Going to mount my first scope by myself tomorrow- any tips?

[ThemBastards]

Looking for tips that may seem like common sense to some but could help me get things right the first time.

[peacedivision]

If you have a flat 1 piece base, and your scope has a flat section under the turret housing you can use a set of feeler gauges or playing cards to level it out. Should get you 99% of the way there.

Other than that, take your time, use a decent "INCH"/lbs torque driver, tighten everything in a star pattern and go slow.

Once you get it mounted up get behind the rifle and verify your eye relief, it may take a couple mounts to get it exactly where you want.

[Iloveguns]

Torque wrench get one in Inch Pounds.

[sharxbyte]

What are you mounting it on? What scope? What rings?

[Mayor McRifle]

Get this: http://www.cabelas.com/product/Wheel...its/708967.uts

The DVD will tell/show you everything you need to know. The tools and supplies are professional quality. I have the kit, and the results have been fantastic every time. Lapping the rings makes a huge difference, IMO, and using the torque wrench gives you a lot of confidence in the integrity of the mount.

[ThemBastards]

If you have a flat 1 piece base, and your scope has a flat section under the turret housing you can use a set of feeler gauges or playing cards to level it out. Should get you 99% of the way there.

Other than that, take your time, use a decent "INCH"/lbs torque driver, tighten everything in a star pattern and go slow.

Once you get it mounted up get behind the rifle and verify your eye relief, it may take a couple mounts to get it exactly where you want.

That playing card trick sounds great, I would not have thought about that. Yes I have a 1 piece rail. Ok and save the loctite for the final position. Got it.

Torque wrench get one in Inch Pounds.

I almost made this mistake earlier, had the torque wrench item printed out and everything(ft.lb)- caught the mistake and got the inch pounds though.

What are you mounting it on? What scope? What rings?

Savage 10 Predator Hunter, Vortex 6.5x20x44PA, Seekins rings, TPS 20MOA base

Get this: http://www.cabelas.com/product/Wheel...its/708967.uts

The DVD will tell/show you everything you need to know. The tools and supplies are professional quality. I have the kit, and the results have been fantastic every time. Lapping the rings makes a huge difference, IMO, and using the torque wrench give you a lot of confidence in the integrity of the mount.

Thank you, if I end up getting more scoped bolt guns I may get that kit.

Thanks for the advice guys.

[peacedivision]

Don't even worry about loctite, your base/rings are solid and I'm guessing the manufacture even recommends dry hole/screw. Just torque it to spec and it wont go anywhere.

[ThemBastards]

I saw online that when I determine placement for eye relief that I should have my scope on the max magnification. Is that correct?

[peacedivision]

Yep, higher magnification will make the critical eye relief more obvious.

[bluedsteel]

To align the scope if u dont have a level look through the scope and find a vertical line (side of building) then adjust scope accordingly to match line.

[uxo2]

talk to ar15barrels.

[Tanner68]

Put everything together already, just by hand, and make sure the bell of the scope clears the barrel.

[JMP]

Just don't break anything. Most screw ups you can recover from--I have done just about it all (except that I haven't mounted a scope upside down or backwards--YET). Avoid over-tightening, stripping the screws, or not having it sturdy so the scope flies off.

[peacedivision]

Good vids

[peacedivision]

One more tip, mark your rings with a sharpie so you know you always have the matched parts together and the rings aligned as they came from the factory.



Camera didnt pick em up so sharpie marks added in post production hehe. The other ring has a single line. That way I always know the rings/caps are matched and aligned as they came from NF.