Thread: Baikal rail issue

Originally Posted by timattalon

If there is any overhang from the mount going past the rear of the chamber then you will need to make sure the sight ramp on the action is filed down to a lower point or remove metal from the mount.

This will not be the issue at the moment on the top Baikal, but on the second one will cause issues. Seeing as the top one is yours, it is simply something to look out for if you turn yours around.

Now on your one I see the mount is pushed fairly well forward. Please look and make sure the mount is not catching on the flare at the front. The dovetail flares out at the front to stop mounts sliding forwards under recoil. Though this would usually end up with a wobble....to see if this is the issue, bring the mount back a few mm to where it is nearly flush with the rear of the chamber then tighten.

With the rings etc, what @Mauser308 is getting at is making sure that the rings are not off centre. They shouldn't be that that does not mean they wont be.

I usually clamp my barrel in a vice and look through it at a target / object at about 25m away looking through the barrel / bore. Then look through the scope and see where the cross hair is lined up on. (hopefully same place). Then swap rings front ring to back and back ring to front. And check again. Decent rings , and this should not make any difference, but sometimes it can. That is what he is suggesting.

Also worth trying to set it up so the QR knob is on the right side versus the left side.

OK
But if the QD ring set up worked perfect on a rail on another rifle (in this case a weaver rail on a MArlin 243) then that should mean all OK in the Ring dept ???
I will shift the rail to the rear of the Dovetail and see if that makes any diff - I am not a 100% sure - but I thought I did clamp it tight further back (think of the exact reason you highlight) and mybe my sighting in yesterday had it has gone forward ?
I will retry it with marks etc