I finally found a Leupold mount base for my Remington 742. They are not as common place as I thought they would be. My scope is a 4-12x56 and I'm not sure if I need the high leupold std rings or the super high. I see for a Leupold 50mm they recommend the high, but I'm not sure if it will work with the x56 or if I need to go super high. I don't know much about what I'm doing, so any help is appreciated.
I finally found a Leupold mount base for my Remington 742. They are not as common place as I thought they would be. My scope is a 4-12x56 and I'm not sure if I need the high leupold std rings or the super high. I see for a Leupold 50mm they recommend the high, but I'm not sure if it will work with the x56 or if I need to go super high. I don't know much about what I'm doing, so any help is appreciated.
If it were me, i`d take the gun to my local gunsmith( w/gun and scope) and check out what he has. You`ve got to buy the rings anyway so this way you get the correct ones on your very first try. No guessing.
" The best part of the hunt is not the harvest but in the experience."
You may need the extra high rings, but your going to need one of those lace-on cheekrests to be able to see through the scope and have your face touch the comb at the same time. That big an objective makes what is normally a fine handling rifle into an ackward collection of parts. Be careful when fireing it, this combo is primed to create scope-cut eyebrow.
You may need the extra high rings, but your going to need one of those lace-on cheekrests to be able to see through the scope and have your face touch the comb at the same time. That big an objective makes what is normally a fine handling rifle into an ackward collection of parts. Be careful when fireing it, this combo is primed to create scope-cut eyebrow.
I have an eye relief that will now be twice what the old scope was. Why would I be more likely to cut my eyebrow? Again, I don't mount scopes so I may be naive...I just hunt and shoot. I've used the same scope on a friend's gun (very happy with it) with no problem.
Also the old scope was mounted on some kind of Weaver style mount (1975ish) well above the barrel so that you could still use original sights, so I don't think the new one will be much higher.
I've also been to three local gunshops who didn't have the proper mounting hardware in stock. The mount base for the 742 is not all that common. One of the guys mentioned that I would need high rings, but I wasn't sure when I went online to order if I would need high or superhigh. Nobody lists any specs regarding ring height vs. objective size.
I chose this scope because I am going to have oppurtunities to shoot at ranges of 250-300 yards and I'm tired of trying to get a crosshair in a 2 foot box with a regular 3-9. Maybe I havn't tried the right scope yet, but I havn't yet run across a 3-9x40 that I can comfortably make that shot with.
I've noticed that any forum you visit, any mention of a scope with an objective larger that 44mm is automatically a poor choice. Again, maybe I'm naive, but I used one comfortably and shot very well up to 250 yards. That was as far as I had an oppurtunity to shoot. And I have a buddy that's been hunting the same scope for a couple of years without any major problems.
I have the large objective on my 742, and to cut through the chase, I ended up mounting it on a set of Weaver see thru mounts. They were cheap. They were the right height. They were handy. They work. Where I hunt, I am either in wide open prairie, or in dense bottom woods. Either way, I'm set. On the tops where it is wide open for shots up to 400 yards, the scope is right there, when I come down off the tops into the bottoms, oft-times the shots can be at 30-50 yards and I just peek under the scope and use the iron sights, and the old warrior still makes meat.
Good size scope you have there. Use a 50mm Bushnell myself. So if your naive then I guess so am I. But you can't beat a large objective on those long shots as long as you can hit it. Personally I think they are jealous that your is bigger then theirs.
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