Scope slipping in the rings

Gardner

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I've been shooting this rifle since 2006. Last month for some reason I suddenly couldn't hit the side of a barn @ 100 yds.

I discovered that over time the scope had slipped forward (or back?) in the rings. I re-positioned the scope and today at the range I saw that it had slipped again after only 45 rds.

From a brief internet search I leaned that there may be oil on the scope/rings, I should thoroughly degrease.

Then the options to keep it from slipping are, double sided tape, fingernail polish, silicone adhesive of staking the inside of the ring to give a friction point. I'm sure there are more

Any advice on a method to stop the slide?

Thanks
 
One thing I've done for similar issue in the past was wrap a couple wraps of plumbing teflon tape around the scope where it sets in the rings. It gives just that little extra thickness so rings squeeze a little tighter
 
Now I'm reading that people recommend GE's Silicone II Sealant or Plasti-dip
 
1) Make sure your rings are properly torqued.
2) Make sure your rings are lapped/true
3) Use Scope Grip. It's a rosin product intended just for this application.
 
Supermatch said:
1) Make sure your rings are properly torqued.
2) Make sure your rings are lapped/true
3) Use Scope Grip. It's a rosin product intended just for this application.
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Never heard of this stuff

Time to search, Thanks
 
Gardner said:
I've been shooting this rifle since 2006. Last month for some reason I suddenly couldn't hit the side of a barn @ 100 yds.

I discovered that over time the scope had slipped forward (or back?) in the rings. I re-positioned the scope and today at the range I saw that it had slipped again after only 45 rds.

From a brief internet search I leaned that there may be oil on the scope/rings, I should thoroughly degrease.

Then the options to keep it from slipping are, double sided tape, fingernail polish, silicone adhesive of staking the inside of the ring to give a friction point. I'm sure there are more

Any advice on a method to stop the slide?

Thanks
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Get the correct sized rings for your scope?
 
Pics of your setup will help..... better quality bases and rings may be in order.
 
BBD280 said:
Pics of your setup will help..... better quality bases and rings may be in order.
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All is put away for the night, tomorrow for pics

As I said I've been shooting this rig since 2006, I'm not going to change now.

But the rifle is a 1939 K98k, Weaver bases and 1" rings, Vintage Weaver V9-B

I found a pic

K98 Scoped.JPG
 
From that pic. It doesn't look like the sheet metal caps made full contact to begin with (looks like a shadow where there is a gap on both rings)?

Are there marks on the scope where it has begun moving? It doesn't look like there would be much room to move forward/rearward so is it twisting?

I would say new/better rings are in order but if you want to keep that nostalgic set. Anything from locktite, to Teflon tape, to electrical tape to even an aluminum can cut to be used as a shim would allow it to hold tight again.

All depends on how much you want it to be "right" compared to how much you want it to "work".
 
I lap all my rings and torque them with a fat wrench and never have an issue but I usually only shoot the rifle 3 times before deer season to make sure it's still sighted in then once or twice at deer.
 
I've never had a scope slip in my rings, though I'm not the fount of all data or shooting volume, either...

Years ago I bought a resin bag from Dick's Sporting Goods (spit, before their AR kerfuffle). I pat resin onto both the scope tube and the inside of rings (top and bottom) before mounting with the recommended torque. Absence of proof is not proof of absence, but that's my technique.
 
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