Yup. If you have the old windage-adjustable setup and it's been working, that's one thing...but when choosing new equipment, why go with the weakest and most trouble-prone design on rhe market?

I'm ok with that and it is what I have been doing. My last two rifle purchases are wearing pic rails... one with buris signature Z rings because my savage mounting holes were not aligned. The post tile is worst base and rings with 5 exclamation points, I think the intent was more than there are better options lol.

I never experienced the Leo Windage screw problems most of my cohorts were complaining or concerned about when I started out in the early '70's buying my own rifles...but the tang safety Ruger 77's I was buying, with their free steel ring mounts were a $$ consideration to my faithful many years long string of purchases, even if they were a little restrictive on the scope's I could use. The SAKO my grandpop gave me came with SAKO rings that were farmer tight and super strong...and being a 243 was not gonna shoot loose if I didn't fiddle with them.

After I went to work selling gun 'n fishing stuff in '76 I learned the WHY of all the nasty words were all about ...but sold the snot out of them anyway 'cause that's MY dealer customers wanted, and Leo DD's were not well accepted initially...too spendy and funny looking. Gunsmith's made beaucoup bux working on Leo Windgage Ring Issues, about like they did when they included a free can of WD 40 with every long gun purchase
Ron

100% agree with Chad.....

I had those exact Leupold rings and base with the rear windage screws on my .300wby and after awhile I could see the shiny metal exposed from where the screws were pulling through the recesses where they mounted; I replaced the bases and rings before it became an issue.

Couple of months later I went hunting with a buddy who was using the same style that I had REMOVED from my rifle on his .300wby; I mentioned to him why I switched and he said "I ain't worried about it!"....... We get to the ranch and fire a few rounds to check our zero and his rifle started off shooting cloverleaf groups and all of a sudden started shooting all over the place.

Looked at the bases and the rear ring had pulled out of the windage screws and was so damaged that it was completely useless at that point!

Here's a thought: who would want to mount a scope using that windage-adjustable scheme on both front and rear rings?

Exactly what Brother-In-Law said. Chad called your baby ugly, and you got mad about it.

How did this topic go 6 pages?

Cuz Chad called my gun ugly.

You have a Remington quarter bore with a Nikkon scope and bad rings. You are doing it all wrong.

LMAO!! I'm dying here!

I have a Savage .17 HMR with miss-aligned scope base holes. Had to use a set of Millet Angleloc rings to get it sighted in.

https://www.brownells.com/optics-mountin...s-prod9129.aspx

A lot more bearing surface, but still windage adjustable front and rear.

I'm not mad in the slightest and my rifle still shoots fine too

Cool. Reference this thread when it don't. It will happen eventually.

I've seen those. I think they're better than the conventional adjustable-windage system when you're in a pickle like that. I think they do need lapping when used in a situation like that. I have a rifle that has misaligned mounting holes and I used Burris Signature Zee rings om it. Much easier because no lapping is required with offset inserts.