25-06

JasonS said:
I've used the windage adjustable rear/quarter turn front bases almost exclusively forever. Forever to me is about 30 years. I've never had one even loosen off nevermind fail. I've always wondered if a longrange shooter used non-adjustable rings, how could they ever maximize their elevation clicks? Because the farther the windage turret turns to originally zero a scope, the less accurate the elevation clicks become. It's a physical fact of all scopes with tubular shaped erectors.
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20, 25 MOA one piece rails..and using scopes with lots of elevation..that are repeatable..
 
noneck180 said:
20, 25 MOA one piece rails..and using scopes with lots of elevation..that are repeatable..
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And if the receiver holes are off a tiny bit? Then being able to make a windage correction with a base is a God send.

Redfield designed the "Redfield Jr" mounts a long, long time ago. It's been copied by Leupold and Burris for years too. Millions have been sold and in use. I'm betting the mount faulure rate is so minute it's not worth mentioning. If those rear base screws are properly torqued or even Billy-Bubba tightened, they wil hold forever without any kind of Loctite needed. Ticking time bomb, I don't agree.
 
I guess I'm guilty of the ultimate sin:redface:; a post-1964 push-feed M70 Win in .25-06 with a Redfield Widefield 3-9x in a Leupold 1 piece bridge mount. It's a MOA or better shooter and has been ticking away since first set up back in 1977. I also confess to having 5 other trouble free rifles with these treacherous scope mounts. It's a good thing that the deer don't read these forums, otherwise they would be thumbing their noses at me.:eek: Wait a minute. Some of us were successfully hunting deer a few decades before the Al Gore invented the Internet with all the new wisdom that it has produced.;)
 
purple said:
I guess I'm guilty of the ultimate sin:redface:; a post-1964 push-feed M70 Win in .25-06 with a Redfield Widefield 3-9x in a Leupold 1 piece bridge mount. It's a MOA or better shooter and has been ticking away since first set up back in 1977. I also confess to having 5 other trouble free rifles with these treacherous scope mounts. It's a good thing that the deer don't read these forums, otherwise they would be thumbing their noses at me.:eek: Wait a minute. Some of us were successfully hunting deer a few decades before the Al Gore invented the Internet with all the new wisdom that it has produced.;)
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Nicely said :cheers:
 
As I mentioned previously, I have that set-up on my Savage 112BVSS in 25-06 and on a recently acquired Husqvarna model 3000 in 270 Win. Rooting around through a box of 'goodies' I got along with the Husqvarna model 4000 light weight 30-06 I inherited when my Dad passed away, I found another mount like that. Made by Redfield and stamped P 17 on the bottem of the base. Any idea what it would fit?
 
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