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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 203622" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Assuming you went out on Earth Day and cleaned up some of the trash that thrown out everywhere you should have plenty of aluminum cans. Although if you have already recycled them then by now you can easily collect some more the same place you picked up the others. Just take some kitchen shears and cut some shims out of the cans to fit around the screw holes. They will look like small capitol "H"s. It takes about five or six to get you 20 MOA depending on whether you use beer cans or coke cans. You will need to lap the rings then to prevent the rings from bending the scope tube. Perhaps some one near you will have a lapping tool you can borrow. Whether you will need longer screw or not I do not know. When I had to do it I did need them and I went to my local gun shop and they just set two jars of screws on the counter and told me to take what I needed and leave the rest. No charge. If the screws are too long they will hit the bolt.</p><p></p><p>Some people like to put some epoxy around the shims to bed them and the base after they have verified that the scope works OK. Be sure to put release agent on the bottom of the base.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Burris signature rings with the inserts are faster and cheaper than buying a lapping rod but don't get the river cleaned up. However, bending over and picking up all that trash is really bad on my back. It would be a lot more fun and productive to just shoot the people who litter and then when hunting season rolled around I would have had a lot of practice shooting at moving targets.</p><p></p><p>Being as it is a 204 you probably are not going to be doing a lot of dialing, but another option is to purchase a 30 MOA rail and use Burris rings with inserts and then you have a lot of room to play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 203622, member: 8"] Assuming you went out on Earth Day and cleaned up some of the trash that thrown out everywhere you should have plenty of aluminum cans. Although if you have already recycled them then by now you can easily collect some more the same place you picked up the others. Just take some kitchen shears and cut some shims out of the cans to fit around the screw holes. They will look like small capitol "H"s. It takes about five or six to get you 20 MOA depending on whether you use beer cans or coke cans. You will need to lap the rings then to prevent the rings from bending the scope tube. Perhaps some one near you will have a lapping tool you can borrow. Whether you will need longer screw or not I do not know. When I had to do it I did need them and I went to my local gun shop and they just set two jars of screws on the counter and told me to take what I needed and leave the rest. No charge. If the screws are too long they will hit the bolt. Some people like to put some epoxy around the shims to bed them and the base after they have verified that the scope works OK. Be sure to put release agent on the bottom of the base. The Burris signature rings with the inserts are faster and cheaper than buying a lapping rod but don't get the river cleaned up. However, bending over and picking up all that trash is really bad on my back. It would be a lot more fun and productive to just shoot the people who litter and then when hunting season rolled around I would have had a lot of practice shooting at moving targets. Being as it is a 204 you probably are not going to be doing a lot of dialing, but another option is to purchase a 30 MOA rail and use Burris rings with inserts and then you have a lot of room to play. [/QUOTE]
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