stevens scope mount questionPICS ADDED

[machinistbutler]

Bought a 25/06 stevens today for a fun little gun from p&d,great helpful service.Also bought a leupold rifleman 4-12 scope to put on it..Got the 46 bases but the rifleman will not fit in the rings on this long action,scope tube is too short.Extension bases 402 are on the weaver site,would this solve the problem?????Scopes are giving me fits these days...

 

[Gatehouse]

that is what those bases are for, but I'm not sure which one you use...

I am having a hard tiome picturing a 4-12 scope that will not fit on a 30-06 length action.

Are you sure you can't just swap ends on the #46 bases, so that botht he grooves in the base are closer to the action?

 

[machinistbutler]

I did mount it that way gatehouse and It is just a hair too short,maybe the vx line has a longer tube????

 

[machinistbutler]

Looking forward to shooting it when i get it rigged up and some loads made,got the dies and brass,bullets as well today.Merry christmas to me!!

 

[machinistbutler]

Just checked the distance to outside of the rings and it is about 5.7 " and the leupies max spacing is 5.6,.....shat

 

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[machinistbutler]

You can see in this pic the tube will not drop into the ring,I should have wiped the loctite out of the pic too .

 

[RobertMcC]

I bought a Tasco 3-8 to find this same problem, I had to buy a new scope. Because the tasco had a max spacing of 4.75".

 

[machinistbutler]

I checked the vx-2 and vx-1 line and the rifleman has the same max ring spacing so I think I will pick up the extension bases tomorrow,see if that fixes it.

 

[aulrich]

Yup happend to me too 4-12 dusk til dawn the weaver extension rings worked just fine.

 

[machinistbutler]

Thanks aulrich,wish the store would have told me that first....Oh well tis the season!

 

[NAA]

Dang short tube scopes!

 

[RobertMcC]

Yup happend to me too 4-12 dusk til dawn the weaver extension rings worked just fine.

Odd thats what I got now using weaver brand weaver rings.

 

[DarrylDB]

that is what those bases are for, but I'm not sure which one you use...

I am having a hard tiome picturing a 4-12 scope that will not fit on a 30-06 length action.

Are you sure you can't just swap ends on the #46 bases, so that botht he grooves in the base are closer to the action?

My 4-12 3200 fits, but wont fit for eye relief properly for shooting. I needed to buy some extension rings.
Clarke, the Actions on the savage are stupid long, and dont leave much room for movement
Go with a 1pc base, or extension ring/base. Either way... Its 6 of one, half dozen of the other.

 

[RobertMcC]

My 4-12 3200 fits, but wont fit for eye relief properly for shooting. I needed to buy some extension rings.
Clarke, the Actions on the savage are stupid long, and dont leave much room for movement
Go with a 1pc base, or extension ring/base. Either way... Its 6 of one, half dozen of the other.

HELL mine wouldn't fit on a 223 Short Action.

 

[DarrylDB]

Hey Rob, action length is the same, but the 223's have a block to shorten the bolt throw distance. Correct me if Im wrong, but all of the 200's are built on the long action?
I've only had 110 series savages, no 10's

 

[RobertMcC]

Hey Rob, action length is the same, but the 223's have a block to shorten the bolt throw distance. Correct me if Im wrong, but all of the 200's are built on the long action?
I've only had 110 series savages, no 10's

I did not know that. Thanks

 

[Gatehouse]

I have installed 2 scopes on 2 Stevens, both BUshnell/B&L.

They fit fine wiht the bases turned inwards...Actually, you could probbaly get away with using backing the base over the action, and using only one screw int he base, with a bit of Locktite, in a modrate kicking rifle.

But that is not the best solution, for sure...

 

[BIGREDD]

Your gonna have to use extensions with a short bodied scope on a long action like the Savage.