Fyrepowrx, I sure like the looks of those straight tube leupolds. Have you ever heard of or suffered any ill effects of putting the front scope rings so close to the lens? I seem to think it is located just behind the "golden ring". For eye relief purposes your scope placement is ideal. Nice collection oh by the way!
Thanks for the compliments, have been fortunate enough to come across a few that have wood with some character to it....that 25/06 is a '77 vintage if i recall that came to me new in the box; seller had posted it at auction with some really dark pix that made it look pretty bland, and i was pleasantly surprised.
never had any issues with the 1.5-5x's or the 1-4x's in regards to positioning the front ring near the tube area of the leupold objective lens.
