Custom EdGun Scope Rail
Well I tried to find someone who would make me a replacement scope rail for my R3 Matador but had no luck.
After some careful measurements and calculations I have found the following.
The official drop is 30MOA or 0.5 degrees. This leaves me at full scope knob down 2 mil dots high at 30 yards. As most of you know I am shooting a 177 caliber standard and intend on using it for field target.
The dovetail is a tight 11mm or 0.375″. It is actually 10.53mm across the top of the male dovetail at the receiver.
So my plan is to use one of these:
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/829948/ergo-gunsmith-picatinny-style-rail-scope-base-blank-12-length-400-height-aluminum-black
And cut a dovetail on the bottom similar to the EdGun OEM rail. In order to get 15MOA I need to shim one end of the rail exactly 1/16″ over it’s 12″ of length when I cut the dovetail sections. I used cad to determine all this information instead of maths (much more easier). 😆
To cut the dovetail I will use this:
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Dovetail-Cutter-3-8-x-60-/H2955
Apart from having a longer rail I will pretty much copy the existing cut outs as they are on the original rail. This will make the clamping controls squeeze the center together and I won’t have to make other parts for clamping.
I was going to make the whole rail until I found the blank rail set up.
I ordered two just in case I mess up the first one… 
Hopefully this is the final part of getting the Matador all in for the field target championship run next year!!! :8:
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Have you considdered just buying a scope with a larger range of adjustment or some hight adjustable Sport Match rings?
something else to try is loosening your barrel nut and turning the rear part of the suppressor and taperd washer a quarter turn at a time and retighten the nut.. my POI shifts drasticly when I do this and can run my scope out of down clicks in certain positions even on my .22 .. When you find a POI you can work with just mark the parts so you assemble it the same way each time to save a re zero session and scope over adjustment issues..