High or medium scope mounts?
I’ve got an SS on the way and was wondering if I’ll need high of medium mounts with a tri-rail? I’ll probably start out with my Bushnell Legend scope on it.
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Shaky check this out:
They git you close, but some shootin and tweekin is still needed
http://www.airgunsbbguns.com/LaserLyte_Laser_Bore_Sighter_177_to_22_caliber_p/lbs1722.htm
Hey Bullseye….when you say you bore-sighted your rifle, did you “eyeball” the target through the barrel…..or did you use a bore-sighter? If you used a sighter….what kind?
My eyes aren’t the best, so the “eyeball” technique doesn’t work very well for me.
yeah Lee-
Call Tim and get droop rings.
The 2 I bought had droop milled into them, Tim’s reccomendation 😆 😆
SAW
Thanks for your replies, I should have my gun next week and give it a try with medium mounts, which is all I have. Can’t wait to shoot a Talon SS!
I am very pleased with this mount, it appeared to be the most substantial of the one piece mounts. I have been shooting my Talon SS .177 CO2 almost every night for 3-4 weeks and the scope is always true.
ONE COMMENT WOULD BE WHEN IT COMES TIME TO ADJUST THE REAR SCOPE ELEVATION ADJUSTMENT SCREW, REMEMBER TO TURN THIS SCREW (LOOKING FROM THE BOTTOM UP) COUNTER-CLOCKWISE TO RAISE UP THE REAR OF THE SCOPE AND LOWER THE AIMING POINT.
I found the directions a little vague on this point.
As mentioned, I bore sighted my scope and ended up with turning the scope mount adjustment screw 1 1/2 turns counter-clockwise to center.
The over-all position of the scope with the Beeman mount worked out perfectly with the 12 oz tank covered with some thin armaflex tape or a couple of beer can coolers.
A also recently discovered that I by lowering the power rating to around 5 1/2, I was able to realize excellent accuracy with some lighter Beeman H & N wadcutter match grade pellets (8.04 grains) which I primarily have been using in my IZH46M pistol. At higher power settings these pellets were erratic and I noticed the gun cooled off a lot quicker.
I still use the Predators for small game hunting with one shot – one quick kill every time.
Have Kodiaks on order.
You shouldn’t plan to sell it just yet… try the 5039 on top of the tri-rail. That’s what I’ve got and the two together provide a nice height that doesn’t require neck contortions.
I just ordered one of these last week from Pyramyd. They were on back order with an “in stock” date of 5/4/09. With just the tri-rail, almost all my vertical scope adjustment was used up just getting sighted in.
I’ll likely be selling the tri-rail once the Beeman 5039 proves its worth. Watch for it in the “For Sale” thread.
Lee, with the tri rail I would get the medium rings and with out the tri rail I would get the high rings. Talk to mac 1 about his machined canted scope rings.
I have been using my Talon SS (CO2) .177 for about 3 weeks.
I purchased the Beeman 5039 adjustable (1″ high) scope mount which is a 1″ high, one piece mount with an adjustment for both elevation and windage. It has continuous mounting on the Talon SS rail.
This is a quality product at $79.00 which I feel was an excellent move since it allowed me to adjust the elevation for the shorter range shooting without using up all of the scope’s elevation adjustment. The 3″ difference in scope axis to bore axis distance convinced me to use this particular mount.
I may even suspect that some scope may not have anough elevation adjustment to zero in on the shorter range shots – 35′ – 40′ or so.
I bore sighted mine before I set the scope on it and I took 1 1/2 turns on the mounting adjustment screw.
I use medium Airforce rings to hold my Airforce 4-16 x50 scope on top of a tri-rail. It works pretty well.
You want to keep your scope as close to the barrel axis as practical. The higher the scope above the bore axis, the more difficult it is to sight-in and makes holdover more complex.
I think a custom butt like the Wok butt would help alot and mitigate the need to raise the scope. It helps make the in-line-tank-to-bore a little more acceptable to shoulder and aim. Regardless, the Airforce guns suck in this area.
I would go for highest ones you can get.
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Scope height is very subjective, everybody is a little different in what’s comfortable, but I agree here. I first got high rings, then I got the tri rail. I found out pretty quick that this combo put the scope up a little to high for me, couldn’t get the good cheek weld anymore against the bottle. I’d get lower rings if using tri rail. I ended up ditching the rail and went with just the high rings, works out about perfect. But again, it can be different for different people, it’s just my personal experience.