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April 15th, 2019, 08:46 AM #1
Scope Mounting-Left Or Right Knob
As I always say, don't laugh. When mounting a set of scope rings on a rail, does the "tightening knob" go on the right or left? I usually have it on the right but not sure why I do it that way.
I am sure the pros here have an answer. ;-)Gunowner99 - NRA Benefactor Life Member
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Re: Scope Mounting-Left Or Right Knob
I have always mounted the rings with the knobs on the left. Unless you have left handed firearm, then I would do it with the knobs on the right.
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April 15th, 2019, 12:00 PM #3
Re: Scope Mounting-Left Or Right Knob
I'm doing it on a Ruger 10/22. Just wasn't sure if there was some sort of protocol.
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April 15th, 2019, 12:14 PM #5
Re: Scope Mounting-Left Or Right Knob
ha ha I could care, just making sure I'm not doing something wrong here.
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April 15th, 2019, 12:44 PM #6
Re: Scope Mounting-Left Or Right Knob
It really doesn't matter which side for most ring sets. Most folks put them on the left side of gun though.
However, there are some mount-specific ring sets in existence.
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April 15th, 2019, 01:09 PM #7
Re: Scope Mounting-Left Or Right Knob
You all are great, thank you so much!!
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April 16th, 2019, 08:13 AM #8
Re: Scope Mounting-Left Or Right Knob
On the right..ocd says the left side is the smooth side and I can look at them and see if they loosened.
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April 16th, 2019, 08:17 AM #9
Re: Scope Mounting-Left Or Right Knob
Opposite of the action, one less thing to catch your hand on when running a bolt or action.
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April 16th, 2019, 08:27 AM #10
Re: Scope Mounting-Left Or Right Knob
I'll go with left. I have the blue loctite. So, I have to put the rail on the receiver, loctite those screws. Then, the rings on the rail. Do I loctite just the screws that attach to the rail or also the screws that attach the scope to the rings? I have a torque screwdriver so I can set torque but would appreciate a heads up on proper torques for all. Thanks!
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