ZommyGun

Yeah if you look at the picture of mine above those are rifleman low rings on a to-9 rail...with a .920 barrel...I have a 40mm scope that will not clear the bull barrel in those rings...

The rings I have on it now are on the same rail...but are the Weaver Low which lowered the scope another .07" from where it is in the picture...even tho if you look at the "specs" on bothy the rifleman and weaver low rings at midway you would think the difference would only be half that...there is a large gap between the rail and the base of Leupold rings that is not there with the Weavers and that accounts for the difference...

What I have now would barely, barely clear a 33mm with no room for lens cap...quite low...the rifleman rings in the picture will clear a 33mm with lens caps...

However, as handy as Weaver the tip off rail has been for experimenting and with the new rings definitely quite low...it is not solid enough imo...

At this time I plan to modify the rifleman rings to mount directly to the receiver and think I can get that scope bottom to clear the receiver by only .05" or less...that is mighty low...

Additionally I think I will try to "lap" the mounts for gross windage and some additional elevation while I am at it...

Not sure how it will work and in the end might still want the DNZ...

lithgow 303 has a thread in the projects section called mare's legs...he has a picture of my size scope with the same rail and rings I have now...I saw his and could see his was a lot lower than mine so I got some...

Timing was good...caught them on sale at midway for half price...sale is over now...

My reason for wanting lowest possible goes beyond general principles and more to do with the custom cheek weld I am making for my Fajen stock...right now I have it so with my head and neck about as straight up as one could ask for the cheek is fully supported and with no cant on the rifle whatsoever...with the heel "pocket" square in the shoulder as it should be...

The only reason I want to get lower still is to have the eye level of my scope same as my iron sight without having to make the front post any higher than I have it now...

The picture above does not show that stock or the iron sights...

heymatthew

Thank you for the info. I saw the high mount. I was hoping for a low, matte black 30mm. I know, I know. Beggars can't be choosers... I can dream though!

mk34techrep

that's a nice looking setup, I'm hoping to get something like that.

jmvargas

after reading through all these posts i'm rethinking my original plan and perhaps get a good lower powered scope for the 10/22..

my problem now is we have wierd laws here when it comes to importing gun accessories and scopes are sometimes banned if sent thru air courier but ok if brought it by an incoming airline passenger..

the "sometimes' is the wierd part...

i'm not too keen now on blowing $100 or more on a nice scope if i'm not sure i can get it so i have to look for a friend or relative coming back here soon before i get one from the US...

i can also get some locally available ones but the choices on those are kinda limited and normally cost 50-100% higher than if ordered directly..

we'll see how this goes when my gun is finally with me..

ARP

Nikon P-22 2x-7x x 32mm, comes either BDC150 or Nikoplex reticle. Video on Cabelas website giving an overview of the scope.

jmvargas

i was finally able to get a Redfield revenge 6-18x44 locally and now may just put that scope on the 10 22...at least in the beginning..

if i'm not happy with it i will just switch it with the bushnell elite 4200...


FWIW guys i just found out that the Redfield Revenge and some Vortex scopes are made here in the Philippines..in one of the many export processing zones we have..

Pentax is also made here along with several other products i may not even know yet..

oh...and the biggest corporation here in terms of revenue is TI--Texas Instruments--with sales of over $4 Billion last year..

ARP

made in the Philippines.