AusVarmint

I had never run a barrel in until this year (sako 204). Will I do it again ? Bloody oath. It is the easiest rifle in the safe to clean without dought ! I even sort of run-in a new 7615rem, It's 10mins out of my life , if it works great ,if it don't who cares.

Good news , AS suggested by you guy's I have swapped the rings around and hey presto, problem solved ,I now have plenty of adjustment .Got to ask the question though , are the tolerances of these optilock rings up to scratch ? you would think there should be no difference in height between the rings...

Can't swap the bases around , but I can swap the rings around . Good idea Harb , cheers

Well , I've ground down the pin with the dremel , refitted the plastic inserts in the rings and same result , although I did gain 3 clicks 3/4''of adjustment . Better than nothing I guess . looks like I might have to live with it eh ? any idea's ?

Gday Marc , They are tapered bases mate , once the rear base was tapped on the first time , it was easy to slide on after that, but wether the pin is holding the rear base up a bit maybe ? It looks to be sitting right down into the dovetails though. Cheers Brett

:( Well I took My new sako 85 with zeiss scope mounted in optilock rings and bases out for it's maiden voyage today and bloody hell, I only had just enough elevation adjustment to allow me to get it to shoot 1'' high at 100. I cant zero it any lower as the turrent is screwed as far in as it will go ...

Thanks Fellas for the info,I might try to get hold of a sample of both 2206H and 10X

Virgin poster so be gentle boys. Just ordered a 85 Sako varmint in .204 so I am madly searching the net for info! Now ,Iv'e always tended to use Sierra's so thats what I will try first, 32grainers preferably but will give the 39gn' ers a run if I need too. The BIG question is which powder? Seems lik...