Anyone used Ken Farrell

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Anyone used Ken Farrell bases and rings? I mounted up a badger ordnance 20moa base on my model 70 (because they don't have a 0 moa that I could find) and used badger ordnance rings to mount my Leupold Mk 4 10x. With the elevation bottomed out I'm still about a foot high at 100.

Ken Farrell offers a 0 moa base that will fit my gun but can't find much feedback on him.

Also will I need to ditch the badger ordnance rings as well or will they work with the Farrell base. Read one anecdotal report of them not working.
 
The Badger rings are probably Picatinny, so if the Farrell base is Picatinny, the rings will fit. If the base is Weaver, the rings probably won't fit.
But there's something else going on here. Something is not lining up, or is put together crooked.
Or there's a zero stop on the scope that's holding things up.
 
I have heard of Ken Farrell... I forget, exactly but he has a good rep somewhere. I think maybe over at the snipers hide??

I didn't use KF as TPS had what I needed. Actually, TPS al rings look as strong as steel! They have steel too. They make no bad product. When I ordered, there was a bit of a wait.

EGW is another good choice.
 
Here is the math of what you are giving us. With the scope at optical center, the bore is pointed 20" high. Adjust the scope down 20 MOA and you should be within 5 MOA of zero. 5 MOA is my opinion of Max deviation of zero from optical centerline at 100 yards with good rings and bases.


If it were me.... I would take scope off and set to optical zero using a cardboard box with a fr and rear v in it. You just adjust turrets until rotation in the v yields no movement of center point on a target.

Then remount the base and rings confirming they're fit to the gun and each other. Torque to spec.

Then mount scope checking for fit and reticle level. Again torque to spec with a cam over wrench like the yellow one at MidwayUSA.

Then put in rest and pull bolt. Aim bore at 25 yd bull. Dial in -20MOA. Are you within 1-2" of the bullseye? Shoot one to confirm. If way off, start measuring stuff and find out what is bad...
 
This is my first time using a scope with full 1 moa adjustments. It's the m3 leupold knobs that just has numbers for yardage for whatever cartridge (308 in this case). I thought it was something to do with that as I've never had an issue like this before, of course I've never used a 20 moa base before.
 
I undid the turret... but as far as I can see I can only swap out the BDC rings can't get to the actual internal of the turret at all to fiddle with it.

Am I wrong in thinking that a 0 moa base should fix this issue though?
 
I had the same problem. Changed to Ken Farrell rings & zero base they are perfect. They are one of the best, Very High Quality. Can't go wrong.
 
Nice stuff - I've used Ken's mounts (no rings tho) on a couple of precision rifles.
My own Savage 10FP in .308, I used the 15MOA, my son's 10FP the same, & my nephew's Savage VLP in .223, I used the 10MOA. Both rigs, I used Warne Maxima permanent rings as I thought the Ken Farrell rings were a bit too much. Ken's stuff is all steel which I prefer as I don't care to mix aluminum with steel.
 
Well the manual doesn't offer much unless you have a certain kind of turret that i'm not even sure they offer anymore.

That being said I think I'm an idiot. I took the dial off several times trying to see how I could adjust the turret/zero stop. Turns out the stop is a lil nub inside the part I was taking off... So off to the range tomorrow to see what happens.
 
Midway was selling the $60 Farrell one piece steel Mauser bases for $20 in 2002. I got a bunch. Well made, but they are heavy.
 
Thanks Clark I ended up buying the base and using it with my Badger rings and worked like a charm. I don't mind the weight as it's on a bull barreled 308 anyways.
 
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