can't wrap my head around it, this seems to be the 'intended' way for scopes to be mounted to the Ranch rifle, and yet it could barely function...
I had previously mounted a red dot on a Ruger factory 1913 rail over the action, but it jammed at least a few times per range session, almost always a failure to eject. This setup stayed on for about 1500 rounds. When I got fed up and took it off, I discovered that a corner of the red dot's base had actually been rounded off, most likely by being hit by EVERY CASING on its way out.
I had thought that using Ruger's 'factory' mounting setup (using their own rings that came with the rifle) would fix the issue, since the scope is significantly higher than where the red dot sat, but, sure enough, there were brass marks on the bottom of my brand new scope after my session.
Just to double check, I actually pulled the scope off and fired with just the irons, which went through two 10-round mags without a malfunction.
Does the Mini just not want anything mounted over the action? Is it just a matter of getting really tall scope rings? What are my options here? It would be a shame to box up this scope, I had spec'd it out for this rifle.
I got a Redfield Revenge 3x to 12x scope for xmas, mounted it to my Mini-14 using the rings that came with it, and tested it today.
Alas, the setup was plagued with issues. The most pressing however is that the rifle does not seem to function properly with the scope set up as I had it. On a 5-round mag, I was getting 3 or sometimes 4 failures consistently. Mostly failures to eject, with the brass being pinned by the bolt, but sometimes failures to extract or even double feeds, both of which I never got before. I can't wrap my head around it, this seems to be the 'intended' way for scopes to be mounted to the Ranch rifle, and yet it could barely function...
I had previously mounted a red dot on a Ruger factory 1913 rail over the action, but it jammed at least a few times per range session, almost always a failure to eject. This setup stayed on for about 1500 rounds. When I got fed up and took it off, I discovered that a corner of the red dot's base had actually been rounded off, most likely by being hit by EVERY CASING on its way out.
I had thought that using Ruger's 'factory' mounting setup (using their own rings that came with the rifle) would fix the issue, since the scope is significantly higher than where the red dot sat, but, sure enough, there were brass marks on the bottom of my brand new scope after my session.
Just to double check, I actually pulled the scope off and fired with just the irons, which went through two 10-round mags without a malfunction.
Does the Mini just not want anything mounted over the action? Is it just a matter of getting really tall scope rings? What are my options here? It would be a shame to box up this scope, I had spec'd it out for this rifle.
