allan wrote:I'm not sure why some have issues installing these PRW rings - I've used them on quite a few rifles with rails and two piece bases - Never seen them mark a scope, low profile and solid so I guess I've been lucky!
allan wrote:I'm sorry if my comment offended some one as it was intended to be just that....ONE person's experience with PRW rings.
I have several sets of these rings (all over 10 years old) and all have been used to mount multiple scopes without incident.
Yes, I've tried Leupold's recommendation to spread the top halves with allen keys - Worked for me but I prefer two thumbs and thin strip of plastic.
Anecdotal evidence is that some Leupold rings are now manufactured in China - I can vouch for the fact that some Burris rings are as I have them here.
I am in no way endorsing the use of PRW rings - There is ample evidence out there to suggest that many have had issues with initial fitting and also the durability of these rings.
I use Burris Signature zees in preference to PRW's - No risk of marking a tube and the off set inserts allow windage & elevation adjustment independently of the scope's internal adjustments which I like to set as close as practical to optical zero.
Hope that clarifies my comments for you, Stix and once again, I'm sorry for anything I wrote which may have been taken out of context.
Stix wrote:Can i ask how easy they are to set up allan...?
I imagine they'd be very fiddly to get to get the windage right...maybe even.more fiddly if you're mucking around with elevation as well...as i imagine one would effect the other.
Chronos wrote:A few ego's aside....
There is an issue with the new PRW2 rings. The originals needed to be opened up to clip over the tube, the new ones don't but YES the screw holes don't line up easily. I believe it's to do with the clearance around the head of the screws
Chronos
Stix wrote:I hate those rings, well fitting them anyway.
Always leave a mark on every scope.
Tried tape to avoid the marks & cracked both front & rear rings.
So, another set... i tried a couple of allen keys to spring the ring open---just as the ring got part over the scope tube something slipped & i heard the zinging harmonics of highly tensioned steel slowly decrease to nothing as my brand new allen key was launched into a low earth orbit.
Ok...well lets give that another go i thought to myself.
With only one allen key of that size left, i tried again...fingers were hurtin after the 5th attempt...
....nearly there..
....."piiinngggggggg"...
With a flight time to rival that of my 22-250, i heard it hit the shed of the neighbours neighbour some 30 plus metres away...
I can have a laugh now , but needless to say, at the time it took all of my mental strength to refrain from hurling that rifle in the direction of the vapour trail left by the first allen key.
So next set im off to Vic so marksman can fit them for me...
allan wrote:At home, I mount a Bushnell magnetic bore sighter & carefully mark my zero point on the grid - (Keep a separate chart for every gun I own). I then remove the scope and set the internal adjustments to optical centre.
Urastus wrote:Your way is great. How far away do you set up the grid when you're at home? Do you set up the scope higher when you're at home to allow for the change in distance? eg if you sight in at 25 or 50m at the range, then set up the grid at home at say 10m. You bore sight, then sight the scope so far above where the bore sight hits I imagine, so that it should be on sight at 25 or 50m?