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Posted: 8/17/2015 4:39:51 PM EDT
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I recently purchased two of the AP extended light weight mounts, one is 1" and one in 30mm. Mounting a scope in both of them I notice as I tighten the screws securing the rings to the scope, the scope cant's the more I tighten them. Set-up: Install rings loosely on scope and mount. Using a starret level I set the scope level to the surface it's sitting on. Tighten screws on rings and watch the bubble move from right to left in the level. They were tightened by hand to approx 10 in pounds. Then to only 20 in pounds with a torque wrench. Aero recommends no more than 25 in pounds. After many attempts to get the scope level I had to set it where the bubble was almost completely out of center then tighten the screws to get it 'close'. Anyone else seen this issue with these mounts? |
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I recently purchased two of the AP extended light weight mounts, one is 1" and one in 30mm. Mounting a scope in both of them I notice as I tighten the screws securing the rings to the scope, the scope cant's the more I tighten them. Set-up: Install rings loosely on scope and mount. Using a starret level I set the scope level to the surface it's sitting on. Tighten screws on rings and watch the bubble move from right to left in the level. They were tightened by hand to approx 10 in pounds. Then to only 20 in pounds with a torque wrench. Aero recommends no more than 25 in pounds. After many attempts to get the scope level I had to set it where the bubble was almost completely out of center then tighten the screws to get it 'close'. Anyone else seen this issue with these mounts? I have heard from this issue and had a similar experience with mine. I just off set it a bit then tightened |
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I use a Wheeler scope leveling kit, and have the same issue with the Areo mount. I just offset the bubble a little bit and tighten the rings down and it lines right up. I had to do it two or three times to get it just right.
I came across the tube spinning with rings that I have had to mount at one time or another no matter what company they came from. |
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Its not an "issue", just a quirk with any one sided clamping mechanism, and certainly not major news or any sort of design defect or any such thing.
My bicycle light mounts and long range scope bubble levels with one screw do the same exact thing. You just have to learn how to compensate so they end up in the right place. |
| I used to mount scopes by eyeballing so never noticed it much before. But, after moving to using a digital level app on my Galaxy S4, I can now see that there's a clockwise rotation as I tighten down the screws. So, offseting counter clockwise about 1 degree seems to be about the right. |
| I have one of these mount and experienced the same issue as I have also with other mounts that dont use vertical rings. The Aero P mount has a more noticeable effect than others however. I use wheeler bubble levels. It took me a few attempts but I figured out that aligning the elevation offset at about 1 o'clock / 11 o'clock (cant remember) then tightening it down will bring it to the desired 12 o'clock position. Trial and error method is the only real solution I can recommend. |
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