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 S&W460 w/Leupold VX-3 mounting
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03/10/2013 2:55 PM
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ferggie
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I am interested in feedback regarding mounting the VX-3 on my 460. Anyone have experience with using 3 rings instead of just 2 to mount? If so do see see it help reduce movement?
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Re: S&W460 w/Leupold VX-3 mounting
[Re: ferggie]
#129776
03/10/2013 3:47 PM
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Raptortrapper
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I use 4 rings on mine! I use a Leupold also, and have had no trouble with movement at all. I am using near full house loads out of mine, and have been very pleased with the scope setup. Zero it and forget it!
A lot of people are like a slinky: Not much fun till you push them down the stairs!
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Re: S&W460 w/Leupold VX-3 mounting
[Re: ferggie]
#129777
03/10/2013 3:48 PM
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SChunter
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Ferggie,
I went with 3 Warne Maxima rings on my PC Hunter in 460 - I had originally used 2 Leupold QD mounts...which didn't hold. Scope slid - opted for 3 instead of trying labels or rosin.
Holds fine now 
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Re: S&W460 w/Leupold VX-3 mounting
[Re: ferggie]
#129778
03/10/2013 3:49 PM
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Joined: Sep 2007
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TCTex.
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Long story short…
Two rings will hold it. Even if you have to put labels in the rings. (I only had two rings on my 375 H&H AI barrel)
The more rings you put on the scope the less the scope will flex. The less the scope flexes the higher your scopes structural integrity is.
I have four rings on my larger rounds. I don’t “need” them, but they are there. Call it added insurance. I look at it as an investment in my scopes life.
MHO, buy steel base and rings and put more than two...
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb Benjamin Franklin 
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Re: S&W460 w/Leupold VX-3 mounting
[Re: SChunter]
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03/10/2013 3:55 PM
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TCTex.
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Ferggie,
I went with 3 Warne Maxima rings on my PC Hunter in 460... I like the Warne bases!!! I use them on my large calibers with 4 Burris rings. Top: 375 JDJ. Bottom: 460 S&W.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb Benjamin Franklin
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Re: S&W460 w/Leupold VX-3 mounting
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03/10/2013 8:34 PM
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wapitirod
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I had the same set up with the Warne base and VXIII, I went with three rings, as I remember spacing wouldn't allow for the fourth ring to be used.
I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them. John Wayne-The Shootist
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Re: S&W460 w/Leupold VX-3 mounting
[Re: wapitirod]
#129835
03/11/2013 1:07 AM
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racksmasher
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I have 2 Warne Maxima Rings on my PC 460, and my Encore 460, and have had no trouble at all.
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