Ruger 10/22 - Nikon Prostaff 3-9x40 EFR - DNZ Mount

[woodmister]

Alright. So I'm pretty newb to precision shooting and nail driving. What I'm trying to accomplish might not make sense and but I need some help. I some questions about scope mounting, and cheek weld and that sort of thing.

I haven't mounted the Prostaff/DNZ yet, I just ordered it. What's on there now is the stock rail, weaver(?) rings and a Weatherby Premium 3-9x40 Scope (out of production)

The Gun I have is a Ruger 10/22 Itac bought from Cabellas:

Pictured Here and Here

This is the scope I bought. Here

The Mount I bought. Here

With the tactical stock, i find that the scope right now is a little bit low to get a good picture quickly. I think maybe that's because the tactical stock comes straight back making it hard to get my head low enough. I think this particular 10/22 comes with a angle piece to drop the stock, and I need to try that, but Should I have ordered the High Mount from DNZ? Or do you think the medium should be good? The current scope on there is pretty old and I think it has a smaller "window" for a good view through it.

With that scope, can I just zero it in at like 25 yards, and then just rotate the turret like 40 turns to get zeroed in at 100 yards? I know the 22lr drops a lot when shooting out to 100 yards. But I don't think i'll ever be shooting there, I just think it'd be nice to at least dial out to 50 occasionally. I don't normally shoot rabbits/potguts at any longer distance than that.

My biggest question is about the DNZ mounts... Is medium the right one? I have had the scope on back order for 4 months, and it just barely got here, and the whole time I've been doing some research and I just can't find what I need to know about the mounts. Maybe the best thing to do is just try and put it on, and go from there? Any techniques I should look for?

I'm particularly worried, because I have a Browning A-bolt 300 WSM, and a Nikon Buckmaster on it, and it seems to be neigh impossible to line up for my shots on my prey... and It's annoying. I think I have too high of mounts on, but I still haven't found the "ah-ha" moment when I know what works for me.

Anyways, sorry for the word vomit. If you can bare to read my whole post, thank you, and thanks in advance for any advice.

- Danny

 

[ford8nr]

If you have problems with scope picture my bet is eye relief is off. Eye relief being the distance your eye is from the rear objective. As far as 25yd to 100yd, my 22's when sighted at 50 yds are slightly high at 25. With the turrets set for '0' on the dial at 50 there set for 8 at 100 (32 clicks). Now to go from 100yds to 200yd is another story.

 

[woodmister]

I guess I'll just have to test it when my mount gets here. I got an email from the guys over at DNZ about the mount I could have used, and he said medium was fine, and I "might could have" gone with a low. But I figure with the tactical stock, a low mount would be way too low in order to get a good sight picture.

I'll let you know what happens. Thanks for the help.

About the scope/turrets. I guess I just need to figure out how close the standard target will be and adjust my 0 for that.

Thanks again.

 

[Averageman]

I built a 10-22 somewhat like that and I believe I used Warne Medium heighth rings and did not have an issue with it and I'm running a Bull Barrel.
You really want to get the scope as low as possible to the barrel without touching it. that leaves you plenty of adjustment to work with.
You could always take the rifle and the scope and some measurements and figure out how to achieve that, or take the whole thing to you LGS and compare rings right there on the counter.
Thats a lot of magnification to have available and thats a good thing, at least for me.
I zeroed mine at 100 and then put a Burris Fast Fire II on it at about 9 O'Clock which is zeroed for 25 yds.
It was a fun project and I feel it's a pretty handy, but a heavy little gun.

 

[Skylerbone]

Try closing your eyes after shouldering the rifle then establishing a natural to you cheek weld. Open your eyes and determine from there where the scope needs to be.

 

[OpticsPlanet]

I have six DNX mounts, two are on 10/22's, one is on a Ruger Charger, the closest I'm likely to get to a short barreled rifle here in Illinois.

I use medium on all three, one scope is a 42mm, one is a 5-15x40mm and one is a 24mm objective. I believe you will be well satisfied with the medium.

Here's one of the 10/22s with a Weaver 1-3x20, before the 5-15x40 was mounted:



With the 40mm and the bull barrel, there was just enough room for flip up covers.

This is the best pic I have here at work of the Charger/DNZ/Weaver 1-3x20:



Odd form, but I have a blood clot where my retina joins the optic nerve on my right eye, so with the Charger, I've developed a method of shooting it right-handed, with my left eye.

Bottom line, you're going to love the DNZ!

Mark H.