Old school Weaver rings

[Fishinfool]

I have the Weaver pivot mount on my Model 70 fwt in .308 with an El Paso Weaver steel tubed 4x. Never had it pop open, but it's not a hard kicker. I like it, and an surprised there are not modern versions available for shooters who like the ability to switch between open and optical sights on their rifles. Mine always stays well within an inch of initial sight in grouping.

Larry

 

[Rifleman200-10X]

The only drawback with the Weaver rings is in the initial setup when getting the scope reticle straight. Takes a little patience, but it's a one time job.


The trick is to put a little powdered rosin on the saddle of the aluminum base, and some gun oil on the steel top clamp. Then the scope won't rotate when the screws are tightened.

 

[teletech]

That's an interesting trick. I'm totally going to try that next time I set one up.

The only drawback with the Weaver rings is in the initial setup when getting the scope reticle straight. Takes a little patience, but it's a one time job.


The trick is to put a little powdered rosin on the saddle of the aluminum base, and some gun oil on the steel top clamp. Then the scope won't rotate when the screws are tightened.

 

[dsf]

After 55 years of mounting and using scopes on hundreds, yes hundreds of rifles, I have used my fair share of early Weaver rings and bases. I detested those early rings. They are difficult to say the least. Get the crosshairs lined up and level, tighten the screws and now the crosshairs are crooked. The cause is the mounting screws on one side only. I do like the weaver style bases built by quality manufactures like Warne. You can on old Weaver bases and the never higher quality manufactures remove the scope and remount it and only be slightly, @1" away from pre removal zero. For us that carried rifles daily but used them seldom this was a bonus. Dismount the scope and put it into your kit. When it was time to kill a deer simply reattach the scope and fill the freezer. Ruger's built in bases offer the same hitability after removal. I like this feature for my lifestyle. Doesn't mean beans to other. I have looked for good quality rings to fit Weaver style bases but have yet to find what I like. Another redeeming quality of the older Weaver rings is they were the only manufacturer of super low rings, which I prefer, so several of my guns still have the old style Weaver's as much as I would prefer something else. Once on and set I have had no failures from them even in the roughest uses.

Getting level is a PITA with those old scopes. I usually have the reticle canted one way and screw down. Then back off just a bit and tap to level, then screw down. Works, sometimes takes a few, but I get it done.

I have a 375 H&H pistol (Encore, 15" and ported) and the only thing that held the pistol scope in place was the old Weaver rings and some resin. Everything else required 3 rings or the scope slipped.

They're great for the period correct stuff too.

 

[pistolpete10]

Better choices today, never had a problem with the old Weavers. Performed perfectly. What are the "better choices"?