Author Topic: new scope !!! (Read 934 times)

ScatterGunner · « **on:** October 23, 2004, 10:19:04 AM »

i spent most of friday afternoon trying to mount a new simmons 3-9 x 50 on 22 rf handi. the simmons replaced the NcStar red dot i was complaining about earlier.

my dog stink and i took a ride and picked up a set of scope mounts at gander mountain (god - i thought i was in heaven !) friday morning. brought them home, had lunch and then got to work. earlier, i scoffed at the sign at the gunsmiths window that said "Scope Mounting and Bore Sighting $17.00...

the scope mounts have two small pawls, one on each to engage the scope mount rail. on other rifles, i screwed the allen head bolts down until the pawl fully engaged the scope rail thus centering the scope on the rail. the pawls stopped up against the scope mount too.

for some reason, these mounts don't allow me to snug the pawls up against the scope mount, so the scope isnt forced to center, i had to spend some time trying to center it. which is how and why i wasted most of friday afternoon. it shoots ok, but it just doesnt seem right compared to the other rifles and scope mounts which forced the scope to be on center.

what is strange is that these are the exact scope mounts as i've used before on three different rifles. i must have (a) did something wrong (b) bought the wrong mounts or (c) the mounts or rail changed somehow.

so tomorrow morning on the way home ( i'm at camp this weekend) i will stop at gander mountain, plunk down $17 and have the scope mounted and ask the gunsmith what i did wrong.

if anyone is interested in playing with the NcStar red dot i have, drop me a PM and i will ship it off, maybe one of you can get it work !

sg

MSP Ret · « **Reply #1 on:** October 23, 2004, 10:45:10 AM »

SC I'd like to fiddle with that red dot is your serious. Also you may have picked up a set of rings for .22 groved recievers instead of centerfire rings. They look similar except the .22 rings are smaller across where the screw onto the reciever....<><.... :grin:

ScatterGunner · « **Reply #2 on:** October 23, 2004, 11:10:17 AM »

hi msp -

pm me your address. i will ship it out monday.

on the grooved mounts, the ones i got are the exact same part number scope mounts as the ones i bought for my 243, 30-06, and 22 hornet rifles. i'll bet if i called customer service, they would tell me i used the wrong sized stilson wrench or didn't properly pressurize the decramulator valve before torquing the bolts.

i don't know.....

sg

MSP Ret · « **Reply #3 on:** October 23, 2004, 11:23:33 AM »

SC, please bear with me for mentioning this but on H&R scope rails the scope rings can only be attached where there is a cut or slot in the rail, otherwise the mounting bolt/screw shaft cannot fit properly on the scope rail. The rings cannot be placed just anywhere on the rail. Could this be the problem? I know it may be simple but you never know. It may be a bit different than your other guns....<><.... :grin:

ScatterGunner · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2004, 11:38:12 AM »

the scope rail has the cut-outs and i have the screws passing through two of these cutouts.

i can say definitely that this set of mounts could even fit if the screws were not in the grooves, the pawls aren't long enough.

in the final analysis, this is a great excuse to get my pengulous backside into gander mountain again and possibly score some more toys !

sg

ScatterGunner · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2004, 11:51:11 AM »

OOPS !!!!

i said -

" i can say definitely that this set of mounts could even fit if the screws were not in the grooves, the pawls aren't long enough. "

i meant to say "could not !!!!"

MSP Ret · « **Reply #6 on:** October 23, 2004, 12:41:30 PM »

SC, sounds to me as if somehow a set of rimfire rings found thier way into that package. They should exchange them for you. Either they were mismarked or are defective, has to be one or the other....<><.... :grin:

ScatterGunner · « **Reply #7 on:** October 25, 2004, 11:45:07 AM »

i picked up the 22 rf from the gunsmith at gander mountain, cost $17 for mounting and bore sighting the scope. i got a new set of scope mounts for free, the gunsmith said it looks like the ones i bought where "bought,swapped and returned" by someone earlier as there was some minute differences between those and the ones that he used from the same hook on the rack.

no charge for the new mounts !, no arguments either, nice. i like gander mountain.

tomorrow morning, stink and i are hopping in the truck and heading up to the camp for a day to put a few rounds through it.

sg

Nightrain52 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 25, 2004, 06:10:32 PM »

Glad you got your problem straightened out. Sure is disgusting when someone makes a foul up on the scope mounts. Now get out there and SHOOT THAT THING.