I have a couple of rifles that have their scopes mounted using Buehler Scope Bases and Rings.
Probably for many here, they're not going to be too familiar with these, but 20+ years ago, they were a highly respected small manufacturer of Rings and Bases down in the S.F. Bay Area.
They're a very "streamlined" shaped ring that are vertically split, but use an "adjustable" shim in them so there's no opening split on the top.
Anyway, because of this shim, unless a scope is almost exactly the SAME tube dia. as the next (and most aren't that close) a new shim, or rings, has be be obtained when switching scopes.
Well I want to switch scopes on this particular rifle. Because the rifle's no longer made (Ruger #3 in .22 Hornet), getting someone elses bases isn't going to be all that easy either! (Doesn't have the Rib, like a #1)
The other day, I was browsing through some gun magazine (think it might of been the American Rifleman) and I saw a tiny ad saying "We're Still Around" and then some info about Buehler Scope Rings/Bases. Like an idiot, I thought, "Oh good, I can just go online and locate them" and paid NO more attention to the ad.
I went online and CAN'T find Buehler! And I can't find the ad either!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
Does anybody here KNOW where I can find whoever has/makes "Buehler"s anymore?!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/help.gif" alt="" />
I was hoping some of the informed shooters on this site might be a good place to look!
Oh! And one other question...does anybody know IF the "Redfield Style" (Redfield, Leupold, Burris, etc.) Rings will fit a Buehler Base? That would be an EASY fix!
