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Scope ring height?

Post by Davel91 » Fri Dec 18, 2020 3:47 pm

Hello,

I have a Single Shot in .350 Legend that I am preparing to mount a scope on. I have the EGW picatinny rail from Henry, a Leupold VX Freedom 3-9x40 and Leupold PRW high rings. I bought high after doing some research online about the rifle. My scope came in the mail today and after a quick test mounting, I'm wondering if I can get away with medium height. There is not enough room to get my finger in there to cock the hammer (hammer expander on the way), but I'm curious if I could get away with a lower medium height. For those of you who have scoped one of these rifles, what ring height did you choose?

Does the "rebounding hammer" come into play here? i.e., does the hammer when the trigger is pulled come further forward than it sits when it is not cocked?

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Re: Scope ring height?

Post by Sir Henry » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:37 pm

Like the VX Freedom for a bump.
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Re: Scope ring height?

Post by JEBar » Fri Dec 18, 2020 9:10 pm

very well thought out, interesting series of questions .... I have no answers but am sure looking forward to hearing them 8-)
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Re: Scope ring height?

Post by Hatchdog » Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:41 am

Dave,

I don’t have a single shot so I can’t comment about that rifle specifically but I do have a Big Boy that I recently scoped. This is a Leopold 2-7X VX Freedom with either a 32 or 33mm exit (can’t remember). It is mounted on the same style rail from Henry using low rings. Note how the front bell just clears the rear sight on the rifle. Your 40mm might hit the sight with low rings but might clear with medium ??? Of course you can always remove the sight. Or, it’s possible that your 3-9x40 might clear the sight as it is most likely a bit longer than my 2-7. Anyway, this is how mine looks with low rings.

Another consideration is even with low rings my scope is so far above the stock that I have to use a cheek riser.

Can’t help you with the rebounding hammer as I have never paid attention to that. My 2-7 didn’t require a hammer extension probably due to it’s being a very short scope and I can get my thumb on the hammer comfortably.

Sure with Henry would put a folding rear sight on these rifles, that would help with scope mounting.




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Re: Scope ring height?

Post by Vaquero » Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:35 am

Hey Hatch, it seems you and I may share the same coffee.
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Re: Scope ring height?

Post by Sir Henry » Sat Dec 19, 2020 1:05 pm

Vaquero wrote:
Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:35 am
Hey Hatch, it seems you and I may share the same coffee.
Those red containers sure come in handy. :lol:

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I have a dozen of them myself. Some are green.
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Re: Scope ring height?

Post by Davel91 » Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:50 pm

I have an answer to the rebounding hammer question. I guess it should have been obvious but I did confirm. The hammer does travel further forward when the trigger is pulled than it sits when it is not cocked. However, the decocked position is the highest point of the arc of the hammer. When the trigger is pulled the hammer reaches the decocked point and then travels downward from there. So, if your scope does not touch the resting hammer, the hammer will not strike the scope when fired.

I have a set of low scope rings on the way. The medium rings are okay, but I wouldn't mind the scope being a little lower. We'll see if it works out soon.
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Post by Hatchdog » Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:59 am

Dave,

Your thoughts on the rebounding hammer make sense, thanks. There is a mount available that looks to be a bit lower than the Henry mount that I plan to try out on my 41 Big Boy that I have on layaway. My old memory can’t remember the manufacturer right now but there is a discussion here on the Henry Forum about it. I’ll come back with a link to the discussion. Currently the manufacturer is out of stock but I’m not picking up my 41 until March so hopefully they will have one available by then.

Here is the link to the mount from RangerPoint. But, I derailed my own thought process with my Big Boy application forgetting you are scoping a Single Shot. I don’t believe RP makes a mount for the SS but it’s a company to keep on eye on in the future.

https://rangerpointstore.com/rhino-picatinny-rail


Yeah, those red custom brass storage units come handy. The green one’s are okay but I prefer the red. Only from habit I’m sure, should there ever be a shortage of the red containers I would be delighted to get some green ones. :lol:
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Post by Bear-of-Grayling » Tue Dec 22, 2020 8:15 am

This is a Henry SS with a 3-9x40 Nikon. I used Warne “Low” rings. Allows acceptable cheek weld, clearance to keep and fold the rear sight, also clearance for the hammer with the aid of a hammer extension. If the power knob on the scope is to large then medium rings will be necessary. Also a SS with a 4.5-14x42 Burris and UTG “Low Pro Max Strength” rings. Couldn’t use the Warne rings here as the mediums were to low and the high to high. The hammer does not strike the scope. I did cut off the extra base material. The hammer extension is a must have. I am a lefty so don’t get confused. Merry Christmas.
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Re: Scope ring height?

Post by Hatchdog » Tue Dec 22, 2020 11:00 am

Bear,

That’s great that your single shot has the folding rear sight. The Big Boy’s have the ladder rear that does not fold so some have to remove the sight to mount a scope. Nice to have a scope that size mounted so low, your set up looks great. Thanks for the pics.
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