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I recently took a scope off a friends rifle & it had shims between the scope & the rings, I would think they should be under the mounts if they were needed at all or is there something I don't know Thanks in advance for all replys
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They were in the right place. Better options out there though.
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Yes, my gunsmith here in town had to shim a set of rings on my Weatherby 7 mag and I watched him put them under the ring bases.They worked just fine,no problem at all.
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Shims will work in either place--inside rings or under bases--but sometimes rings misaligned enough to require shimming will be out of alignment with each other. Not always, though. It helps to have an alignment rod to check.
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I recently had to shim a scope so I used the Burris signature rings with the Pos-Align offset inserts. It worked great and its so simple. It was much easier than dealing with standard shims.
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thanks for the info was helpful
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I apologize for a rather simple question. It's the alignment bar that you lay in the rings that shows you where to shim?
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So nobody knows how to tell if things are misaligned? There has to be a tool.
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Yes, they're called alignment bars. There are several makes with different features, but you can also use a 1" or 30mm pipe. You mount them just like a scope, then see where they don't fit correctly.
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