Today we're going to talk about mounting a scope and some great new products that
are available for those of us to do a lot of shooting and backcountry hunting.
We're gonna talk about iota outdoors and their new scope rings, the Triad and the
Nomad ZL. Today we're gonna deal with the Triad ZL which actually go on a
Picatinny rail. They have a regular set that goes just straight on the rifle
called the Nomad. The ZL stands for ZEROLIGHT. These are really cool rings. It's
pretty new product to the market a lot of guys probably haven't heard of it, but
it's getting more and more popular. These are aluminum mounts, but they're very
very generous with the material around them so they're very very heavy-duty.
Engineered for extreme conditions and they will not move or get jarred on you.
We're gonna mount our our rail on the gun first of all. Use a little Loctite on
the screws here. We want to make sure that our scope keeps its integrity at
all times. Now that you have that on we're gonna take the Triads out. One
thing you're going to notice about these ZLs is right off the bat is they have a
cant level built into the the ring and also a light which a little LED it turns
on and off. Once we get this mounted we'll turn it on and you'll see that it
actually splits the light right onto both turrets. One of the issues potential
issues with a Picatinny system especially under high recoil guns like
416 Rigbys, 475, your system could slide forward or back. Well iota has solved
this potential problem with a key system. What they've done is included these neat
little keys that go in the flutes of the rail here. They vary by I believe three
or four thousandths of an inch in width which is about half the width of a human
hair because each one of these picatinny rails is a little bit different
depending on who manufactured them. So you want to test these keys find the
pair of keys that fits perfectly. You put them in here and you find the one that
fits just perfectly snug in there without any slop. We already have the
keys attached into the bases this particular gun. They screw in. The
key's right there. So what happens is when we mount it that key will lock down into
that flute and there is no way that's gonna move slide forward or back once
it's snug down. So you'll literally rip the scope off, bend the rail, but it's not
gonna move no matter how much recoil or how hard you drop it. So that's a another
advantage. Okay one thing we want to do before we get to mounting so we just
want to make sure that this gun is level on the cant so that we can level the
scope. So we're pretty close right there and now we're gonna attach the bases.
I've marked on the rail which slots these go into and they just kind of
clamp in there, but you don't want the the key too tight you just want it nice
and snug. Another nice thing about these iota's everything works on an allen
wrench one size and it comes with an allen wrench within the package. So our
bases are on there locked in not gonna move. Now we will mount the scope. We want
to always give the base a little bit of room on either side on the scope so we
can adjust it for eye relief which I've kind of already done and marked it. Put
the level on it perfectly level and we will put the
allen screws in there and I'll put a little bit of Loctite on these too. So we
make sure they don't get backed out because another thing you'll notice on
these iota rings all the screws go in from the bottom. They don't come from the
top which is is a little more difficult to get them in initially when you're
mounting the scope, but by coming in from the bottom
there's no screw head for moisture, debris or anything to get into and rust
them. Ilike to just get these screws in just snug and then go around and snug
them down. Four screws in each ring. There's two and two I make sure that I
adjust them diagonally so do this one then this one then this one then this
one just kind of adjust and tighten them in a diagonal fashion that gives you a
nice that even clamping. Double check our level.
Everything perfectly level right there
and we're just gonna tighten these down not over tighten but nice and snug.
There we go. One thing that these zero lights do have is
just a push button and it splits the light put a little bit of light
perfectly on your turrets. So you can see exactly where they're set and if you're
doing night hunting for coyotes or varmints or predators or whatnot and
also it has the cant level right here on this side. Perfect for big game or
varmint hunting. I would highly suggest you look into these iota rings and bases.
They are a base and ring for the new era built to last and be tough. For more tips
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