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Could one of you fine gentlemen tell me which of the various no gunsmith mounts for the no.4 positions the scope the lowest on the rifle? Even with a 3/4 inch lace on cheek rest the scope is to high for me with the junk Brownells mount that was on the rifle.
Thank you for any help.
Speak to BDL in SC. He stocks superb English made Fulton mounts that are as low as the No32 sniper mounts
I recently bought the Fulton's mount from Brian. It is low and, with low rings, I only have to use just under 1/2" of padding on the buttstock to get a good cheek weld. I am very happy with it. As it is steel, it does not have some of the problems I have encountered with the aluminium scope mounts.
I have a B square mount going if you're interested. seem to be about the same as the standard T mount height.
I have to hand examples of the B-Square, S&K, Accumount, Fultons and Armalon no-drill scope mounts for the No 4 rifle.
I test fitted them all to the same Long Branch No 4 Mk 1*, with 1" scope rings.
Found only 5mm of difference between the highest to lowest.
Lowest was S&K (S&K rings) C/L of scope 51mm above C/L of bore
Highest was B-Square (Leupold .730 low rings) 56mm above
The others lay in the 52-53mm range, so there is not all that much in it.
I am only trying to fit a 20mm objective scope, so am using low rings only.
Other factors such as allowable ring positions, to suit position of scope turrets and eye-relief will come into consideration.
Good info Max. What about logging it all as a readioly deciphered format and Badger storing it for future reference, especially if you can collate more of the same from different available mounts
I know I'm repeating myself but if you want to make collimation easy considering all of the mounts worth their salt clamp to the charger bridge, get Millett wind adjustable rings. There's lots of variation in the charger bridges. They make a hard job easy, are made of steel and are solid as a rock. Even the cheapest of scopes can be properly centralized so you have the full run of deflection adjustment.
I followed Brian's suggestion regarding the Millet rings when I bought a Fulton's mount from him - I would have to concur that the cheapest scope (Tasco Pronghorn) can be easily centralized using these rings. A great setup and one I would not change.
Before the days of collimators, we used to boresight. Does anyone boresight any more or is it soon to become another of the lost arts? The good thing about boresighting was that the next day you could go out with a few of the sniper teams, out to the 3 or 400 yard firing point, just as the sun was up and then sight in for real on the ranges. You could be back in for 10 o'clock for a late breakfast
I'm reminiscing again............... Happy days
I still bore site ... Set up the rifle in a V notch rig, pull the bolt, peek and squint down the bore looking for the neighbor's front garden hose spigot and bring the scope to that target ... about 50 yards off.
As good as a laser bore sighter.:thup:
I also have the adjustable rings. Brought the Weaker K3 right back over the bore while the B-square was slightly off to the right.