Spent some time with a local gunsmith yesterday while he went through the proper way of mounting a scope with me...knew the procedure pretty well but it's nice to have someone who's done it thousands of times show you the correct and most efficient way as well as to have all the right equipment for the job!
Anyways i picked up a tip from him that i have NEVER heard of before...
I image many of you like myself have taken off a scope for install on another rifle or to change eye relief, and found marring left behind from the rings? Of course not a big deal, especially if you plan to never remove the scope. But in the event you might want to sell it some day or just don't like to have the finish messed up on your expensive scope then you might want to try this.
He gave me a sheet of wax paper and told me to cutout small strips the length of the upper ring and slightly more narrow than the width. 4 per scope, one for the bottom and one for the top of each scope ring. Then when installing the scope dab a little lock tight on your finger and smear it on one side of the wax paper strip then place it in the arch of the ring where the scope will sit.
The lock tight does a great job of keeping the wax paper from shifting while your moving your scope around and he said it has no adverse affect on the scope staying tight.
The guy is a former Vietnam sniper and owned a custom longe-range rifle shop out in california for many years before retiring to the midwest so i think he knows his stuff.
Just thought it was an interesting idea and wanted to share it!
Btw, when placing the ring on the paper and cutting that size out the strip is exactly the correct length to fit in the arch of my 30mm ring, and required just a tiny trim for the 1" rings.
Anyways i picked up a tip from him that i have NEVER heard of before...
I image many of you like myself have taken off a scope for install on another rifle or to change eye relief, and found marring left behind from the rings? Of course not a big deal, especially if you plan to never remove the scope. But in the event you might want to sell it some day or just don't like to have the finish messed up on your expensive scope then you might want to try this.
He gave me a sheet of wax paper and told me to cutout small strips the length of the upper ring and slightly more narrow than the width. 4 per scope, one for the bottom and one for the top of each scope ring. Then when installing the scope dab a little lock tight on your finger and smear it on one side of the wax paper strip then place it in the arch of the ring where the scope will sit.
The lock tight does a great job of keeping the wax paper from shifting while your moving your scope around and he said it has no adverse affect on the scope staying tight.
The guy is a former Vietnam sniper and owned a custom longe-range rifle shop out in california for many years before retiring to the midwest so i think he knows his stuff.
Just thought it was an interesting idea and wanted to share it!
Btw, when placing the ring on the paper and cutting that size out the strip is exactly the correct length to fit in the arch of my 30mm ring, and required just a tiny trim for the 1" rings.
