Rifle Scopes Scope Not Aligned with Barrel

[mikehill85]

Just looked at a few of my rings:
Badger rings: Different sized claws. If not installed correctly they would look noticeably off.
Leupold: QDW are noticeably offset, more so than the Mikehill's rings. But only way to get the claw to spin would be to remove the cross bar/screw. Plus if reversed the 'bottom' of the claw looks like it would not clear the base of the screw, and the 'top' not fit in the cutout for the claw.
No-name cheap .22 rings I bought when I was a broke college kid: Why am I even mentioning I own these? Other than they worked when I needed them to and they are still snug on the Sears Model 1 .22 all these decades later. But without removing them the hole in the claw looks to be centered.

I have a set of Warne Maxima .22 QD rings that should be here tomorrow. The photo online is hard to tell how they are made.

The rest of my scopes and red dots this doesn't look like an issue.

Interesting. On mine the claws will actually rotate without removing the screw, if you loosen it enough. Also the most stable position for the claw is the wrong orientation due to the off-center hole (The most stable position has the center of gravity of the claw below the axis of the screw). So if you loosen them enough and handle them it's very possible for them to rotate into the wrong orientation without the user noticing. That's probably how this happened.

 

[wade2big]

ARC M10 rings can rotate out that way if you aren’t paying attention. It’s an easy mistake to make.

 

[IrishWind]

The Warne .22QD Rimfires came today. Like the Leupolds, they're in there and cannot spin unless I remove the crossbar/screw from the ring.