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Scope Ring Height
Posted on 3/12/19 at 7:57 pm
Posted on 3/12/19 at 7:57 pm
My son's Savage Axis II XP came with a Nikon 3-9x40 scope. I was going to replace the stock rings with some DNZ Hunt Master's like I have on my rifle. I want to put 3-9x40 back on his gun but will change it out for Prostaff 3-9x50 scope later this year. I have the same Prostaff scope on my rifle but my rings are the "High" height DNZ Hunt Masters. My question is if I bought the high DNZ rings would the rings be too high for the 3-9x40 to get it sighted in correctly?
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Posted on 3/12/19 at 8:06 pm to LSUDAN1
Height really isn't an issue for sighting in. It is annoying to not have a good cheek weld though. Always get the lowest rings that will allow you to 1.operate the bolt and 2.not touch the barrel.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 8:10 pm to LSUDAN1
I think dnz lows will fit a 40mm
Posted on 3/12/19 at 8:30 pm to down time
I am looking for something that will fit the 3-9x50 in the future without buying two sets of rings.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 8:34 pm to LSUDAN1
Can’t help you as far as knowing how it will work with the 40 but you will absolutely have to have high for the 50. Even with the high rings there is very little clearance with the 50mm.
Posted on 3/12/19 at 9:46 pm to LSUDAN1
The 50mm won’t do anything better than the 40mm.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 12:02 am to ChatRabbit77
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Height really isn't an issue for sighting in. It is annoying to not have a good cheek weld though. Always get the lowest rings that will allow you to 1.operate the bolt and 2.not touch the barrel.
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Posted on 3/13/19 at 12:03 am to 257WBY
FIFY.
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The 50mm won’t do anything better than the 40mm except cost more money.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 7:48 am to TigerOnThe Hill
This is as true as the sun rising. I bought a 50mm VX3i this fall thinking I needed to try the 50mm again like I was missing out.
Not worth it. Heavy, high, unnatural sighting upon shouldering it, marginal ROI on "extra" light gathering ability (Which, as many know, is a mostly false premise and negated by the concept of exit pupil diameter of the human eye: Versus a 40mm of equal quality glass, a 50mm gives the "perfect" human eye EPD of 7mm roughly 2x more magnification in total than the 40mm. Never did I ever say, "If I just had 9x mag instead of 7x could I see to shoot that blob in the distance." but I don't have perfect EPD, and most likely neither does anyone reading this.).
Fleeced.
But I digress. I fell for it too. Again.
Not worth it. Heavy, high, unnatural sighting upon shouldering it, marginal ROI on "extra" light gathering ability (Which, as many know, is a mostly false premise and negated by the concept of exit pupil diameter of the human eye: Versus a 40mm of equal quality glass, a 50mm gives the "perfect" human eye EPD of 7mm roughly 2x more magnification in total than the 40mm. Never did I ever say, "If I just had 9x mag instead of 7x could I see to shoot that blob in the distance." but I don't have perfect EPD, and most likely neither does anyone reading this.).
Fleeced.
But I digress. I fell for it too. Again.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 8:43 am to TigerOnThe Hill
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The 50mm won’t do anything better than the 40mm except cost more money.
... and you'll probably have to add a riser to the stock in order to get a good cheek weld because the eyepiece will be higher.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 9:29 am to LSUDAN1
To the OP: if the stock has a cheek comb, you may be ok going with the high rings. Like another poster stated, it's hard to get a good cheek weld with high scopes and no raised comb.
I have a 50mm on my 22-250...fell for the "bigger is better"...it has a raised check comb and uses the DNZ hi rings. So cheek welds are not a problem for me. However, the rifle looks weird with basically a black tall boy can on top of a little sporter rifle.
I have a 50mm on my 22-250...fell for the "bigger is better"...it has a raised check comb and uses the DNZ hi rings. So cheek welds are not a problem for me. However, the rifle looks weird with basically a black tall boy can on top of a little sporter rifle.
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