What are my options with this?

[Dimner]

Hi guys,

I have an Austrian Voere 30-06 made from a demilled m98. 1977 vintage.

About 5 or so years ago I bought it used, traded it to a friend and he found a stripped rear scope mount base(weaver 2 piece bases) when he went to install his scope. I arranged for a smith near him to fix the issue and all was well. He mounted his K4 on it and used it for a half dozen years until he inherited his grandpa's BLR.

Of course I regretted trading him that rifle from day 1. It's in my opinion a super rad looking sporter. Just classic. I get the same feeling looking at this sporter as when I look at a 69 Olds 442.

Anyway, I finally got it back in a trade. I mounted my 4-16 scope on it to do some basic load dev and what the what?! i cant get the scope zeroed. I run out of windage. Like ran out waaaay too soon. Im shooting about 18 inches right of the aim point at 100 yards.



So I gotta figure out what my options are for fixing this.

1)Burris signature rings with off set inserts. Will the offset inserts provide enough adjustment to remedy the issue?

2)leupold standard 2 piece scope bases with the rear base adjustable for windage. Is this an option? Are the screw hole layouts for weaver and leupold 2 piece bases the same? (I'd be shocked if they are). Would adjusting the rear base windage cause stress on the scope?

3)Permanent fix by a competent smith. Is this a possibility, what would it entail?

4)Some other option I have not considered?

The long term plan for this rifle is to use a K4 on it. However, for my load development projects, I'd really like to be able to use at least 16x magnification.

 

[nwmnbowhunter]

If you have the wheeler mounting kit with the two pointy bars used to check if rings are in alignment, check that.

I had one do that and one screw hole was crooked and a one piece base fixed it.

 

[philip brousseau]

The signatures will work

 

[Sniperhandle]

Hi guys,

I have an Austrian Voere 30-06 made from a demilled m98. 1977 vintage.

About 5 or so years ago I bought it used, traded it to a friend and he found a stripped rear scope mount base(weaver 2 piece bases) when he went to install his scope. I arranged for a smith near him to fix the issue and all was well. He mounted his K4 on it and used it for a half dozen years until he inherited his grandpa's BLR.

Of course I regretted trading him that rifle from day 1. It's in my opinion a super rad looking sporter. Just classic. I get the same feeling looking at this sporter as when I look at a 69 Olds 442.

Anyway, I finally got it back in a trade. I mounted my 4-16 scope on it to do some basic load dev and what the what?! i cant get the scope zeroed. I run out of windage. Like ran out waaaay too soon. Im shooting about 18 inches right of the aim point at 100 yards.

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So I gotta figure out what my options are for fixing this.

1)Burris signature rings with off set inserts. Will the offset inserts provide enough adjustment to remedy the issue?

2)leupold standard 2 piece scope bases with the rear base adjustable for windage. Is this an option? Are the screw hole layouts for weaver and leupold 2 piece bases the same? (I'd be shocked if they are). Would adjusting the rear base windage cause stress on the scope?

3)Permanent fix by a competent smith. Is this a possibility, what would it entail?

4)Some other option I have not considered?

The long term plan for this rifle is to use a K4 on it. However, for my load development projects, I'd really like to be able to use at least 16x magnification.

The holes are drilled off center, Welding the rear one up is not an issue, I have tig welded them and re-drilled and tapped. But using a windage adjustable base like a Redfield or Leupold will work.