Leupold rings and bases ?

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I had a buddy drop off his new gun for me to work up some loads for it a couple of weeks ago.

Tikka T3 Hunter 300 WSM.

I don't use leupold rings and bases but I am quite sure the Windage adjustment base is suppose to be on the rear of the reciever?

I didn't notice when he was here and I just noticed it last night when handling the gun that his has the windage adjustment base on the front?

Is this normal on some makes or did the person who installed the scope get them reversed?

My feeling is that the front ring would take the greatest part of the recoil so the dove tail base should be there, but that is just speculation on my part.

I did load some shells and shot it last weekend and it shot lights out, really really accurate. So I don't want to mess with the mounts unless I need to, but I am concerned because it does have substantial recoil?

I guess my question is do I need to take the scope and rings and bases off and put the windage adjustment base at the rear?
 
windage goes in rear, whoever mounted it got it screwed up. Tikka base holes are the same for front/rear. Just switch it to the back. Might not NEED to do it, but it would look goofy IMO
 
Weaver calls for a #61 base for this rifle, front and back. Other than looking a bit weird, it wouldn't make any difference at all to switch those bases backwards.



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SuperCub said:
Weaver calls for a #61 base for this rifle, front and back. Other than looking a bit weird, it wouldn't make any difference at all to switch those bases backwards.



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There is a school of thought that has it that the mounts were designed backwards in the first place. There is more upward force on the rear ring than the front under recoil, and they put the weaker setup there. I don't buy these anymore, but still have a pile mounted on rifles.
 
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