mizuno24jad
Senior Member
Got a new rifle that has the pictanny rail for scope, just bought a scope with a 30mm tube and 50mm objective. It’s my first 50mm scope, what height scope mounts with the pictanny rail will I need?
thanks, the coins are a good ideaI have extra low rings on several rifles with 50 & 56mm bells. It depends on the setup of it all.
one way to take some of the guesswork out of it is to stack nickles or quarters on the rail and set the scope on top of them to check for clearance. Measure the stack and get rings to match that height. Some rings are measured to the bottom of the tube and some are measured to the center of the tube.
don't forget to check if the bolt will lift properly at the height it clears the rifle as well.
The extra slots on the rail will allow for a more stable spread of the rings and give you more latitude on positioning the rings to achieve that
I got the savage 110 high country in 28 nosler and I ordered a Leupold vx3 4-14x50
Thanks, im excited about it, have enjoyed my 6.5 prc but I like to try something new every now and thenSounds like a sweet rig!
Congrats!
Thanks for all the info very helpfulThat is going to be one seriously capable rifle.
I wouldn't hesitate to give Leupold customer service a call and get their advice, too.
You may well be surprised that you'll use much lower rings than some people are going to tell you on here....they will say to go with "high", however, they may not be considering the pic rail you'll be using for a base.
See the insight above from @Jester896
The picatinny rails really make it a different game than traditional mount/ring combos.
I know I was really surprised when I was looking into that same thing.
I used these to mount this Burris on this Ruger:
Huge clearance. Plenty of room to mount it much lower, had I wanted to. Mediums or even Low would have likely worked.
I am certain the people at Mile High Shooting can put you on the desired rings.
Great folks to work with, too.
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Then, there is always Leupold....I couldn't find their "ring chart" on their page...at least not one that mates up rings to pic rails.
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