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Which Leupold Bases and Rings??

Texas Hunter
I am wanting to rid a couple of my rifles of the Weaver bases and rings and was wanting to use the Leupold set up.
Can anyone inform me what the difference is between the standard mounting rings and the dovetail??
Is one better than the other??
I am looking for a soild mounting that is resitant to getting out of point of impact under normal usage in a non magnum rifles.
Thanks.

mike
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  • ern98
    There is nothing wrong with the weaver setup, though the components that are used on your particular rifle may not be up to par. One problem you will have in trying to convert will be the hole pattern. Millet makes a good set of standard "leupold/burris/redfield" style bases that will fit the weaver hole pattern, it has the advantage of being nicely contoured. The drawback is that it is a two piece system, like the weaver. The standard leupold is the one piece base where you have a solid "dovetail" turn in ring in front and a hoaky clamp on. windage adjustable, ring in back. The one piece double dovetail system is probably the strongest system available and one of the ugliest. To put a double dovetail up in a two piece would be a real pain as it has to be in near perfect allignment, often with the rings needing to be lapped in. Personally for my magnum rifles I use Warne Maxima steel bases in the weaver pattern. Weaver also makes a series of steel bases which are good. I top these with a good set of steel rings, either Warne or Leupold, weaver quick disconnect style. Set up like this I don't have any problem with my 300Wby, 8mmRemMag or 338WinMag. Still the number one reason for point of impact change, in rifles smaller then 300mag, is a screwed up scope. What I'd do is check the screws on the bases and rings and shoot to check the change of impact. Next I'd borrow a scope off another rifle which I knew shot right and repeat. If I still had problems, with a known scope, then I change out the rings. Except for real hard kicking rifles aluminum bases rarely give trouble.
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  • Texas Hunter
    Ern thanks for the help.
    But i must say that i had a Leupold VX-1 put on my .308 Remington 600 a couple of years ago and after adjusting it at the range it has not needed to be touched in two years of good service.
    On the other hand while using a Weaver one piece rail it would have to be slightly readjusted every year without fail.
    And on every single rifle i have regardless of brand of scope i have the same reults from using those rings and bases.
    Although the point of impact that gets off is probably less than an inch it still is something i dont like.
    So i was wanting something a lot more solid and dependable.


    mike
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  • Snellstrom
    Hey Tex I too am a fan of the Leupold, Burris and Redfield type bases and rings and have them on lots of my guns except one. That gun I bought new for "my future ex-wife to be" and at the time (1983) I didn't have much money and wanted to set up this .243 to hunt with right away so the shop owner made me a deal on a like new 5 or 10 year old Weaver 2.5x7 power scope and a set of Weaver bases and rings and we put it all together and this thing shot like a dream. Well I thought that one day I would buy Leupold rings and bases for it and change the scope to a Leupold compact, but every year that we shoot this gun it is an absolute tack driver and I can't bring myself to seperate the gun from the scope and rings. I think I'll just leave this one alone. With the right loads this gun will shoot a 3 shot group a little bigger than a half inch at 100 yards, not bad for a lightweight carbine.[;)]
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