School me on scope rails
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 4:56 pm
I'd mentioned elsewhere I'm building up a 10/22.
The donor gun had a generic scope rail and an older Weaver scope on it. I bought a Leupold VX Freedom 2-7 Rimfire and mounted it on the old rail and rings. Shot great.
I put a new stock on and decided I didn't like the eye relief, so I put a Kidd rail on it then remounted the rings and Leupold. Now, it shoots way low after I adjusted the turret as far as it would go.
Gunsmith at the range shot it, said everything looked right on the installation and wondered if it's a 20MOA rail, but from my understanding, those point the scope down to allow you to compensate for drop at long ranges, so I can't see how that would do it. Also, from browsing their site, Kidd doesn't sell a 20MOA 10/22 rail for a factory receiver. I plan to take it off later and mic it in a few places.
I could go back to the old rail and live with the eye relief, but I really want to figure out what's going on here. I don't see how the stock could be the issue, but I'm willing to learn.
Any thoughts or suggestions on what to look at or for?
Fire away!
The donor gun had a generic scope rail and an older Weaver scope on it. I bought a Leupold VX Freedom 2-7 Rimfire and mounted it on the old rail and rings. Shot great.
I put a new stock on and decided I didn't like the eye relief, so I put a Kidd rail on it then remounted the rings and Leupold. Now, it shoots way low after I adjusted the turret as far as it would go.
Gunsmith at the range shot it, said everything looked right on the installation and wondered if it's a 20MOA rail, but from my understanding, those point the scope down to allow you to compensate for drop at long ranges, so I can't see how that would do it. Also, from browsing their site, Kidd doesn't sell a 20MOA 10/22 rail for a factory receiver. I plan to take it off later and mic it in a few places.
I could go back to the old rail and live with the eye relief, but I really want to figure out what's going on here. I don't see how the stock could be the issue, but I'm willing to learn.
Any thoughts or suggestions on what to look at or for?
Fire away!
