Or have separate turrets made for each barrel
This. Harder to find in the US but worth the effort. I’ve got integral rails on all Blaser barrel scopes but the .22, and it’s just that much better.The easiest way around this is to have a scope that has an integral rail mounted to the housing. Then your mount is nothing more than an adapter between the scope and the barrel. I used a Contessa QD mount on mine, but Blaser also offers mounts for their scopes along with ones from Swaro, Zeiss and Leica.
Here's a picture of the scope with the mount installed...
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And a picture of one installed on a rifle. It's not the same scope, but you get the point.
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Yes, but not on a Blaser. I have made marks on turrets where different loads shoot and dial between them based on load. Most recently with sub sonic vs standard velocity. Any repeatable scope should be able to do this.Could a person use one scope and just have it documented where to adjust elevation and windage for each barrel. The hallmark of a high quality scope is repeatability and accurate clicks.
Has anyone tried it.
Having quality scopes on 3-5 barrels negates the benefits for me to just save on stock cost and space only.
Now if the scope moved barrel to barrel, now that is same real weight and cost savings.
One stock. One scope and multiple barrels. I hope this does not read as being negative. I love the idea of the platform.
It's a great idea but moving a scope from one barrel to another requires adjustments every time. I have four barrels and each has a dedicated scope.Could a person use one scope and just have it documented where to adjust elevation and windage for each barrel. The hallmark of a high quality scope is repeatability and accurate clicks.
Has anyone tried it.
Having quality scopes on 3-5 barrels negates the benefits for me to just save on stock cost and space only.
Now if the scope moved barrel to barrel, now that is same real weight and cost savings.
One stock. One scope and multiple barrels. I hope this does not read as being negative. I love the idea of the platform.
The only time I had a problem with a mounting recess Blaser type barrel was with an after market barrel. I sent it back to the barrel maker and he fixed it. I have never had a problem with a Blaser barrel.Curiously I’ve just invested in a swaro z8i 1 - 8 x 24 rail mounted using the swaro rail mount
Something is not right as I run out of elevation on my .223 barrel @ 150m !!
I can only put it down to the claws not fitting in the barrel recess correctly giving the scope an uphill slant
Anyone else run into this?
That is a very informative set of pictures.
Surprising to see the bottom of the turrets being the limiting factor. That was news to me.
Surprising to see such wide gaps between objective and barrel even with a so called "low mount".
Do you make use of a raised cheekpiece to get your eye level with those scopes?
Is there no alternative mount available for the Blaser R8 allowing a lower mount than in your pictures?
Could a person use one scope and just have it documented where to adjust elevation and windage for each barrel. The hallmark of a high quality scope is repeatability and accurate clicks.
Has anyone tried it.
Having quality scopes on 3-5 barrels negates the benefits for me to just save on stock cost and space only.
Now if the scope moved barrel to barrel, now that is same real weight and cost savings.
One stock. One scope and multiple barrels. I hope this does not read as being negative. I love the idea of the platform.
I agree. Especially in regards to the QD lever adjustment from barrel to barrel. They are definitely not identical. A mount that is adjusted to one barrel, may be either too loose or too tight on another barrel.Yes you absolutely can, provided this is a quality scope with reliable and repeatable clicks, which is far from being the case with many (most) of the less expensive scopes, and even some of the surprisingly expensive ones of the previous generation, before ballistic turrets became fashionable on hunting rifles.
The challenges, of course, as you click up or down, right or left, are:
All of that to say that I do not think that the 1 scope for 4 barrels is a very practical solution, but it may be the only one on a limited budget, and it can be done by a meticulous hunter owning a reliable scope.
- You absolutely must be 100% certain of which setting you start from, including did you click (and how many clicks) to compensate for wind drift and/or shooting up or down hill on your last shot?
- You need a little table listing all possible scope transfer scenarios between the 3 or 4 barrels (e.g. as would be my case in Africa: .257 Wby to .300 Wby, .257 Wby to .375 H&H, .257 Wby to .458 Lott, .300 to .375, .300 to .458, .375 to .458 and vice versa). This can get "involved", and the smallest mistake ruins out the zero for all calibers.
- A good scope for hunting plains game or far away mountains game with the .257 Wby is vastly different from a great scope to hunt dangerous game up close with the .458 Lott. No need to expand on this one, everyone in this thread knows the differences...
- This precludes the use of BDC (bullet drop compensator) turrets which I find to be the most useful application in above 300 yd. shots, now that we can easily clock our own ammo in our own barrels and compute with a smart phone software once and for all the clicks required and have them engraved on custom BDC turrets (I use Kenton Industry turrets). Range the distance, instantly turn the turret to 375 yd., forget about painfully converting range to MOA and clicks, just put the crosshair on the vitals and focus on the shot...
- Believe it or not, not all Blaser barrels have the scope mounts recesses machined at exactly the same depth (surprising, I know), and in addition to clicking the different trajectories when swapping barrels, you would likely have to click for mount tightness adjustments. Now that becomes a little iffy...
You may (?) be lucky and the various zeros may be close enough that you may mark the turrets etching marks with red, blue, green marks (fine permanent markers work great on white etching marks), and this simplifies things tremendously. For example, the scopes on my .22 LR practice rifles have a green bar for 100 yd. zero and a red bar for 150 yd. zero. But each scope stays on its rifle...
Sure, you can do that. I did it at first between two barrels.Could a person use one scope and just have it documented where to adjust elevation and windage for each barrel. The hallmark of a high quality scope is repeatability and accurate clicks.
Has anyone tried it.
Having quality scopes on 3-5 barrels negates the benefits for me to just save on stock cost and space only.
Now if the scope moved barrel to barrel, now that is same real weight and cost savings.
One stock. One scope and multiple barrels. I hope this does not read as being negative. I love the idea of the platform.