Where to buy 26mm rings
- Thread starter tommy88
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There are adapters for this. Brownells used to sell them. - dan
- Location
- Western Manitoba
1" scope likely wants 25.4 mm rings. Was posters on CGN that claimed a wrap of electrician tape around a one inch scope body would work in 26 mm rings. I have never tried that. Older Parker Hale rings that end in ".4" are for the 26 mm body scopes - so like RALS.4 or RAHS.4 - but then need the Parker Hale bases to go with those rings. For some time, Weaver made 26 mm rings - will be stamped 1.024"(?) in the bottom of the "saddle". Not sure of any modern maker for 26 mm rings that will fit onto standard picatinny rails - had read there were inserts available to shim down from 30 mm rings - I am not sure just now if any were to go to 26 mm - I think most that I saw were to 1" / 25.4 mm.
I have two scopes that body size - one is now in Leupold STD rings made for 26 mm, and other to be mounted in Parker Hale rings, if I can ever figure out how to make their "B" width bases. As I discovered - 26 mm rings today, a lot like "hen's teeth" ... The Kahles scopes on Canadian C3 sniper rifles were 26 mm - they used both RALS.4 and RAHS.4 Rings, depending on shooter's preference - with Parker Hale bases - all changed out when Canada "upgraded" to C3A1 sniper rifles.
I have two scopes that body size - one is now in Leupold STD rings made for 26 mm, and other to be mounted in Parker Hale rings, if I can ever figure out how to make their "B" width bases. As I discovered - 26 mm rings today, a lot like "hen's teeth" ... The Kahles scopes on Canadian C3 sniper rifles were 26 mm - they used both RALS.4 and RAHS.4 Rings, depending on shooter's preference - with Parker Hale bases - all changed out when Canada "upgraded" to C3A1 sniper rifles.
- Location
- Western Manitoba
The first scope was a Hensoldt Weitzlar Diatal 4x32, that is old enough it does not have windage turret - needs 26 mm rings with windage adjustment in the mounting system. A previous owner had removed the bottom scope mount rail - bless his soul!! At the time, CGN and others did not suggest many options for that. The second one, is a Hensoldt Diatal-D, which does have windage turret - came with RALS.4 rings - so I will be good on a Mauser 98, as I have "A" width bases for it. But recently came into ARBS rings - so windage adjustable - to go with that first one, I hope - so long as I can come up with the appropriate PH bases for B width - or make them. Going onto a Husqvarna Model 4100. Yeah, matching bases and rings for those 26 mm scopes were like "hen's teeth", including from at least two British "gun stores".
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