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I almost cant bring myself to say it. Turning to the darkside (you will be shocked)
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 367703" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p><strong>Re: I almost cant bring myself to say it. Turning to the darkside (you will be shocke</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I appreciate you thoughts on that subject. A few months ago when I was working out the bugs on my mounting system, the thought about tubes being Aluminum had crossed my mind, which led to some confusion simply due to the fact that steel actions and aluminum scopes together have had a solid track record. My thought was that it may have been due to a 30mm tube being alot more ridged than a base. Maybe I am way off base there. </p><p></p><p>I had been using two piece bases this past summer during the sheep season to save weight but kept having major accuracy and consistency problems. A couple of weeks before my coues hunt I decided to 'trouble shoot' the rifle because it would shoot so good for a while and then I would strip it down for cleanings and re-assemble it only to find that the POI would move a couple of minutes and the groups would open up from .3-.4 MOA to 2+ MOA. When it was shooting good, I took it to the range and fired several groups. I took the stock off and reinstalled it. Shot another group into the same group with the same accuracy. I took the scope off and reinstalled it and shot another group. It was several minutes away from the prior group and 3-4 times the size. That is when I bought a 1 piece NF base (only good 1 piece base available locally) and bedded it to the action. The problem was imediately solved. Then I had contemplated getting an aluminum 1 piece to save the weight but was skeptical. If you have had success with them then I am willing to try them.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for your input.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 367703, member: 1007"] [b]Re: I almost cant bring myself to say it. Turning to the darkside (you will be shocke[/b] I appreciate you thoughts on that subject. A few months ago when I was working out the bugs on my mounting system, the thought about tubes being Aluminum had crossed my mind, which led to some confusion simply due to the fact that steel actions and aluminum scopes together have had a solid track record. My thought was that it may have been due to a 30mm tube being alot more ridged than a base. Maybe I am way off base there. I had been using two piece bases this past summer during the sheep season to save weight but kept having major accuracy and consistency problems. A couple of weeks before my coues hunt I decided to 'trouble shoot' the rifle because it would shoot so good for a while and then I would strip it down for cleanings and re-assemble it only to find that the POI would move a couple of minutes and the groups would open up from .3-.4 MOA to 2+ MOA. When it was shooting good, I took it to the range and fired several groups. I took the stock off and reinstalled it. Shot another group into the same group with the same accuracy. I took the scope off and reinstalled it and shot another group. It was several minutes away from the prior group and 3-4 times the size. That is when I bought a 1 piece NF base (only good 1 piece base available locally) and bedded it to the action. The problem was imediately solved. Then I had contemplated getting an aluminum 1 piece to save the weight but was skeptical. If you have had success with them then I am willing to try them. Thanks again for your input. [/QUOTE]
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