Rem 760 repair

[cwlongshot]

I bought this gun some 7-8 years ago. Its a 35 Rem and was to be my wife's rifle. It wasn't drilled and tapped for a scope and she wanted one. So, I bought the base and off it when to the gunsmith. I got it back with a explanation about mine having supplied the wrong base. I didn't give him the scope or rings, just the gun and base. In the end he did use the base I supplied.
  I mounted the scope and immediately noticed that the base was not centered on the receiver. It was twisted and off to the left side. I called him back and complained, basically I got no where. His sole argument was I had supplied the wrong base and that was the reason the end result was not to my satisfaction. There was no getting thru to this guy.. he lost a customer and everyone I can talk to about what he has done. That was years ago, the issue is long dead.

I COULD have a custom base reinstalled with different mounting screws in not stock positions, I decided to try the millet rings first.

 On to the reason for my post... as open sites are not what my wife wants. I got a set of Millet rings and a Nikon Prostaff scope. Using a collimator I set the scope to the center of its adjustments and mounted and adjusted the rings to center the cross hairs in the grid. As a rule, I do not care for the Millet rings. But for this purpose they are Taylor made. I was able to get the scope aligned to the barrel with the scopes settings centered.

I haven't shot it since this install, but I am hoping that this will allow me to use this great old gun. What do you guys think?

CW

[Dave in WV]

I'd try it. It would seem the set up will work. Think about it. Scope mounts on older M94 Winchesters were off to one side. One thing to keep in misd is the set up could be like regulating double barreled guns. There is a range you regulate the barrels to hit the same spot. At ranges longer than regulated for the bullets cross the point of zero. What I'm getting at is zero for 100 yards and then check point of impact at different ranges. Good luck. IMHO it will work ok.

[cwlongshot]

I'd try it. It would seem the set up will work. Think about it. Scope mounts on older M94 Winchesters were off to one side. One thing to keep in mind is the set up could be like regulating double barreled guns. There is a range you regulate the barrels to hit the same spot. At ranges longer than regulated for the bullets cross the point of zero. What I'm getting at is zero for 100 yards and then check point of impact at different ranges. Good luck. IMHO it will work OK.

 Excellent point, I never put the two together. Just about an hour ago, I was talking to my pop and he mentioned the side mount 30-30 too. I didnt put to and too together untill reading your post!!  This will never be a long range gun, 75-125 is all it will ever need to be, so I guess your right. I'll go shot it and report back when I do.

Thanks man.

[Dave in WV]

I assume we are in agreement the gunsmith is the south end of a north bound horse. If it was wrong from the gitgo why did he should not have proceeded in the project.

I don't know if Burris Signature Zee rings would help you. They have offset inserts to change the POI without moving the turret adjustments. I just got a Warne one piece aluminum base and the Signature Zee rings and the set of three different offset corrections for my 7600. With two different scopes I had to crank in a lot of left correction. I had Talley one piece light weight rings on it. I haven't tried to zero the rifle yet so I don't know if I need the offset inserts or not.

[nodlenor]

I have Millet rings on some of my rifles and have no complaints whatsoever with them. The extra adjustment comes in handy sometimes.

[cwlongshot]

The extra adjustment comes in handy sometimes.

 Thats how I feel... They can be a PIA to get setup correctly, but when you need some extra windage... they sure fit the bill!!!

CW