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The Basics, Starting Out
Scope height, cheek weld and eye relief
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<blockquote data-quote="archangel485" data-source="post: 1916257" data-attributes="member: 97905"><p>I had a rifle end up with the scope JUST above the barrel, I haven't measured the gap but somewhere in the 1/16" range. Close enough that sliding a lens cap on doesn't work. Ever since then I just buy high rings from Seekins rather than trying to guess the perfect height. Then if my cheek weld is too low I raise the stock. So my opinion would be buy higher rings then raise your cheek weld somehow, which there are lots of ways to do that. </p><p></p><p>I recently (like last week) did a homemade solution. I cut about a 6" piece off the end of an old shovel handle, cut that in half, cut a groove down the middle so it would ride on top of the stock, drilled a couple of holes and put nails in them to be used as pins. Then I covered it with a piece of leather and wrapped it in parachute cord. I got the idea from Ryan Cleckner on one of his youtube videos. Lots of other options out there, like the slip on that you mentioned. Pic attached if interested. Definitely not refined in the looks category but does a great job, is removable and most importantly took me very little time with stuff I had laying around the house.</p><p></p><p>Edit: Also allows you to buy scopes with larger objectives if desired. </p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]197095[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="archangel485, post: 1916257, member: 97905"] I had a rifle end up with the scope JUST above the barrel, I haven't measured the gap but somewhere in the 1/16" range. Close enough that sliding a lens cap on doesn't work. Ever since then I just buy high rings from Seekins rather than trying to guess the perfect height. Then if my cheek weld is too low I raise the stock. So my opinion would be buy higher rings then raise your cheek weld somehow, which there are lots of ways to do that. I recently (like last week) did a homemade solution. I cut about a 6" piece off the end of an old shovel handle, cut that in half, cut a groove down the middle so it would ride on top of the stock, drilled a couple of holes and put nails in them to be used as pins. Then I covered it with a piece of leather and wrapped it in parachute cord. I got the idea from Ryan Cleckner on one of his youtube videos. Lots of other options out there, like the slip on that you mentioned. Pic attached if interested. Definitely not refined in the looks category but does a great job, is removable and most importantly took me very little time with stuff I had laying around the house. Edit: Also allows you to buy scopes with larger objectives if desired. [ATTACH alt="20200530_215029.jpg"]197095[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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