I know what you mean Dave. My Leupold Grand Slam scope wouldn't come back far enough for me either on tha V2 with the Weaver bases. I went with the Durasight Z2 alloy. Put it on one way and had the same problem. Then turned it around and wouldn't fit over the receiver. But the grooves for the Weaver style rings are at several locations allowing you to space the rings farther apart. That is why I removed some material.