Okay, so I am a little frustrated now, I will try to describe my problem as concisely as possible.
I bought some Talley Lightweight Low's for my Rem 700 and I mounted the bases 1 time for a dry run and then took them off and remounted them using the wheeler alignment tool (they were actually off a little but I was able to push the rear base to the right while tightening down the screw and they lined up perfectly) and used the blue loctite just to make sure they didn't back out over time. It was getting a little late so I decided I would let the loctite set overnight. Today I mounted the scope on the rifle, meticulously adjusting for eye relief and using the triple level tool to make sure the crosshairs were level. Then I started tightening down the ring screws and that is when I noticed that one of the ring screws was bigger than the others, so I thought that maybe I had gotten one of the base screws mixed up with the ring screws so I looked for the one that was a little different then the rest and removed it...no luck. I eventually removed both bases and none of the base screws matched the ring screws.
I was just wondering if anyone else who has these mounts could look and see if there ring screws are all the same or is one slightly larger. The only problem with the different screw is that it has a longer screw head on it and it is sits up higher than the rest and is actually looser than the other screws when tightened down to talley's recommended torque of 17-20 in/lbs. Basically, It is making it a pain to apply even torque to the rings. I have attached a pic of one of the normal ring screws (left) and the mutant screw (right).
Hopefully my photo will show up, it's the first time I have tried posting a pic.
Any input would be welcomed.
DSCN4555 by palerider335, on Flickr
I bought some Talley Lightweight Low's for my Rem 700 and I mounted the bases 1 time for a dry run and then took them off and remounted them using the wheeler alignment tool (they were actually off a little but I was able to push the rear base to the right while tightening down the screw and they lined up perfectly) and used the blue loctite just to make sure they didn't back out over time. It was getting a little late so I decided I would let the loctite set overnight. Today I mounted the scope on the rifle, meticulously adjusting for eye relief and using the triple level tool to make sure the crosshairs were level. Then I started tightening down the ring screws and that is when I noticed that one of the ring screws was bigger than the others, so I thought that maybe I had gotten one of the base screws mixed up with the ring screws so I looked for the one that was a little different then the rest and removed it...no luck. I eventually removed both bases and none of the base screws matched the ring screws.
I was just wondering if anyone else who has these mounts could look and see if there ring screws are all the same or is one slightly larger. The only problem with the different screw is that it has a longer screw head on it and it is sits up higher than the rest and is actually looser than the other screws when tightened down to talley's recommended torque of 17-20 in/lbs. Basically, It is making it a pain to apply even torque to the rings. I have attached a pic of one of the normal ring screws (left) and the mutant screw (right).
Hopefully my photo will show up, it's the first time I have tried posting a pic.
Any input would be welcomed.
DSCN4555 by palerider335, on Flickr