Little help in the form of a referral?

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Hello everyone,

So I am pretty excited, finally got myself a long range shooting option. I went small on the rifle, but large on the rail/mount/glass. I've got all the components and i've youtube'd up on how to mount the rail and scope, but can't really bring myself to attempt it with the gear i bought! A little bit of a chicken i guess, but I am alsoin the position that i don't want to let just anyone mount it either, i'd rather someone with experience and careful attention do it.

Can anyone recommend a careful and attention to detail gunsmith nearby to Burlington Ontario?

Thanks in advance,
Jeremy
 
Fishing world in Hamilton go there on Thursday after 5 ask for jack. I know him personally and he's done a few of my scopes he will get you set up
 
Thanks you guys, I will look into both of those suggestions! Bullseye had a great youtube video right on their front page!
 
Remington 700P w/ badger 20moa rail & spuhr mount w/ S&B glass

between work and family, hopefully i'll get out to shoot it!
 
Mounting a scope isn't exactly rocket science. Give it a go. You want the reticle level, and correct eye relief.

You know, I've shot out to 1000m with both 1" and 30mm scopes, and I've never needed a 20moa base.
 
tiriaq said:
Mounting a scope isn't exactly rocket science. Give it a go. You want the reticle level, and correct eye relief.

You know, I've shot out to 1000m with both 1" and 30mm scopes, and I've never needed a 20moa base.
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+1 If you don't do it yourself, you'll eventually run into frustrating challenges. When a guy in a shop mounts a scope, they can only mount it for their own eye relief, cheek weld, head position- not yours.
 
To expand further on max-x' post...
You want the scope positioned so that eye relief is correct for the position(s) that you are going to use. For example, if you will be shooting prone, you will want to get into a comfortable position, and then shift the scope back and forth until you have the full field of view. Then try the rifle in other positions, make sure that your positions are comfortable, and the full field of view is available without turtling your head backwards and forwards.
A good scope like yours will have enough eye relief that there will be no issue of getting cut during recoil, or getting full field of view in different positions.
 
Great advice, thank you Tiriaq and max-x. I guess I could attempt it after all, I watched a video or three, and noticed a check for the rail to be mounted with no wiggle on either the front or back attachment points. If wiggle were present to use something like jb-weld on the bottom of the rail to self-level the rail...

I hope to eventually upgrade to a .338 lapua magnum, i guess i was thinking i needed MOA for that, but i can see your point that the .308 probably didn't need it... i definitely didn't want it on the spuhr as it will move with the glass when i get my next rifle.

Also, thank you for the tip on eye relief!
 
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