Burris Ruger to Weaver base adapters

[hoz53]

In order to put zee rings on my ruger 77 in 7mm Rem Magnum, I bought a set of these to try them out. I wonder if they will stay secure with the recoil in this caliber. They are steel and appear to be good quality. Does anyone have any experience with these and how did they work out for you.
Thanks Much napsac

 

[Turbulent Turtle]

I built my first .308 F-TR rifle using an old Ruger M77V that was languishing in the safe. I got a nice 32 inch Broughton barrel installed on it and after due consideration, I got the Burris Weaver adapters for the Ruger along with Burris Signature Zee rings and the complete pack of inserts.

I Installed the adapters and torqued them down, then I mounted the Zee rings, did some measuring of the distance between the middle of the front ring and the middle of the rear ring, pulled out my trusty rusty trigonometry calculator (arctangent is your friend,) and figured out the combination of inserts that would get me in the rough neighborhood of the 30 MOA for 1000 matches. I confirmed the setting on a 40 inch tall target at 100 yards and shoot the rifle for a couple of years, over 4500 rounds without a hitch. It remained very solid, never came loose.

This is a .308, not a 7RM, but I figure the number of rounds you shoot would be somewhat less.

 

[hoz53]

Thank You Denys That is what I wanted to know. I will give them a try.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

The more connection points there are the more points to move or fail. One thing to consider.

 

[Turbulent Turtle]

You're welcome napsac9.

Dusty Stevens; you stated the obvious but sometimes you have no alternatives. I wanted to reach 1000 yards and without being at the top of the scope adjustments and there were no rings that would fit the Ruger mounting system that would fit the bill. I even considered drilling the receiver or building some type of Rube Goldberg contraption to hang a sloped Picatinny rail. In the end the Burris adapters worked out really well and mated just fine with the receiver and the Signature Zee rings. If Burris had had Ruger adaptable Signature rings that would have been perfect, but they didn't have them then or now.

I installed everything carefully and solidly and nothing moved from that point forward. It worked out great for my needs.

 

[Ledd Slinger]

Ruger rings coupled with the machined bases in the action can handle a ton of recoil. Im sure you'll be fine with the weaver adapters, but if shooting a large magnum, I personally would want the least amount of separate parts. Really no advantage with Zee rings unless you plan to get a set with the inserts. Ruger rings are as tough as they come. Just my opinion.

 

[hoz53]

Denys Yes I to thought about getting some pic rail stock and drilling and tapping this gun. Thats cobbling to me and i decided I couldnt do that. I sure wish burris made the signature zees to fit rugers.

Dusty I thought of that and thats one of the reasons i posted this question Thanks

Ledd Well I have the original set of ruger rings for this gun and if all I wanted to do was mount my 3.5x10 that has lots of ring marks allready i would just use them. I think I will want to mount an NF or similar quality scope on this rifle for awhile anyway and I dont want to scar it up. Also I want to see how it shoots longer range (600) so the signature offset inserts will be nice. Thank You

I will try these out and report back

 

[Ledd Slinger]

If you dont want to scar a scope up, lap your rings (should always lap your rings anyhow) and put one layer of hockey tape between the scope body and rings. Other option is to bed the rings to the scope body. Just so you know that regular rings without inserts can still be an option or used for backup without fear of cosmetic damage to the scope body.

 

[hoz53]

Ok Ledd I will try those things. Thanks again

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Even one layer of scotch tape will keep the rings from marking. The ruger rings work well by themselves. Or drill and tap it for a pic rail. You can get blanks from amazon and calculate the moa and machine it right into the bases as they have a very thick bottom. The ones i have you could put probably 300moa in em or more. That would be the most solid approach then you could use whatever rings you wanted.

 

[hoz53]

Thanks Dusty. I mounted the adapters but while I thought they would be secure enough I just didn't like them so I decided to just use ruger rings. I will try the tape trick. At first I didn't like the idea of drilling and tapping it but im thinking now that sounds purdy good. Thanks for the idea on machining moa into the pic rail. I hadn't thought of that. Napsac

 

[Ledd Slinger]

Thanks Dusty. I mounted the adapters but while I thought they would be secure enough I just didn't like them so I decided to just use ruger rings. I will try the tape trick. At first I didn't like the idea of drilling and tapping it but im thinking now that sounds purdy good. Thanks for the idea on machining moa into the pic rail. I hadn't thought of that. Napsac

Way easier to "bed" MOA into the rings using a shim. Doesnt cost anything (just time and a small amount of JB Weld) and gives full ring contact to body of scope for a stronger resistance to heavy recoil. You can achieve any MOA you desire with bedding and the bedding keeps the rings from ever scarring the scope body. its a win on all levels vs machining bases.

 

[hoz53]

Hi Ledd I will try different shims to see what moa's I can get. I see in tony Boyers book how he describes bedding a scope I will check that out more thoroughly. Thanks Again Napsac