Rossi with Bushnell XLT 3-9×40
Followup on Rossi Rio Grande, I took it to Caswell’s an indoor range here in Mesa. It was a busy day. Had to wait for forty minutes for a lane. The Rio Grande worked perfectly, even with the high weaver rail it was easy to use the buckhorn rear sight.
Decided to get a scope at Sportsman’s Warehouse had the Bushnell Trophy XLT 3-9×40 scopes on sale, picked up a the scope in silver and a set of Burris ZEE Rings in nickel. (Would have got a 2-7×35 scope, but the price was to good to pass up, just waiting for the mail in refund.) The scope installed on the rifle easily. Used the MTM portable maintenance center to hold the rifle, leveled the rifle with a bubble level then mounted the rings. Install the top ring on the scope, this require applying pressure to the top ring so that the snapped around the scope tube. Then set the scope into the rings and and made sure that it was level with the level sitting on the elevation knob cap and screwed the rings together. When placing the screws in the rings, tighten them down evenly, so that you keep equal pressure on all screws. Checked the level of the scope before final tightening.
After mounting the scope it needs to be bore sighted, I did this with a laser bore-sight from LaserLyte to sight the scope at 25 yards. The daylight reflective target provided by LaserLyte makes bore sighting a quick and easy job. I use a Stoney Point Bench Anchor as my rest. Set the Rio Grande in the rest level the rifle and set up the target on my back fence that is 25 yards from office bench, to get the distance I have to open the patio door and gain part of the distance from the living room. Install the the appropriate adapter for the bore diameter on the LaserLyte, then insert it into the bore. Turn on the LaserLyte and then adjust the rest until the laser is on target, make sure that the scope is level then adjust the elevation and windage until your crosshairs are on the laser dot. That is all it take to do a laser bore sight. Next stop will be the rifle range to get a 100 yard zero and have some fun shooting.
As far as the recoil pad I’ve decided that is going to wait until I get ready to refinish the stock. I plan on putting a dark walnut stain then giving giving the stock a tru-oil finish, should go well with the stainless steel.