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New to rifles, mounting a scope

Expensive Scope bases and rings are worth the money normally.
I learned this after spending $100 on a set of hardened steel CZ rings for my 455 American.
By far the best rings I have ever used. Rock-solid and it is my most consistent and most accurate rifle I own.
I am thoroughly convinced if I cheaped out on the rings I would be zeroing my rifle way more often than I do now.
 
✔️ Scope
✔️Gun vise
✔️ Leveling kit
Still gonna pick up a bore-sighter and possible new scope rings.... how did I get sucked into spending all this money when I don’t really even rifle hunt beats me

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You can easily mount by yourself if you have the right equipment. It is not so hard, how it seems. You will better buy new and more qualitative equipment. You have to buy a good scope, a gun vise that will help you mount the scope to have the optimal accuracy you seek, a torque wrench for executing your scope mounting work flawlessly, and the last but not the minor step is to check your scope ring height. If the size is wrong, it will affect your shooting precision as you would have to adjust your natural position to use the scope. Hence, the scope ring height is as important as the scope itself. It would be best to buy some tools that are the best way to determine scope ring height. That's all. If you have all, you can watch a video on youtube, and you can mount by yourself. Good luck!
 
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Looks like you have pretty much everything you need and then some. Probably some good YouTube videos out there if you have never mounted a scope before. Make sure when you start tightening the mounting clamps down that you tighten each one incrementally, working all of them down a little each until they are all at the desired torque. Clamping the scope improperly is the only part of the process that will break things. Everything else can be done over if you get it wrong. Good Luck!
 
I don’t why someone bumped this old thread but just an update. I used the bench and the wheeler leveling kit to mount the scope. I went to the shooting range with no sled or sand bags and shot a whole box of shells at really close ranges trying to get the thing dialed in and struggled to get any kind of grouping. I got frustrated and havent revisited it. I didn’t feel like it was worth my time and money since I don’t gun hunt. I need to get back around to fixing it up one of these days I just don’t want to spend money on bullets or anything else to fix it.
 
If the scope is not mounted correctly you will have issues getting it dialed in. Scope rings on each side need to have the same space on each side when fully tightened down. There is so much more about mounting a scope correctly than most know. I do not trust any gunsmith around here to mount anything as I've seen and heard some horror stories. Heard a story of Cabelas mounting a scope on a gun backwards! Yes, backwards. I have no idea how that happens.
 
This is an older thread so I assume you've mounted your scope by now. If not, this guy's recommendations are great on scope mounting:

I love this guy its like talking to my Dad about everything guns and hunting!!

 
got rid of the raised see through rings Alan’s bought a base and rings from the local outdoor store and they mounted and bore sights it for me. I’ll take it and sight it in this week and be done with it until I want to hunt with it. I really like the regular rings over the raised ones just on first take of eye relief and scope placement.
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gcr0003 said:
got rid of the raised see through rings Alan’s bought a base and rings from the local outdoor store and they mounted and bore sights it for me. I’ll take it and sight it in this week and be done with it until I want to hunt with it. I really like the regular rings over the raised ones just on first take of eye relief and scope placement.
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Nice!!! One popular gun here at our camp in Pennsylvania!!!
 
gcr0003 said:
I don’t why someone bumped this old thread but just an update. I used the bench and the wheeler leveling kit to mount the scope. I went to the shooting range with no sled or sand bags and shot a whole box of shells at really close ranges trying to get the thing dialed in and struggled to get any kind of grouping. I got frustrated and havent revisited it. I didn’t feel like it was worth my time and money since I don’t gun hunt. I need to get back around to fixing it up one of these days I just don’t want to spend money on bullets or anything else to fix it.
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Geeze, this was brought back from the dead...

I'm betting the reason you couldn't get the gun to group is 'cause you weren't shooting from sand bags or sumthin really stable.
760s aren't known for having the best triggers, and not having a decent trigger and trying to get good groups without a rest isn't gonna happen for most people...
 
phatkaw said:
Geeze, this was brought back from the dead...

I'm betting the reason you couldn't get the gun to group is 'cause you weren't shooting from sand bags or sumthin really stable.
760s aren't known for having the best triggers, and not having a decent trigger and trying to get good groups without a rest isn't gonna happen for most people...
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I hope to find someone with a sled or at least some sandbags to sight it in soon. I would love to have it ready for gun season this year. My dad may hunt with me this thanksgiving and lord knows he can't shoot a bow.
 
Great rifle you got there. Someday I'd like to get one. In the lever camp right now. All the northwoods trackers like those Remington 760's or the 7600's (autoloader). Quick handling, relatively lightweight and pretty darn good shooters.
 
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Great rifle... Quick handling, relatively lightweight and pretty darn good shooters.
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The first one I bought is an '06 CARBINE. I don't remember what the load was now but that thing would shoot MOA all day long with those shells! Unheard of pretty much and I'd have a hard time believing anybody else if they said theirs shot that good.
Since then I've made that CARBINE my dedicated bear rifle and I'm shootin' 180gr Partions out of it now...

I love that thing! It's bad to the bone!
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What’s yalls thoughts on a low power zoom scope on a 30-30? I looked through one of these 1x 2x scopes at the sporting good store and they are sweet. The guy said they’re what guys use for their ARs too. Don’t worry, I have another lever gun that my grandad gave me that I will keep iron sights. Has anyone done this or have any advice on it? Any recommendation on a low end scope that would fit the bill? Thanks!
 
I'm definitely on the minority but I like handling a nice rifle way more than I've ever liked a bow. A good, well balanced rifle just feels good in my hands and I like the way i feel toting one. Guess I read The Deerslayer and Last of the Mohicans too many times

That is a nice gun @gcr0003. You should kill some deer with it up there in those hills.
 
phatkaw said:
Don't go cheap on optics! You get what you pay for!
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I’m sure that’s true. The guy mounting my cheap vortex scope then proceeded to show me a $450 1x scope from hawke that was beautiful. I know that doesn’t even scratch the top of the iceberg but that thing was nice nice.

I’m gonna go cheap! I can’t justify scope money for something I don’t use more than once a year.

vortex has a crossfire in 1-4x. I’ll probably go that route just to play around with
 
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