Scope bases?

[42769vette]

Somewhat unrelated but do any of you guys use a thread lock of any type for the screws securing the scope base or rings?

I do, because normally the customer really wants it done, and its not worth debating, but as PHYLO said, if you do it right, its not called for, but it also doesnt hurt.

 

[Gun Chooter]

Good to know. I recently bought a new 1/4" drive in/lb torque wrench from harbour freight that should work decent.

 

[tradertator]

Somewhat unrelated but do any of you guys use a thread lock of any type for the screws securing the scope base or rings?

I do, and believe it doesn't hurt anything. But it's probably not necessary if torqued to the manufacturers specs. That said, just barely even coat the threads. People tend to WAAAAAYYYYY over do it with thread lockers.

 

[spoke78]

I use the purple loctite, medium duty I believe. I think it was recommended for firearms. I'm not sure of the numbers on the bottle since it seems to be misplaced right now.....

Somewhat unrelated but do any of you guys use a thread lock of any type for the screws securing the scope base or rings?

 

[Gun Chooter]

I've recently started using the blue lock tite on my guns but was unsure if it was necessary. Is the purple more or less aggressive than the blue? I did learn the hard way that red is a big no no if you have plans of removing the screws...ever.

 

[spoke78]

My understanding was that I sue blue on threads 3/16 and larger. I use the purple on the smaller stuff. Loctite 222 is what I have. Google it and you will find it is common with firearms, front sights and scope mountings.

I've recently started using the blue lock tite on my guns but was unsure if it was necessary. Is the purple more or less aggressive than the blue? I did learn the hard way that red is a big no no if you have plans of removing the screws...ever.

 

[Gun Chooter]

Thought about creating another thread but figured I'd have an answere within a few posts...all this talk has caused me to scrape up some funds and jump to buying a scope before the rings and base. I'll be contacting Vette in about a week to pull the trigger on the viper hst 4-16x44. My next question is, should I go moa or mils on the reticle/turrets? I did a search and learned a little. It looks like the the popular thing is to keep the turrets and reticle the same format. It also looks like it doesn't matter much which method is used, but as a beginner with no prior knowledge of either, is one preferred? Is one more common than the other and therefore easier to learn from others?

 

[tradertator]

If your starting from scratch, definitely go with milliradians. Much easier measurment of angle to work with, and is the world standard.

 

[Gun Chooter]

If your starting from scratch, definitely go with milliradians. Much easier measurment of angle to work with, and is the world standard.

I like to keep things as simple as possible. Thanks

 

[tradertator]

I like to keep things as simple as possible. Thanks

No problem. The reason I find it simpler is this:
-A minute of ange is 1/60th of a degree
-A milliradian is 1/1000 of a radian.
Familiarize yourself with both, but I find dividing / multiplying is much easier with milrads. Both can be used in US standard or metric units, because they are ways to measure an angle. If you're open to using metric units though, chances are you won't even need a calculator when ranging in mils.

 

[phylodog]

Not to complicate things but I use an IPHY reticle which makes ranging easy. Here's a good link to different formulas you can use depending on which system you go with.
Reticle Ranging Formulas

 

[Gun Chooter]

Thanks for all the the input everyone. Pretty pumped that my viper hst mil/mil is on its way from vette. GREAT customer service I might add. I'll post some pics and maybe a range report after I get it all together.

 

[Gun Chooter]

Not to complicate things but I use an IPHY reticle which makes ranging easy. Here's a good link to different formulas you can use depending on which system you go with.
Reticle Ranging Formulas

Thanks for the link, I've got it on my favorites now for when I get a little trigger time later.

 

[Gun Chooter]

You might take a look at TPS rings and bases.

So now that I have my scope, I've been looking pretty heavily again at rings and bases. I REALLY like the looks of tps products. Set of steel rings and steel 20 Moa base for about 150...not bad at all. Does anyone have any first hand experience with these?