Scoping A Couple Remingtons

[ACP230]

My 12 year-old son and I have been trying to get down to business and scope a Remington 40X .22 that I bought from the CMP last month.
It took a while to find bases. After they were rounded up, we said we were going to do it, but let other stuff get in the way. Once it was trout fishing, and once it was a quick range trip with another .22 and some shotguns. Other times it was just inertia.

Today it was wet, gray and about 25 degrees colder than yesterday. My son suggested we scope the 40X for shop. That sounded OK to me. I'm acting principal of the home school since my wife is out of town for the day, so I made an executive decision.

Things went pretty well until we tried to put the 8-32 power scope on using regular rings. The scope bell scraped on the barrel when I tried to adjust it. We tried a 6-24 power scope with the same problem. I will be calling around to locate some higher rings this afternoon.

I had a Remington 788 in .308 hanging around for a while. It is for my son to use as a deer rifle in a couple of years. Since the vise, Guntite and an assortment of screwdrivers was already at hand, we put a Bushnell 1.5 to 4.5 power scope on the 788. I guessed at the eye relief and then tried it offhand before tightening the ring screws. It fit me well and came to the shoulder like a 20 gauge birdgun of my acquaintance. My son tried it too and it felt, "really good!"

We are both looking forward to trying out the 788, as soon as the rain stops.

 

[dakotasin]

good on ya!

sounds to me like you are involving your son in this perfectly. hope your guns shoot well for the both of you and this hobby grows in your house.

 

[ACP230]

My son and I got the scope on the Remington 40X last night. It took Millet High Rings to get the 8-32X scope to fit. With regular rings the scope touched the barrel.

This afternoon we went out to the range and shot it.
The 40X got along well with Wolf Match Target .22 ammo. I got five shot groups a hair larger than a quarter of an inch center to center at 25 yards, and one measuring seven sixteenths at 50 yards. They were shot from a Caldwell "Dead Shot" bag with a sandbag for an elbow rest.

My son and I also shot 25 yard e-mail benchrest matches with the 40X. I beat my old record by six points, shooting a 239-5X out of a possible 250- 25X.

We did a little plinking at clay targets from the bench too. That was fun also, and more relaxed than benchrest shooting. I had a little bit of buck fever when I started the match!

It is a big, heavy rifle, with an oversize target stock. The trigger is good and the stock fits me well, particularly the pistol grip. I am impressed by this CMP rifle.