I have a ruger tang safety M-77 in 6MM remington. This gun has always worn a redfield 6x18 scope w/accutrac and a canjar set trigger. This gun was always tack driver and got a lot of varmint work. At some point years ago the scope fogged up and was sent back to redfield. Redfield, to their credit, purged and resealed the scope and reset the parallax for two hundred yards, all at no charge. I remounted the scope and attempted to sight in the rifle only to discover that with the adjusments maxed out the rifle now shot about three inches low and an inch left at one hundred yards. I have tried swapping the rings front to back thinking there might be some small difference in height that might help, but to no avail. The gun has now been sitting unused for quite a while as life intervened and my interests changed. I have recently gotten interested in shooting the old girl again so the scope has become an issue. Since redfield has shut down and, re opened for business since the earlier repairs I am unsure if they would undertake repairs under warranty. Now I could call redfield but if anyone here has a suggestion, i.e. adjustable bases or posssibly a new set of rings I would be glad to hear it. Thanx
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Watergoat
Single-Sixer
Some things just are not worth fixing. I have one of those old Accutracs, in the box, that is going as trade material to the next gun show. I personally prefer Leupold, but there are other good scopes out there. That rifle is certainly worth putting first rate glass on. Check around for discontinued models. I just scored two Euro 30s at a killer deal.
mcknight77
Blackhawk
The Redfield brand is now owned by Leupold. But, they don't have repair parts for them, so they don't fix them. There is another company or two that will repair old scopes, but it's not cheap.
The first thing I would do is swap the scope out to make sure it is in fact a problem with the Redfield.
If it is the scope, I'd try one of the new Redfields from Leupold. I have a 3x9 that I'm happy with. They are competitively priced and have the Leupold lifetime guarantee. They also have the Acurange feature. They don't have the optical quality that the high end scopes have, but I'm happy with mine.
The first thing I would do is swap the scope out to make sure it is in fact a problem with the Redfield.
If it is the scope, I'd try one of the new Redfields from Leupold. I have a 3x9 that I'm happy with. They are competitively priced and have the Leupold lifetime guarantee. They also have the Acurange feature. They don't have the optical quality that the high end scopes have, but I'm happy with mine.
308longdistance
Blackhawk
If the 77 was shooting OK before you sent the scope in, and now not so much, I would look hard at the repair work.
The 77 rings are of two different heights. The smaller or shortest ring goes forward.
Burris Optics makes a "Signature Ring" that can be shimmed with supplied plastic ring inserts. Burris has a nice video on the operation of a scope and how the Signature rings work. (video is under Signature Rings on the Burris Optics site.)
The 77 rings are of two different heights. The smaller or shortest ring goes forward.
Burris Optics makes a "Signature Ring" that can be shimmed with supplied plastic ring inserts. Burris has a nice video on the operation of a scope and how the Signature rings work. (video is under Signature Rings on the Burris Optics site.)
208packinheat
Single-Sixer
On an M77, swapping rings front to back is gonna bend your scope? :shock: or at least but a big 'ole dent in it! The ring heights are NOT the same for a 77. :wink:
