• Hey All! Lately there has been more and more scammers on the forum board. They register and replies to members requests for guns and/or parts or other things. The reply contains a gmail or hotmail address or similar ”anonymous” email addresses which they want you to reply to. DO NOT ANSWER ANY STRANGE MESSAGES! They often state something like this: ”Hello! Saw your post about purchasing a stock for a Safari. KnuckleheadBob has one. Email him at: [email protected]” If you receive any strange messages: Check the status of whoever message you. If they have no posts and signed up the same day or very recently, stay away. Same goes for other members they might refer to. Check them too and if they are long standing members, PM them and ask if the message is legit. Most likely it’s not. Then use the report function in each message or post so I can kick them out! Beware of anything that might seem fishy! And again, for all of you who registered your personal name as username, please contact me so I can change it to a more anonymous username. You’d be surprised of how much one can find out about a person from just a username on a forum such ad our! All the best! And be safe! Jim

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  1. Dry Powder

    Choosing a scope & mounts?

    @douglastwo The rings I mentioned are a "polymer insert" that looks like a compression ring between the mount rings (metal) and the scope -- they're flat against the scope barrel but convex to seat inside the cupped metal ring mounts. http://www.sako.fi/scope-mounts shows a newer model of what I...
  2. Dry Powder

    Choosing a scope & mounts?

    The one gunsmith to which I received a recommendation started to back-peddled HARD when I asked how long the work would take and whether I'd be able to pick it up the same day. Spooked me, after all I didn't know the guy from Adam and I had an idea of how much work was involved. So I started...
  3. Dry Powder

    Choosing a scope & mounts?

    Gunsmiths wanted about $100 for lapping, mount and columnating (sp?). Cabelas has this http://www.cabelas.com/product/Wheeler-reg-Professional-Scope-Mounting-Kits/708967.uts. Guess I'll learn a new trade. https://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2017/4/7/8-questions-to-ask-your-gunsmith-now/
  4. Dry Powder

    Choosing a scope & mounts?

    Finally located a couple local gunsmiths who claim to do lapping/mounting. Any advice about vetting them before I hand over the goods?
  5. Dry Powder

    Choosing a scope & mounts?

    Thanks folks. I'm pretty meticulous and mechanically adept. However I've never gone through the process, let alone lapping the rings, don't have the equipment or space. Will probably end up going to a shop or smith who has what I don't (yet). I did decide to go ahead with the Nikon ProStaff...
  6. Dry Powder

    Choosing a scope & mounts?

    Greetings! My Sako is a 75 Hunter IV 30-06. I acquired it with a 'Sako Original Medium 1" Mount'. Would like to sight in and use for hunting this fall. I'm considering one of the Nikon ProStaff 3-9x40 scopes. I like Nikon optics, and all the reviews I've read on this line of scopes seem to be...
  7. Dry Powder

    New Member and New Sako Mannlicher owner

    Interesting thread, I'd like to try the ren wax, but... Is there any way to clearly determine what the finish is for my Hunter 75 IV 30-06? I think I've read that it's walnut stock came in either a lacquer matte or oil finish. So, 1) how can I tell which finish my rifle is, and 2) can I use ren...

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