Author Topic: Contender Scope Mount (Read 1110 times)

Chris · « **on:** April 26, 2003, 08:18:17 PM »

Guys:

I want to install weaver mounts on couple of Contender barrels. Heard there are some mounts out there that are made of aluminum...which I have been told are less than optimum. :?

Your suggestions please...for a mounting on a .22 and a .223 barrel.

Thanks guys! ...Chris

22hornet · « **Reply #1 on:** April 27, 2003, 04:33:01 AM »

For the two calibers you mentioned I don't think it would matter if they were alluminum, neither is a really heavy kicker...

Ladobe · « **Reply #2 on:** April 27, 2003, 09:55:46 AM »

Why Weaver? You can't go wrong with Burris on a Contender in these mild chambers. Just food for thought.

KN · « **Reply #3 on:** April 27, 2003, 10:55:12 AM »

Weavers are just fine. Cheap too. It's all I use even on the heavy kickers. I do add a 5th screw at the end on the big callibers though. KN

41MAG · « **Reply #4 on:** April 27, 2003, 12:32:10 PM »

Weaver mounts are fine for the cals. you mentioned. I have used them on heavier cals. with no problem. But I like a heavy base on heavy barrels. I have used weaver for years & will continue to use them

KYODE · « **Reply #5 on:** April 27, 2003, 03:19:22 PM »

a weaver base will be great. i would use good rings like burris zee rings or even the signature zee rings with inserts that protect the scope. the cheap aluminum rings suck in my opinion.
like ladobe stated the burris, leupold, or even redfield systems are nice also. i like the dual dovetails.

coltfan · « **Reply #6 on:** April 27, 2003, 04:15:39 PM »

Use the Weaver 92A mount. I have one on my 7-30 Waters. Got the recommendation here, and have had no problems with it.

One bit of information I picked up somewhere, was a suggestion I use insure that the base is mounted securely. Test fit each screw in the base by itself. Start with the hole closest to the hammer. Tighten the screw and make sure the screw will hold the base securely, with no movement. You are testing to be sure the screw does not bottom out before the base is secure. You might find that you will need to file down the bottom of the screws to insure that each screw holds the base securely. Take that screw out and set it on your bench. Move to the next screw hole going toward the muzzle. Same procedure, and set it in a line on your bench in front of the other. Repeat until you have tested all four screws. When ready for final assembly, I add a dab of loctite to prevent the screws from coming loose. Install the screws in the hole in which you tested them. This insures that your base is not being held in place by one or two screws, and thus having all the recoil transferred to those screws. Improper mounting may be the problem not the Weaver bases.

My next piece of advice is to follow Kyodes advice and use the Burris Zee rings and the pos-align inserts. Once you use these to mount a scope you will never use any other rings. Go to the Burris web site to see the advantages, and for some detail on how the pos-align inserts work.

KN · « **Reply #7 on:** April 27, 2003, 04:22:27 PM »

Coltfan has some good advice!!! KN

T/C nimrod · « **Reply #8 on:** April 28, 2003, 04:32:59 AM »

Good advice, but brings up a question: Why are we tampering with the mounting screws? I've owned 13 barrels over the years and never had to shorten a mount screw. What I had to do on almost all the used barrels was dig the smudge out of the bottom two threads in the barrel. Maybe I just haven't owned enough barrels to have this problem, but we're talking about how much stress the mounts take and then we're filing down mounting screws.(?) Just doesn't make sense to me.

Hopalong7 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 28, 2003, 06:29:21 AM »

I never ran into this either until the last year or two at most. Previous experience easily covers 50+ barrels. Lately have had to shorten screws for several barrels and some of them were quite old barrels(T-5, etc.). Leads me to believe that they are making screws longer.

Walt

Bullseye · « **Reply #10 on:** April 28, 2003, 01:18:58 PM »

I made the suggestion on here a while back to check the screws. I have mounted scopes on probably 20 barrels and only had the problem with one recently. I measured the hole depth and the screw length. Screws were all the same length, one of the holes was not as deep as the others. I only had remove a small amount from the screw, I just used a file and about 1/2 hour of my time but the screw was long enough it would not tighten down on the base.

I made the suggestion a while back and always check it myself because I had a gunsmith tell me once that T/C went through a period where they could not drill holes to a consistent depth. By the way, the barrel I shortened the screw was a brand new barrel of recent manufacture.

coltfan · « **Reply #11 on:** April 28, 2003, 01:26:30 PM »

My experience here is extremely limited as I have only ever owned two contender barrels. Both in 7-30, one blue, one stainless, both came with iron sights. No screw shortening required on the blued barrel, but on the stainless barrel, the rear sight was different ( had to remove a drift pin in order to remove the sight) the two mounting screws holding the rear sight seemed short when I removed them. These were mounted in the inner two of the four screw holes, and this is where I has to file down the bottom of the screws to mount the base. Apparently these two holes were not drilled as deep as the outer two holes?