GSPV
A failure to plan is a plan for failure.
My bud at work that I got into shooting asked me to fix the scope mounting job that he did on his “hog rifle”.
It was a Marlin 336, Simmons 3x9 (“It got great reviews!”), unknown mounts, and some no name see through rings.
The picatinney mounts that he bought looked rough.
The off brand rings didn’t fit the picatinney mounts well. The part that snugs up just didn’t dovetail with the mount cleanly.
The ring screws weren’t all tight. That’s because he tried to use his brand new Wheeler torque driver. Those screws didn’t fit a single Allen tip in any of my Wheeler kits. I found one that was snug in my metric set of automotive Allen keys.
I found that the top of the 336’s receiver was cut at a taper relative to the bore. In both left/right and fore/aft.
When mounted, the danged rings were off, too. But not the same as the receiver.
The boresight was nowhere near where it was when he did it. He bought a Wheeler laser like mine. I had no choice but to just do it all over again with mine. Since the top of the receiver was all si goglin, I have zero confidence that the bore site is good because it depends on the muzzle being cut square to the bore.
I feel dirty and I’m going to tell him that I guarantee nothing about this job. I’m also going to tell him that if he wants me to help him he’s going to have to quit getting junk.
Sorry for the rant.
It was a Marlin 336, Simmons 3x9 (“It got great reviews!”), unknown mounts, and some no name see through rings.
The picatinney mounts that he bought looked rough.
The off brand rings didn’t fit the picatinney mounts well. The part that snugs up just didn’t dovetail with the mount cleanly.
The ring screws weren’t all tight. That’s because he tried to use his brand new Wheeler torque driver. Those screws didn’t fit a single Allen tip in any of my Wheeler kits. I found one that was snug in my metric set of automotive Allen keys.
I found that the top of the 336’s receiver was cut at a taper relative to the bore. In both left/right and fore/aft.
When mounted, the danged rings were off, too. But not the same as the receiver.
The boresight was nowhere near where it was when he did it. He bought a Wheeler laser like mine. I had no choice but to just do it all over again with mine. Since the top of the receiver was all si goglin, I have zero confidence that the bore site is good because it depends on the muzzle being cut square to the bore.
I feel dirty and I’m going to tell him that I guarantee nothing about this job. I’m also going to tell him that if he wants me to help him he’s going to have to quit getting junk.
Sorry for the rant.