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<blockquote data-quote="monster" data-source="post: 645241" data-attributes="member: 46765"><p>I finally decided on which scope to get for my Model 70 .300 Win Mag. I went with the Nikon Monarch 5-20x44SF BDC and had it mounted with Leupold Dovetail Rings. The things is when I went to the gun store I had it mounted the first time they sold me some Weaver style rings. I asked if he had Leupold rings but he said Weaver Steel were good enough. I took them home and attempted to do the mounting myself but when I got to the part where the two bars with the points are supposed to line up, they didn't. There were no windage screws on Weaver bases so I did my best by loosening the screws and tightening down them again. That helped but I knew I was facing lapping and I had never done that before. So I was didn't want to go any further. In the meantime, I had ordered some Leupold online and they showed up. I figured I would just bring everything in to get mounted and save the hassle.</p><p></p><p>The clerk takes my rifle, scope, and rings and brings it back to the gunsmith and 10-15 minutes later hands it back to me all mounted. The clerk even said it was boresighted. Now how in the heck could the gunsmith done all the things I watched in the proper way to mount a scope in that amount of time? Should I be concerned that there is some tension on my new scope, and if so how can I tell?</p><p></p><p>It will be a week or so before I can test it at a range, bad cold that is messing with my breathing.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OZU94I/?tag=lrhmag19-20" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OZU94I/?tag=lrhmag19-20</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="monster, post: 645241, member: 46765"] I finally decided on which scope to get for my Model 70 .300 Win Mag. I went with the Nikon Monarch 5-20x44SF BDC and had it mounted with Leupold Dovetail Rings. The things is when I went to the gun store I had it mounted the first time they sold me some Weaver style rings. I asked if he had Leupold rings but he said Weaver Steel were good enough. I took them home and attempted to do the mounting myself but when I got to the part where the two bars with the points are supposed to line up, they didn't. There were no windage screws on Weaver bases so I did my best by loosening the screws and tightening down them again. That helped but I knew I was facing lapping and I had never done that before. So I was didn't want to go any further. In the meantime, I had ordered some Leupold online and they showed up. I figured I would just bring everything in to get mounted and save the hassle. The clerk takes my rifle, scope, and rings and brings it back to the gunsmith and 10-15 minutes later hands it back to me all mounted. The clerk even said it was boresighted. Now how in the heck could the gunsmith done all the things I watched in the proper way to mount a scope in that amount of time? Should I be concerned that there is some tension on my new scope, and if so how can I tell? It will be a week or so before I can test it at a range, bad cold that is messing with my breathing. [B] [/B] [URL]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OZU94I/?tag=lrhmag19-20[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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