bpost1958
04-08-2008, 08:45 PM
...........With the results out of my Encore 375 H&H. It is putting five 375-250-FN pushed by 24 grains of Blue Dot into 1-1/4 inch at 100 yards. I shot this right at dark in a rather stiff variable wind. To me that is a WOW!
One word of caution; Please make sure you use screws that reach the bottom of the base mounting holes in heavy recoiling calibers. I was SMASHED in the face leaving a big cut between my eyes by the scope-rings-base assembly a couple of weeks ago. The short Weaver screws, supplied with the mount, stripped right out of the barrel, held by only one or two threads.
I emailed Weaver and they supplied over length screws free. I used Mike Bellm's system of custom cutting and filing each screw to match the depth of each hole. I used a bottom 6-48 tap to make sure the threads went to the bottom of the hole. Each hole measured .200 deep. I also epoxied the mount and screws to the barrel. I am getting too old and ugly to keep adding scars between my eyes.
(....and, no I was not wearing shooting glasses, my bad.)
I also learned that a muzzle break adds considerable stresses to the scope mount with rapid conflicting stresses.
One word of caution; Please make sure you use screws that reach the bottom of the base mounting holes in heavy recoiling calibers. I was SMASHED in the face leaving a big cut between my eyes by the scope-rings-base assembly a couple of weeks ago. The short Weaver screws, supplied with the mount, stripped right out of the barrel, held by only one or two threads.
I emailed Weaver and they supplied over length screws free. I used Mike Bellm's system of custom cutting and filing each screw to match the depth of each hole. I used a bottom 6-48 tap to make sure the threads went to the bottom of the hole. Each hole measured .200 deep. I also epoxied the mount and screws to the barrel. I am getting too old and ugly to keep adding scars between my eyes.
(....and, no I was not wearing shooting glasses, my bad.)
I also learned that a muzzle break adds considerable stresses to the scope mount with rapid conflicting stresses.