[45K20E4]

I have a Burris XTS-135 mounted in a scout config on my Tactical using an Ultimak scout rail:

It's fun, I like it, but now I am going to see what else I can do.
I am upgrading to a 6-18x Nikon Mil-dot on my Rem 700:

so the current 3-9X Nikon buckmaster will not have a home:

It is the perfect time to experiment with removing and reinstalling the Burris to see if it retains a reasonable zero (mounted using a Burris Tactical ring). I am also going to mount the Nikon using the factory Ruger rings, and I want to see how well THAT retains zero (if at all).

Honestly, the red dot (Burris) is fun, but with a 5moa dot @ 100 yards on a paper target is less than entertaining. I use 5" Shoot N See targets, and I can put 20 rounds on target, but that is the best I can do, since technically the dot is as big as the target. If when I get into 3 gun the dot will be perfect, as it is with shooting any hard target.

With the Nikon, I hope to see what the TRUE accuracy of the Mini is. After a living room trigger job and stock bedding I have gotten a shade under 2 moa with iron sights. With the scope I hope to see what the rifle is truly capable of.

 

[45K20E4]

I have the Nikon on the rifle now, but I am unsure what I am going to do in the long run. I am curious to see if the Nikon will hold zero if I remove and replace it to the receiver using the factory rings.

The mini seems far less nose heavy without the XTS out on the barrel, and i find it more comfortable this way. I am going to borrow my friends fastfire II and see how I like the rifle with that optic.

At this point I have no idea what I am ultimately going to do. Keep everything and switch back and forth? Keep the Nikon and Ultimak, sell the XTS and get a Fastfire instead? I was even thinking of getting a GG&G or Wiegand rail for the receiver, and use it to mount either optic. I am a bit pessimistic on selling the Ultimak because I think aside from the rail it provides, it also acts as a barrel stiffening device and heat sink.

Who knows at this point....got get some more trigger time on it and see.

 

[45K20E4]

It is all a matter of how steady a person is. I used an elcheapo Bushnell Sportview 3-9x32 on my 10/22 when I was a kid and it did fine.

Just for kicks I am going to borrow my friends Burris Fastfire to see how low it sits on the Ultimak rail.