buckmark scope mount - The Firearms Forum

pea shooter · 02-02-2012, 10:21 PM

Can anyone tell me what scope rings to use with the factory browning base.It says to use weaver style mounts but the weavers are a hair to big.I have a simmons red dot that came with rings and they fit,but i wanted to try the scope off my S&W 617 that has weaver rings and it would not tighten up.I do not understand why the actual weaver brand rings do not fit but the ones that came with my simmons red dot do. any help would be great

old semperfi · 02-04-2012, 12:58 AM

your red dot is going to be 30mm while most rings are smaller,one inch.yhats the difference. old semperfi

pea shooter · 02-04-2012, 07:22 PM

The problem is where the rings mount to the base. I tried the weaver steel rings and they work ok. I ended up with a pair of tradition rings and they work fine.It seems the weaver aluminum rings are the problem,i I have read about this problem on another forum. Browning must make there base a little thinner than most.

Curlyjoe_99 · 02-07-2012, 12:07 PM

Sounds liek you got a set of rings at the max tolerance and your mount is at the minimum. i'd try to return the ring set since you found another that works for you.

jut my $.02

Curlyjoe

02-02-2012, 10:21 PM	#1
pea shooter Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 45	buckmark scope mount Can anyone tell me what scope rings to use with the factory browning base.It says to use weaver style mounts but the weavers are a hair to big.I have a simmons red dot that came with rings and they fit,but i wanted to try the scope off my S&W 617 that has weaver rings and it would not tighten up.I do not understand why the actual weaver brand rings do not fit but the ones that came with my simmons red dot do. any help would be great -->

02-04-2012, 12:58 AM	#2
old semperfi Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: i live in southern indiana,old country boy at heart Posts: 1,506	Re: buckmark scope mount your red dot is going to be 30mm while most rings are smaller,one inch.yhats the difference. old semperfi

02-04-2012, 07:22 PM	#3
pea shooter Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 45	Re: buckmark scope mount The problem is where the rings mount to the base. I tried the weaver steel rings and they work ok. I ended up with a pair of tradition rings and they work fine.It seems the weaver aluminum rings are the problem,i I have read about this problem on another forum. Browning must make there base a little thinner than most.

02-07-2012, 12:07 PM	#4
Curlyjoe_99 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 120	Re: buckmark scope mount Sounds liek you got a set of rings at the max tolerance and your mount is at the minimum. i'd try to return the ring set since you found another that works for you. jut my $.02 Curlyjoe