Scope Mounting on an Encore

[Quick Draw McGraw]

Hi Gents,

How should I space the scope in regards to the two rings on my scope base? It's chambered in .50 Alaskan so recoil is going to be extreme. Do I have the center resting against the front or rear ring? Any help wpuld be very appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[potatojudge]

For heavy kickers mount the scope against the front ring.

Good luck with that 500 Linebaugh barrel!

[edk]

Reamed and/or lapped rings improving contact area limits slipping, prevents ring marks and adds to scope longevity on hard kicking Encores.

[potatojudge]

How do polymer ring inserts work on the big kickers?

[edk]

I have only worked standard rings per the above however if one were to venture on over to the "Specialty Pistols" forum and do a little searching on "Burris signature rings" which have polymer inserts you would find they are used with great success. Scopes on everything from 454 to belted mags seem to stay put. Sometimes 3 or 4 rings are used. The lack of stress on scopes when so installed also seems to promote longevity (same for reamed and/or lapped rings in that regard).

[bradshaw]

Dec 2, 2019 18:57:20 GMT -5 potatojudge said:

How do polymer ring inserts work on the big kickers?

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The Burris Zee rings with plastic inserts hold up very well on rifles I’ve tried them on, although none are heavy kickers. The inserts come concentric with the ring. Last I knew, offset inserts available as accessories, with (as I recall) offsets of .005 and .010-inch. Two .010” offsets set opposite one-another makes .020” offset. Most rifles or pistols may be zeroed by rotating offset inserts.

The number of rifles are shipped with a barrel crooked to the receiver is appalling. Big manufacturers across. On some receivers I have used all the adjustment in a scope without bring Point of Aim to Point of Impact. A scope cranked that far over is not kind to your brain, as the image (light) makes a dogleg from objective lens through erector tube out ocular lens to your eye. Distortion may not be graphic but it is there, and in time will disturb your skull. major correction requires factory service or blueprinting. Once the rings center POA to POI, finish zero with scope.

Sometimes the problem is not alignment of barrel to receiver, rather finish of the receiver or hole location.

The Burris Zee rings have their place, even without offset inserts. Unless front and rear mount surfaces match, front & rear ring are not parallel. Zee rings allow tightening of scope without cramping the tube, thus make up for small alignment error between front & rear ring. I wish the screws which clamp the Zee ring to Weaver-type base were thicker, although I haven’t had one fail.

Scope turret as recoil shoulder
Turret set against the FRONT RING acts as a recoil shoulder. No harm to scope.

[junebug]

I would definitely run more than two rings if possible. Will help keep scope tube flexing to a minimum.