Then on it, they will set a $200 scope and some $35 dollar rings.
But if you cant hold things solid and consistently on your rifle, your results will always suffer.
Grant preaches in all his classes the importance of going overkill on your mounting solutions.
A lot of people talk about scopes, but how often do you hear people talking about the equally important scope rings?
Your scope rings can make a good scope great, and likewise, a great scope bad.
Its all about holding our zero.
If we cant do that, then why even shoot, right?
Whenmounting your scope, make note of what Picatinny slot it sits in. This helps when you mount andre-mount scopes.
The Solution
Grant swears up and down by Badger Ordnance scope rings.
Badger Ordnance has scope rings as low as about $40 and up to around $250.
Read, do some research and choose carefully.
The author uses a specific 65-lb. Seekonk wrench to tighten his scope rings to the exact setting that Badger Ordnance recommends.
Something I have fallen victim to is seeing scope rings with a high-quality name and assuming they are rock-solid.
Perhaps the best thing about scope rings is they are a reliable, long-term purchase.
You may drop scopes and break them, or your rifle may give out one day.
Badger Ordnance sells scope rings that are known for durability and reliability among precision shooters.
But your rings can be a lifetime investment.
To watch our test, check out the video at the top of this page.
For our test, we have two scopes that are sighted in on our Model 2020 Waypoint.
For this test, the author swapped scopes and shot at 100 yards on a 1-inch target. He had good results strongly suggesting that consistency matters.
We have aBushnell Match Proand aBushnell Elite Tactical XRS II.
Its important to remember where the scope sat in the Picatinny rails also when mounting your scopes.
Set them in the rails and then push them all the way forward in the slot.
We noticed the same thing we were able to put shots inside a 1 square at 100 yards.
Its true that you may never want to switch scopes.
As long as your scope will hold zero, this proves that your zero would be rock-solid.
Then, tighten the rings to the rail.
Dont spend hours throwing bullets downrange and then having to re-zero every time something is bumped.
