Post by: jasnt on September 16, 2018, 06:02:38 PM
Action is howa 1500LA
Trying to find a 35 moa rail is like finding a needle in a hay stack.
Any help is appreciated
Post by: yorketransport on September 16, 2018, 09:09:04 PM
Go full white trash and use some aluminum muffler tape under the rear of your scope rail to bump it up a little bit. Then just bed the front of the scope base to the receiver to make everything line up.
Use Burris signature rings. I've used 20 MOA in the rings on a 40 MOA base to zero a scope at 800 yards so I could dial the 375 BME to 2700 yards.
Post by: jasnt on September 16, 2018, 09:33:32 PM
A little birdie told me that rem 700 la base will fit. Hmmmm. May have to go full redneck and go pabts blue ribbon shim
Post by: andersonjk4 on September 16, 2018, 09:55:01 PM
I’ve been debating shining and bedding the base. I was hoping someone would talk me out of it your such a bad influence yorke.
A little birdie told me that rem 700 la base will fit. Hmmmm. May have to go full redneck and go pabts blue ribbon shim
I think this is true for two piece bases, but I’m not sure it is the case for a one piece rail. I think the distance from the front set of holes to the rear set is slightly different between rem 700 and Howa/Vanguards. I did a bunch of research on bases for Howa’s 6-7 years ago, so my memory may be a little foggy.
Post by: jasnt on September 17, 2018, 05:37:39 AM
thank youI’ve been debating shining and bedding the base. I was hoping someone would talk me out of it your such a bad influence yorke.
A little birdie told me that rem 700 la base will fit. Hmmmm. May have to go full redneck and go pabts blue ribbon shim
I think this is true for two piece bases, but I’m not sure it is the case for a one piece rail. I think the distance from the front set of holes to the rear set is slightly different between rem 700 and Howa/Vanguards. I did a bunch of research on bases for Howa’s 6-7 years ago, so my memory may be a little foggy.
Post by: andersonjk4 on September 18, 2018, 08:43:44 AM
Post by: jasnt on September 18, 2018, 10:12:45 AM
I did a little more research into this and it looks like you may have been correct that the long action bases are the same for Rem 700 and Howa/Vanguard. I wasn't able to find definitive dimensions for the hole spacing for the Howa LA, but I found some that were suggesting that they were the same as the Remington 700 LA. The short actions are definitely not the same. The distance from the front set of mounting holes and the rear set of mounting holes are 0.25" different.this is good to know thank you
Post by: Jonathan_S on September 18, 2018, 10:24:11 AM