Well my savage 16 in .243 with the accutrigger arrived today. I went and picked it up from the gun store after work and brought it home. I was sort of surprised at how light it feels. I'm sure after mounting the scope it will be a bit heavier though.

Speaking of, I was all excited to see what it would look like with the silver Leupold base and the black rings and black scope. I went to put the mount on and it didn't fit[:@]. The package says 10-16 savages, and I looked it up on Leupold's website and it says I have the right part number. However this thing does not come close to fitting. It is too short for one, and the rear of the base is flat, where as my receiver is round in the rear. If this is supposed to be the correct mount for my gun someone at Leupold is smoking crack if they think I am mounting it that way.

I mean I'm no master gunsmith, but do these pics look right to you?





The freakin' front of the base is not even touching the receiver when you put the rear screw in![]

My problem is if these are the correct listed mounts and they don't fit, what mounts to I actually need? And since these don't work, if I can get my money back at Gander Mountain I will probably get Warn bases and mounts instead. That is what I had before and I really liked them. I just thought the silver base would look nice on this gun. But then again I will have to be sure they are actually the correct bases.

I am really disappointed I couldn't mount the scope to see what it will look like. I wanted to mount the scope and take some pictures to post[&o].

Paul