The guy at the gun shop told me that, i dunno. they ordered another one at no cost to me. we will see if there is a difference. the base is too narrow for the rings. when tightened all the way down it's not floppy loose but it ain't tight either.
While i was at the range i drove over to the dried up ponds which is on the same property. this one had what i thought was four or five 10 pound catfish in it. it has little water. i went there a couple days ago and snagged one and it was skin and bones. now they are all dead, i counted 30 dead ones and the amount of water wasn't big enough for three. reall sad to see that many big channel cats dead from starvation.
Finally got a range day to shoot out to 150 yards. got everything set up and i noticed the scope was way off so i started moving it and on the 7th round the scope fell off. got to lookin at it and the base is a weaver base and the mounts on the scope are Picatinny. So there i am lookin like an idiot with my scope in hand. so my range trip was short. took it to the gun shop and had them order a base.