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Geez what a great setup...enjoy!
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Thanks, Randy. Will do!
The standard Talley Low's weren't getting the scope back far enough for these 60+ old eyes. The Extended Reversible's dialed it right in. Keeping the Standard Low's, though. Just in case I ever need them to swap out scopes on other rifles.
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Pretty rifle and pretty stock! I think a red pad without the white line would be even prettier, but that's just me.
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Yes, that is wonderful outfit with excellent optical sight of right weight and size. Just about perfect.
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Looks very good. Did you consider using the extra-lows?
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Bingo, What a nice rig! If you miss now you can blame yourself! very best winpoor
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Looks great! I'll bet you are going to love the glass on that one. I know I like mine...
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Can the rear ring be turned to allow support of the scope further back?
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Looks very good. Did you consider using the extra-lows? Jack, I considered the extra-low's, but didn't see where they made them in the extended version. I needed the extended version to move the scope back farther. As it is, the extended low's are just about as low as I can go. (See picture below). This is all new to me, as I am more in my comfort zone with Leupold's. They are, of course, longer than the Z3 so I've had to learn as I go and try different things to get everything right. It's been fun!.. with a little frustration here and there. Still, there are a lot of other things I'd prefer doing this over.
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Bingo, What a nice rig! If you miss now you can blame yourself! very best winpoor Thanks, WP! Nothing and nobody to blame but me, now!
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Can the rear ring be turned to allow support of the scope further back? Ed, Yes. You could do that. That's the beauty of the extended's. They're reversible. I tried the rear the other way, but I ended up having to scoot the scope back forward an 1/8" to get the clearance in the post above.
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Thanks for all the kudos, fellas. It's been a lot of fun working on this old girl. I hand rubbed the stock out at least 15 times. Got a little more honest wear woods grime out of it each time I did it. Also took some Lemon Pledge and a tooth brush and cleaned all the checkering back out.
I'm real happy with the way she came out.
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Can the rear ring be turned to allow support of the scope further back? Good eye!
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LD, Excellent job! It don't get much mo' betta than that. Enjoy.
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Looks very good. Did you consider using the extra-lows? Can't use extra lows with bolt gun like Model 70 because double lug bolt design necessitates high bolt rise. In bolt guns extra lows work better with three lug bolt design or strait pull action design. I wait and buy rifles through local gun shop. That way people there will mount and bore sight rifle for free. Having experience they understand scope tube length and objective tube diameter vs eye positioning vs ring type needed so there are no surprises when one aims with the rig and tries to work the bolt. As sharp eyed poster pointed out that scope is mounted too far forward with no tube left for backward movement to spare.
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LD, I love the rifle and scope but it's obvious you like your scope back a lot further than both myself and handwerk. Here's a picture of handwerks rifle that is damn near identical to yours, but with the same mounts as I run on my model 70's. Appear to be talley lightweight lows (Non extended 930702): I'm running lows (non extended) on my 338 win mag with the same scope as you guys are running: [img]http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x401/chiefbsa/IMG_0143_zps883c9341.jpg[/img]Looks like you need a longer eye relief scope, like a Leupold on your rifle, since your scope is back so far. Someone else's suggestion on the leupy 2.5-8x36 was a good one...
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BSA you ever find out who made that barrel that's on your 338?
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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No, but I found out it shoots pretty good
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Looks very good. Did you consider using the extra-lows? Can't use extra lows with bolt gun like Model 70 because double lug bolt design necessitates high bolt rise. In bolt guns extra lows work better with three lug bolt design or strait pull action design. It is true that three lug and straight pull bolts never have this issue, but not all double lug bolt guns have an issue. The Pre '64 M70s do, but on the Post '64 rifles and the Classics, you can usually mount the scope as low as most objectives allow.
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