Thread: Ring height hell

Originally Posted by gimp

Have it drilled and tapped and mill the bottom of some Talleys to suit?

Would it work if I bought some Leupold weaver mount rings and took out the little aluminum bar?

Originally Posted by garyp

I have got a brand new set of beautiful Parker Hale rings that would look fantastic. Sixty dollars includes post. Cheers, Gary 06 8443299

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Does anyone know if you can take out the recoil lug on these and fit them to a 16mm dovetail?
http://www.guncity.com/warne-weaver-...e-rings-220904 Oh and reloaders has it for 1/2 the price!

Edit: yep so that little lug can be removed, next question does it fit 16mm dove tail?

On mine I carefully filed the bolt handle right down myself (and then had it professionally reblued). I sourced a set of conetrol bases from Richard Wilhems and then used a super low set of conetrol rings which I had lying about. It is now very low - around 7mm from dovetail to scope (much lower than Warnes which is what I previously had) - basically just the height of the base. Also cut the magazine down (mine is 7.62x39) and refitted the existing floor plate - although it protrudes a little (it needs to be because of the release lever), it is now very comfortable to carry.

A couple of terrible photos taken in poor light on my phone are below.. you will get the idea.