When Does Less Equal More?

[shawnhu]

  On 2/4/2016 at 9:42 PM, Buckmaster7600 said:

I have used them on lots of guns but I have been switching everything over to DNZ's and they are awesome.

DNZ and Talley's are nice rings.

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[wildcat junkie]

So, what are DNZs?

[wildcat junkie]

  On 2/4/2016 at 10:06 PM, wildcat junkie said:

So, what are DNZs?

 

OK I googled.2  things going against them.

 

1 They are aluminum & would look out of place on a classic Mauser.

 

2 They don't list an application for Mausers.

 

Edited February 4, 2016 by wildcat junkie

[Buckmaster7600]

Have you shot it with the new scope yet? What do you think?

[wildcat junkie]

  On 2/8/2016 at 10:51 PM, Buckmaster7600 said:

Have you shot it with the new scope yet? What do you think?

 

Weather has tuned nasty. When it was warm, the wind was blowing, now it's going sub-zero. I shot a few rounds off the deck the other day to get it on the paper. It was about 4" high @ 25yds & 1" left although shooting off the door jamb I think I pulled the shot left. I adjusted the elevation & shot @ a football size rock on the bank from 60yds & hit it pretty much center.

 

I'm going to load up some 8X57 tomorrow so I'll be ready for the 1st decent day to go to the range.

 

I did find something interesting when I pulled the 3-9x42 Kales off. It was shooting a bit erratic last fall & I found a pinhead sized spot where the anodizing was worn off the bottom of the objective bell. I think it was contacting the front edge of the front base ever so slightly.

 

I sold the VX-2 3-9x40 that was on the Mauser last season (2014) to a kid that bought the 7mm-08 AXIS-II & put the Kales on the Mauser last winter. It shot its usual boring <1/2 cloverleafs immediately after the swap. When I went out to verify the zero this last fall it was occasionally throwing flyers out about 2".

 

I'm thinking that the scope contact was the culprit. I wish they hadn't used the wide duplex on the untralight. I used the duplex gap subtension as a range estimator. The gap on the 3-9x33 is 18" @ 100yds when @ 9x! The 3-9x40 was 6"

Edited February 8, 2016 by wildcat junkie

[wildcat junkie]

Weighed the Oberndorf classic Mauser W/the 3-9x33 Leupold Compact scope the other day.

 

All up weight, rifle, scope, mounts, & sling, 7# 12oz. Not bad for a rifle W/a 23 1/2" barrel.