BrianLara400*
12th Jul 2013, 05:37 PM
Finally got some time to machine a mount for my little Sako Quad .22lr
Has 33.5 MOA of taper inbuilt, which with the scope I've chosen should leave .75 milradians in reserve still allowing me to achieve a shortish zero (You'll need to excuse my mixing standards). I intend to fit a central sight & tunnel to the Quad as well for some fullbore practise, which is the point of my building the mount the way I have to ensure a very repeatable return to zero when interchanged on and off.
https://imageshack.com/a/img19/1569/paax.jpg
https://imageshack.com/a/img801/413/t3j8.jpg
https://imageshack.com/a/img843/1803/92bb.jpg
https://imageshack.com/a/img841/1773/c684.jpg
Dressing back the excess where the centre drill marks were, from the between centres setup
https://imageshack.com/a/img542/233/wmj.jpg
Cutting a lot of material off the Opti-lock rings (High I think).
Picked them up on ebay relatively cheaply second hand - in very tidy condition
(...and I just cut the #### out of them)
https://imageshack.com/a/img802/3637/kx8.jpg
OD turning the large locating spigot on the underside of the modified rings, using the boring head.
https://imageshack.com/a/img836/5413/ha40.jpg
https://imageshack.com/a/img818/7523/jq14.jpg
Here it is 97% completed with an M40a1 mount I happened to have stashed, thrown in for comparison.
Machined the S/S Claws that will clamp into the dovetail, those garish hex bolts are the only M5x.8 ones I had & will be replaced with nicer dome head ones at my next convenience.
https://imageshack.com/a/img51/296/zsk5.jpg
https://imageshack.com/a/img28/9154/1yki.jpg
still a little deburring to do etc - but I'll just use it for now and when I accumulate enough little projects I'll clean them all up and look to have someone Ceracoate the lot.
https://imageshack.com/a/img221/3732/o333.jpg
https://imageshack.com/a/img90/2951/7occ.jpg
Has 33.5 MOA of taper inbuilt, which with the scope I've chosen should leave .75 milradians in reserve still allowing me to achieve a shortish zero (You'll need to excuse my mixing standards). I intend to fit a central sight & tunnel to the Quad as well for some fullbore practise, which is the point of my building the mount the way I have to ensure a very repeatable return to zero when interchanged on and off.
https://imageshack.com/a/img19/1569/paax.jpg
https://imageshack.com/a/img801/413/t3j8.jpg
https://imageshack.com/a/img843/1803/92bb.jpg
https://imageshack.com/a/img841/1773/c684.jpg
Dressing back the excess where the centre drill marks were, from the between centres setup
https://imageshack.com/a/img542/233/wmj.jpg
Cutting a lot of material off the Opti-lock rings (High I think).
Picked them up on ebay relatively cheaply second hand - in very tidy condition
(...and I just cut the #### out of them)
https://imageshack.com/a/img802/3637/kx8.jpg
OD turning the large locating spigot on the underside of the modified rings, using the boring head.
https://imageshack.com/a/img836/5413/ha40.jpg
https://imageshack.com/a/img818/7523/jq14.jpg
Here it is 97% completed with an M40a1 mount I happened to have stashed, thrown in for comparison.
Machined the S/S Claws that will clamp into the dovetail, those garish hex bolts are the only M5x.8 ones I had & will be replaced with nicer dome head ones at my next convenience.
https://imageshack.com/a/img51/296/zsk5.jpg
https://imageshack.com/a/img28/9154/1yki.jpg
still a little deburring to do etc - but I'll just use it for now and when I accumulate enough little projects I'll clean them all up and look to have someone Ceracoate the lot.
https://imageshack.com/a/img221/3732/o333.jpg
https://imageshack.com/a/img90/2951/7occ.jpg