Ever heard of this?

[300WSM]

I just bought a Marlin 1895 in .450 Marlin. Gun was brand new. Put some Talley rings and bases on it and lapped the rings. Put a Leupold on and noticed the scope was sitting on the gun chocolate chip cookie-eyed. Come to find out the holes that were drilled and tapped in the gun weren't straight. $60 pair of rings may be ruined because they were lapped wrong. Gonna have to call Marlin today and see what they are going to do. Is this something they can fix or are they gonna have to give me a new gun? Anyway, I can't win for losing! :)

 

[megalomaniac]

Yes, happens all the time, more common with some manufacturers (Rem 700's are notorious). Easy fix, screw holes can be opened up and aligned properly in the process. Look at the brightside, you can now have 8x40 screws which will be significantly stouter than the factory 6x28's!

 

[Tikkabuck]

My middle son bought a Winchester ,I think it was called an Elite Shadow the high dollar one and proceeded to put some Burris dual dovetail base's on it, and the back holes were off. Don't know what they did but Winchester took care of it. I guess they all do it.

 

[RUGER]

Sounds like someone forgot to indicate the cnc, or the vise one.

 

[Tiny]

Yes, happens all the time, more common with some manufacturers (Rem 700's are notorious). Easy fix, screw holes can be opened up and aligned properly in the process. Look at the brightside, you can now have 8x40 screws which will be significantly stouter than the factory 6x28's!

Or just get a set of Leupold STD depending on how bad they are out of alignment.