Tips on Installing Gamo Scope Rail

[straycatkid]

I'm having a hell of a time getting my new scope rail to seat in the grooves on my rifle. Took a decent chunk of skin out of my knuckle on my thumb on the left hand, thing keeps slipping off. I'll get it on basically as tight as I can, but the right side of the rail is not in the grooves entirely. Others that have done this recommended I slide it on the rear but that's the only tip so far I've seen. Anybody have an idea or is it just going to be luck and persistence and more bloody, greasy hands?

Thanks in advance,
Steve

[airiscool]

Steve,

Not sure why it's not going on. Mine fit on easily enough. However, I took it off after seeing it does nothing for helping hold the scope in place. And, it moves my cheek that much further off the stock, and the scope further away from the barre center line - both things I don't need.

Do you have to have it on the gun, or can you get by just placing the scope mount directly onto the reciever?

Paul.

[straycatkid]

When I placed the scope directly on the gun - it's a red dot - I just had a great view of the sights. The rail will help to raise it up a bit. If this rifle had a bull barrel like a lot of the newer ones do, it wouldn't be an issue, but the Hunter 220 has regular sights, and I have a hood over the front.

[LongIslandArcher]

Get rid of the scope rail altogether.  It's worthless and it raises your scope too high to get a proper cheek weld.  Do what I did - take the ~1/4" dia. set screw out of the scope rail, take your existing scope mount and tap a new 8x1.25 threaded hole down into the existing set screw hole (deburr new hole so it doesn't scratch the scope tube).  Install the bigger set screw into the mount to the existing hole in the receiver tube.  Those little screws they use in the scope mounts just can't stand up to the recoils of a powerful air rifle and they tend to start tearing at the metal set screw hole in the receiver tube.

[LongIslandArcher]

Oh yeah, if you have open sights on your rifle, just remove them since you'll be using a scope anyway.

[longislandhunter]

I installed a GAMO scope rail on my .22 cal B-26-2 (high comb model) to overcome the problem presented by the high comb and it worked great.  At first I had a real hard time getting it to slide into the grooves as it was a little narrow so I just applied some pressure and widened the gap just a bit.... worked like a charm.  I was then able to slide  it into the grooves from the rear and then gently tapped it forward until it seated properly.  If you clean the top of the receiver and all the parts of the scope rail with denatured alcohol and also use a drop of loc-tite on the screws that GAMO scope stop will in fact hold tightly.  Mine hasn't moved one tiny bit.....

Jeff

[Walt]

I put one on my 220 and the trick like Jeff mentioned is to first spread the bottom slot a little, then with a bit of pressure it popped on.
W