How to mount a rifle-scope

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Post by eljefe » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:49 pm

ha, a B&H smoker cant make wine into water...takes a GFK man for that!:evil:
Smoke? might be ok for the uninitiated, but you're like karakatoa going off! ;)

yes, part 2 as you surmised rightly.

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Re: How to mount a rifle-scope...

Post by Mack The Knife » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:00 pm

Smoke? might be ok for the uninitiated, but you're like karakatoa going off!
LOL.

They don't call me the Locomotive for nufink! ;)

Someone else will have to do Part Deux. I am into shotty refurbishment mode now. Opened up my first sidelock today (thanks Grumps) and am delighted to inform you that none of the parts went flying into Admiral Dawson's bungalow. :mrgreen:

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Post by eljefe » Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:23 am

Inder, You're lucky-I think I have a metal detector lying at home if you need it...:evil:
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Post by Yaj » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:50 am

Mack The Knife, you could write "Air rifles for dummies"Great job.
Could almost picture you working on the rifle with Tull's "Locomotive breath" playing in the background. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by Mack The Knife » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:10 pm

Could almost picture you working on the rifle with Tull's "Locomotive breath" playing in the background.
Hahaha... Nice one! :mrgreen:

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Post by Sujay » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:24 pm

Mack The Knife wrote: Someone else will have to do Part Deux. I am into shotty refurbishment mode now.
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Take your time. :D We ( at least me ) would prefer the second edition from the same author.

Shotty refurbishment is also one of the works I am looking forward to. Just please keep us posted.

Many thanks for the detailed post and your time. Good job.
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Post by Mack The Knife » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:47 pm

Mental Note: Send invoice to Sujay as well. No discount! :mrgreen:

I have already finished cleaning the metal bits of the shotty but could do one of those, "How I oil finish a gun stock" posts.

Lot's of them on the net though - where did you think I picked it up from?

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Post by Sakobav » Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:40 am

Mack The Knife

You need to start a new thread for Shotty... nice shots with scope..

keep the camera rolling ..

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Post by kanwar76 » Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:14 pm

eljefe";p="14357 wrote:Inder, You're lucky-I think I have a metal detector lying at home if you need it...:evil:

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Re: How to mount a rifle-scope...

Post by biking3819 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:03 am

dear Mack The Knife this post has really helped me to scope my rifle,my first.thanx ,i had read it before but i realised how well this is done now while i scoped on my own.

i got a diana fixed 4*32 magnum plus scope and it reads that it has a glass reticle,can anybody explain what does that mean ?,is the cross etched on the glass?does it help to a stronger scope?
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Post by Mack The Knife » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:01 pm

is the cross etched on the glass?
Got it in one.
does it help to a stronger scope?


Do you mean, "does it help to have a better airgun rated scope"? If so, the answer is yes but it entirely depends on the recoil of your airgun.

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Post by Happy » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:45 pm

Dear Mack The Knife,
wonderful job, very well explined and clear to understand even for a novice like me. As per your experience what would be most suitable for a Shadow 1000 air gun.
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Post by Mack The Knife » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:00 pm

Happy,

You would obviously need a spring-piston airgun rated scope for that.

I have no idea about the intensity of the recoil on your rifle but some of the scopes you could consider are as follows:

1) Bushnell Legend series.
2) Simmons Pro Air series. Assuming you can find a good second hand example.
3) Tasco Varmint 2.5-10x42 mildot.
4) Nikko Stirling Gold Crown spring-piston series.
5) Some of the Hawke spring-piston rated scopes.

Have a look at the list here...
http://www.straightshooters.com/navagat ... lightscope

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Post by Yaj » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:18 pm

Mack The Knife what do you think of the Leaper TS range for magnum springers?
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Re: How to mount a rifle-scope...

Post by Grumpy » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:34 pm

Dodger old mate, you would be appalled at how I mount a scope :
I put the mount/mounts on the rifle, put the scope in the rings, tighten up the rings enough so that the scope is held but not locked, square up the scope ( by eye ), adjust it for eye relief and tighten everthing up. Then I take the rifle to a range, zero it, make sure the scope is `square` and then take it home.
I have one of those dinky spirit levels somewhere but can`t remember the last time I used it.
I don`t even use loctite to `lock` the screws - never had one come loose.

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