How to Mount a Nightforce Scope

Nightforce specializes in the manufacturing of precision scopes to help improve a shooter's accuracy. Equipping your rifle with a Nightforce scope also will increase your gun's versatility. A rifle scope is ideal for long-range hunting scenarios in which shooting opportunities are rare; having a scope reduces the chance of missing the target. Most long-range rifles, such as the Remington, Savage and Winchester, are designed with a scope in mind, which makes mounting one fairly simple.

Things You'll Need

  • Flathead screwdriver
  • Steel-bar mounting
  • Small, adjustable wrench
  • 2x scope ring
  • Small Philips screwdriver
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Instructions

    • 1

      Remove the four steel-bar mounting screws from the rifle using a flathead screw driver. The screws are located on top of the rifle, above the trigger on the upper receiver.

    • 2

      Line up the steel-bar mount and secure to the rifle with the steel-bar mounting screws using a flathead screw driver.

    • 3

      Loosen the clamping bolt on the rifle rings with a small, adjustable wrench and position the ring clamp onto the steel base. Tighten the clamping bolts so that they can be undone easily by hand.

    • 4

      Remove the four ring-top screws on both rifle rings with a small Philips screwdriver. Remove the ring top.

    • 5

      Fit the scope onto the rings at the scope's two narrowest points. Adjust the position of the rings, if necessary, by loosening the ring clamp and sliding the rings forward or backward on the steel bar.

    • 6

      Secure the ring tops in position with the ring-top screws -- tight enough to hold the scope in position but loose enough to rotate it in the ring.

    • 7

      Slide the rings, with the scope attached, to the forward-most position on the steel bar. Hold the rifle in a shooting position and slide the scope toward your eyes until you have a complete field of view.

    • 8

      Look through the scope and rotate it until the horizontal bar in the sight is aligned with east and west and the vertical sight bar is aligned with north and south.

    • 9

      Tighten the clamp bolt with a small, adjustable wrench. Tighten the ring-top screws.