Thread: $1200 for a new rifle result.

Scope turned up today, Burris E1 3x9x40.
Put it on the rifle and roughly set it up before tightening the screws on the rings, first problem arises straight away. Because the zoom ring is so much bigger that the eye bell the bolt does not pass cleanly past the side of the scope and it needs to be slightly down to close at all.
So the options are,
1 buy higher rings but that is pushing the scope even higher off the barrel which i don't like nor want,
2 Get the Dremel out and grind the zoom ring down to a suitable size, i don't like that idea either as it will void the warranty on the scope which is more likely to crap itself than the rifle.
3 Take a scallop out out of the bolt which should allow the bolt to pass past the scope with ease and then re blue it.

Any other ideas would be appreciated.