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I have a couple of scopes I need mounted on some Ruger 10/22s. I was going to give it a try myself but would have to buy a torque wrench, levels, bench vise, etc.....the tools needed to mount a scope. I may still do that if the price to get a scope mounted is too high but just for grins, any recommendations for gunsmiths who mount scopes?

I want someone who has the correct tools to mount them correctly (I am very picky about someone, other than me, doing anything to my guns).

Thought maybe Cabelas had a smith that mounted scopes since they sell them....or Bass Pro so will give them a call tomorrow but thought a forum member may know someone they've use and trust to do good work.

Thanks

Mounting a scope on a 10/22 is not that difficult and does not require many tools. I don't worry about a torque wrench... just tighten it up snug and then give it another quarter to half turn. A dowel rod or piece of broomstick will insure that the rings are in line. A door frame gives a straight edge to line up the cross hairs against to insure the scope is aligned and fairly level. Sandbags are used to hole the rifle up while I mount the scope.

As far as Cabela's or Bass Pro... I worked at Academy 10 years ago and mounted scopes all the time... not a gun smith, and didn't use a torque wrench there either.

Cabelas will indeed mount your scopes on your gun, for free, regardless if you bought any/and/or all of the items from them, and turn-around at the Fort Worth store is usually in the range of "go have some lunch then swing by and pick it up".

They mounted the Nikon P-229 scope I bought from them last Christmas for me on my AR, and it was Dead-on at 100 yards when I tested it the next dar at the afrisco Gun Club's indoor range.

G'luck!

Thanks for both replies. I think I'll just drop by Cabelas and be done with it even though it appears I could probably do it myself without having to buy a bunch of stuff.

I've found that I trust myself to mount 'scopes more than I do a gun shop . . . if you have a set of Allen wrenches, a decent screwdriver, and some solvent (for degreasing the screws, tapped holes, rings, and 'scope body) you're good to go with Weaver/Picatinny mounts and rings. If you choose a mount with a rotary dovetail, you'll need a dowel - a broom handle will do - to rotate the ring(s) into position.

It wouldn't hurt to get some blue Loctite to anchor the screws, but I'd say 99.9% of gunnies have the tools needed to 'scope a .22 already.

The only pitfall I can think of that might be unexpected is the length of the mount screws - on a 10/22 I once had a screw that was just a little long, protruding through the receiver and interfering with the bolt; a minute or two with a file took care of that and I wound up with a screw that uses the full length of available thread in the receiver - which is ideal.

I do it the cheap way by sight. I get the scope level by sight and tighten it down. Though I do finally have a torque screw driver. Before I would just tighten them down by hand. I have one of those in the chamber laser sighters to get me on the paper before I go to the range.

When I let bass pro mount my first scope the bolt wouldn't close all the way. I found out after taking it apart and doing it myself the kit had come with long and short screws to get around that issue.

If you doing it a lot like I have been recently you can get a torque screw driver for about $120 that is pretty decent.