Interesting day at the range

[Leo]

I put a new stock on one of my rifles. I expected to see an improvement. I didn't! The gun was slinging bullets everywhere! I didn't get it!

So I figured I'd let it cool down some and shoot my 30 06 Tikka. I had some Fusion bullets I wanted to shoot up and it would help determine if it was me or the gun that had accuracy issues that day.

At 100yds I did this. I strongly suspected at this point the problem was with the other gun.

Everything felt tight on the newly stocked gun so I decided to try again. Maybe I just needed to calm down.

One more shot was all it took for the back ring to jump out of the base and the scope to slide forward an inch! The windage screw on one side got sheared out and the opposite side the ring base is sheared off. Yikes! Had these pop out before when they weren't tight but never shear. The back ring and base are now junk. Well that was it for the day for that rifle. New rings are on order. I'm gonna go with Talley Lightweights this time. The Talley's have a serious reputation for being strong. They are also a very economical route to go when you have to replace both the base and rings.

We'll see how that goes.

[wyohunter]

well good luck with the repair my friend

[Leo]

I should get new rings tomorrow or Tuesday. Need to lap them in and boresight before the next range trip. The other rifle was shooting 4 inch and bigger groups. Yep bad rings can really mess things up!

[ruttinbuc]

Yea, not good at all! Hope you have better luck with the new set. I have to get myself to the range and see what surprises I may be in for. I should be OK, but every time I think that it gets expensive!