I have a S&B 6x42 on a low mounts on a Sako 85. I want to get the scope lower. Apart from the 2mm of an extra low set of rings, is there any other way of getting the scope mounted lower? I have a comb raiser but am still trying to lower the scope.
I've ordered lowest Optilock ring mounts, think they are lower than base/ring combo.
http://www.sako.fi/scope-mounts
Dont suppose you could measure from the bottom of the base to the bottom of the scope recess. My scope is 1".
Dont suppose you could measure from the bottom of the base to the bottom of the scope recess. My scope is 1".
Thanks Dalua. Which version are they? Low? Not sure if they do an extra low.
I have a S&B 6x42 on a low mounts on a Sako 85. I want to get the scope lower. Apart from the 2mm of an extra low set of rings, is there any other way of getting the scope mounted lower? I have a comb raiser but am still trying to lower the scope.
buy a set of blank rings from NECG and have a local gunsmith machine and dovetail them to work on the sako, then blue them nicely.
It makes no real difference in trajectory. Put it in a ballistics calculator, with 1.5 inches above the bore and 2.5 inches above the bore, and compare the outputs.
I've no experience of using scopes on rifles like those lovely vintage ones with stocks designed for iron sights.And you can certainly learn to shoot with a head-erect style, rather than scrunched down on a straight comb. Just look at all the older rifles with a lot of drop on the comb, very little cheekpiece, and high scope mounts; the owners had no problem shooting them... just a different cheek weld.
If shooting a No.4 Enfield with the ladder wound up high, or with a scope, like an L42, I would want the little wooden cheekpiece riser on the buttstock.I've never really thought about this aspect of scope-hight, and this is probably why - as you say, it makes very little difference.
I've no experience of using scopes on rifles like those lovely vintage ones with stocks designed for iron sights.
However using a No4 rifle at 700yds and further, with the rear-sight well wound up, is certainly not especially comfortable.
You're right - one can learn to do it: but if there is the option to get one's face more comfortably on the stock by changing mounts, then why not take it?
...but you said it was easy to learn to shoot with your face flapping about a mile above the stock! In any case - keep your chisels and screwdriver off my No4s!If shooting a No.4 Enfield with the ladder wound up high, or with a scope, like an L42, I would want the little wooden cheekpiece riser on the buttstock.
YupIf you are shooting prone, you might want the scope low
..except when it's too high. In any case, nor is a low onebut standing, sitting or kneeling, a high scope is no problem
Good point. I wonder is that's what the OP is after?...and can actually be much faster to get a cheek weld and line up the scope on target, after becoming accustomed to it. I don't want to have to press my face down on a DGR rifle or driven game rifle. Like a shotgun, I want to bring it to my face, not my face to it.
Also a good point. However, I must confess a bias to lower being better in practice and aesthetically.So try just getting used to your mounts as they are, and try some low ones on someone else's Sako before spending money on something which may not suit you any better than what you have.