Help me with this scope mount
- Thread starter Craig0ry
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Looks like for Weaver TO-1 base - uses 3/8" 22 rimfire width rings.
Just looked it up, your right, the 3/8's dovetail is fairly silly though, I'll have to buy some real quality rings I suppose
They work OK. A lot of bases are held with that or fewer tapped holes.
Make sure you get the right screw and threads.
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- Western Manitoba
If you want to go "old school", I have several sets of the BA 20/21 bases and Parker Hale Rings that was the 1950's/60's standard way of scope mounting on a Lee Enfield. Parker Hale ( I believe it was them) made Envoy and Enforcers for Britain target and sniper rifles and used these bases and rings. PM me if you are interested - I am not exactly certain if the two holes over the receiver have the same spacing between the Weaver TO-1 and the Parker Hale BA 20 front base.
I was more thinking of the scope and rings moving backwards on the rail after shooting
I don't suppose you could take a photo for me?
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Here you go - Parker Hale RAHS.3 height rings on top - note that only the rear one should have the recoil stud. The rear mount directly replaces your rear sight - has a "built in " aperture that matches the original height and diameter. The RAHS rings allow 1 inch scope tube to pass over the aperture. Some people choose to file off the aperture and that lets them use the RALS rings which are 1/4"-ish lower. So, the rear ring has recoil stud that mates into the dimple on the rear base. Front base has two screw holes. Were not designed to have a recoil stud used up front.
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Actually, on recoil, your scope wants to "move" forward - that is, scope wants to stay still while rifle moves rearward in recoil. The Weaver TO-1 has a lip at the front of the 3/8 rails that you seat the front ring against, for the purpose of holding the scope from moving under recoil.
I've had a Weaver TO-1 mount on a No5 JC since about 1962. It has always been a satisfactory set up. I changed scopes and rings on it a few times, but have used a Redfield 23/4X in Redfield 3/8 " steel rings for some time now. It is a great bush rifle and has gotten me a moose, a nice black bear, and a number of mulies and whitetails over the years.
On the Parker-Hale rings, they are meant to be tightened without a lot of torque. The screws are made of fairly soft steel and will break under excessive torque. Don't ask me how I learned this.
On the Parker-Hale rings, they are meant to be tightened without a lot of torque. The screws are made of fairly soft steel and will break under excessive torque. Don't ask me how I learned this.
I too have used the Weaver base for a long time. You can get 30mm rings and 1" rings with a 3/8 base to go on the Weaver base. I suggest you use the lowest possible ring that will give you scope clearance.
Another way to do it is to use two Weaver bases of different height, like this.
Another way to do it is to use two Weaver bases of different height, like this.
The front ring should be mounted snugged up against the lip at the front of the base. Then the scope CANNOT move forward.
To the OP. Your receiver is already drilled and tapped for the Weaver TO-1 base so you are pretty much confined to using one. I've never had a problem with mine. I would shop around for a set of steel split rings with a vertical screw on either side. This will let you clamp the scope evenly.
I wish Weaver would come out with an updated T01 with cross grooves/Picatinny base setup. Much more secure scope and ring holding.
There are those clamp on airgun mounts that put a Picatinny rail on a long groove like on a .22 or the T01 base.
Someone had also drilled a hole down through a ring right into the T01 base and drilled and tapped it so the ring couldn't possibly move- it was locked right to the base.
The problem with the PH stuff is they are long gone and you are scrabbling to find the parts and rings in museums anymore. I think the Weaver base is still made and it's fairly cheap.
A quick search yielded the T01 available in Canada for $18.99.
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I don't know why they never have. The traditional Weaver tip off rings are an inexpensive and sturdy affair. Personally I hate clamping a large scope to a TO-1 base with flimsy .22 rings and subjecting it to centerfire recoil. Not what they were designed for regardless of how you attach rings to base.
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Does this use T01 holes? Or mount in a non gunsmithing way?
