Guns n Glass: Picatinny Rings
I haven't had time to open my email in two weeks so I do not know if you sent focus manuals for ElPaso Weaver and Leupold scopes...thanks in advance if you have.
I have another problem. I got a RRA 'AR-15' type rifle with the flat top receiver (Picatinny (sp?) rail). It also has a rail at the front sight base/gas tube.
I was planning to use Burris' Zee rings (30mm scope tube) to attach my scope. The receiver rail on my rifle has slots that are MUCH wider than the diameter of the Zee rings' cross bolt.
I do not like the play that is present. It seems that there is the risk of forward or backward movement of the cross bolt within the slots. I am certain this may happen over time because the rail in aluminum and the rings are steel... so the clamping action of the steel rings will 'dig' into the aluminum, and over time I suppose they can loosen...more so even, because the cross bolts are too small to fill the slots.
Do they make rings with larger diameter coross bolts? The slots in the forward base of my rifle are narrow, like the Zee rings' cross bolts.
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I have another problem. I got a RRA 'AR-15' type rifle with the flat top receiver (Picatinny (sp?) rail). It also has a rail at the front sight base/gas tube.
I was planning to use Burris' Zee rings (30mm scope tube) to attach my scope. The receiver rail on my rifle has slots that are MUCH wider than the diameter of the Zee rings' cross bolt.
I do not like the play that is present. It seems that there is the risk of forward or backward movement of the cross bolt within the slots. I am certain this may happen over time because the rail in aluminum and the rings are steel... so the clamping action of the steel rings will 'dig' into the aluminum, and over time I suppose they can loosen...more so even, because the cross bolts are too small to fill the slots.
Do they make rings with larger diameter coross bolts? The slots in the forward base of my rifle are narrow, like the Zee rings' cross bolts.
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HELLO WHEN INSTALLED ON THE RAIL THE CROSS BOLT IS DESIGNED TO KEEP THE RINGS FROM SLIDEING HOWEVER THE RECOIL WILL ONLY TRY TO MOVE RINGS FORWARD SO THE CROSS BOLTS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO FIT THE SLOT AND TOUCH BOTH SIDES, quote:"praise the hardball gun" 0 -
Badger Ordnance, IOR Valdada, Leupold MK IV, Nightforce, all make rings with the larger cross bolt as well as Warne rings specificaly for "tactical" style bases with picatinny slots/spacing. Also Ken Farrel has just come out with his own version of tactical rings as well.
You won't have the IOR or Badger rings come loose after tightening their large nut on the side. They will NOT come loose.
If you are worried about the rings you have being sloppy,..simply slide them foreward against the slot so they are tight against the foreward portion,...then tighten them as much as possible,...then lapp them and install the scope. Unless you have some HIGH recoil or a large caliber with an effective break,..you shouldn't have a problem,...however I personaly would use a tactical style ring in a picatinny base.
why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
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Perry, you helped me understand the basis for the design, Thank you. Makes sense.
JustC, helped me decide to go with a tacticle design. For a 223 Rem the recoil is not a factor. However, this is a target/varmint grade AR and I will be 'crawling on the ground', and roughing up the rifle in general, while hunting coyotes.
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