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I've got a Sako Vixen in .223Rem I picked up on Gunbroker. I am currently swabbing out the 10lbs of copper in the barrel, and degreasing the old Sako scope mounts in acetone. These Sako scope mounts are windage adjustable and proprietary to Sako. I have never mounted such mounts.

It looks like the rear mount has self-centering pin and can be pivoted around this pin. The rear mount is also windage adjustable. The front mount is windage adjustable, but with no centering pin.

I am guessing the mounting procedure is to first install the scope in the mounts, then adjust windage of the front mount, letting the rear mount pivot around its pin. Once the front windage is set, tighten the rear windage to hold the rear mount in place, but do so without altering the rear mount windage.

Sound about right?

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Never saw those. I put Redfields on my old Garcia Vixen. Windage on the rear IIRC (45years ago!). Tap the mounts into the dovetails with a dowel and a plastic mallet. Recoil should help keep them there. The Redfields had setscrews, probably unnecessary.

Great old rifles. Wish I still had mine.


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I just adjust the rings so they are parallel, using a straight edge on the inside of the bottom of the rings, and tighten them up. The adjustment allows one to vary the placement of the front ring on the tapered dovetail. The Tapered dovetail is one thing I never liked about the Sakos. GD

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the original sako rings work real good. I try to center the windage . also the rear ring with the pin. I have mounted at least 10 never had a problem. I have 3 .222s. the vixen action is awesome.


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