Burris Signature Zee Rings — Low Cost, High Performance
More and more folks are using Burris Signature Rings these days. These unique rings feature polymer inserts. That allows you to pre-load some elevation in your scope set-up, or you can center-up the windage. Additionally, the polymer inserts hold your scope securely without leaving marks on the tube. Lastly, some folks believe that Signature rings may offer advantages for benchrest competition. Rodney Wagner shot the best 600-yard group in history using Burris Signature Zee Rings (“Zee” denotes the Weaver-rail model). James O’Hara set multiple IBS 1000-yard records using Burris Signature Zee Rings. James will tell you he thinks “all his guns seem to shoot best with these rings”.
Records Have Been Set with Signature Zee Rings
Are Signature Zees good enough for competition? Absolutely. Some folks scoff at these Burris rings, given their low price. A set of 1″-diameter Sig Zees cost just $38.79 at Grafs.com. But consider this, Rodney Wagner shot the smallest 600-yard group in history, a 0.336″ 5-shot stunner, using Signature Zee Rings on his IBS Light Gun. Here’s a photo of Rodney showing the record-setting rifle, outfitted with affordable Signature Zee 30mm rings.
Vendors Have Burris Signature Rings in Stock Now
A quick search of webstores shows that various models of Burris Signature Rings are available from many vendors. NOTE: You may have to check with more than one seller to get the exact size, height, and model you prefer. But right now these vendors have pretty good selections of Signature Zees, including the hard-to-find 30mm High and Extra High models. If you check all three sellers, you’ll probably find what you need.
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we’re splitting hair here but Rodney’s group initially measured .349 and came back with an official measurement of .336.
It’s pity Burris wouldn’t keep up to date and make 34mm rings with a range of inserts. 30mm rings only come with +-10 thou offsets, nothing else in terms of offsets.
A good product opportunity wasted.
Regards
JCS
I agree hole heartedly with what JCS says. It’s time Burris gets up to date. Especially with the limited 30mm inserts.
I love these rings. I have swapped out most of my rings for these so I can preload MOA into my scopes for different events.
I use Burris Signature rings exclusively. They were a necessity on a Kimber 82G that wouldn’t have gotten on paper @ 50 yards without them. I also like to play around with different scopes, and so far the Burris Signatures have yet to leave even the faintest amount of scope marks on any scope I’ve used them on. It is too bad they are made in China now instead of the USA, but from what I can tell the quality is at least the same. I actually bought a NIB set of older USA made Signature Zees a couple months ago that the top screw holes were REALLY messed up on (holes drilled oversize and off center), and all the made in China ones I’ve had have been perfect.
My only complaint is the exceptional tight picatanny rail fitting and the need for a scope alignment tool.
Happy to hear that these rings are highly rated not just for the in-build preload, but for their precision.
I just got these on my first rifle to fix a problem, I wanted to shoot silhouette and try F-TR on the same rig but foolishly bought a scope without enough adjustment. The inserts settled that nicely, though other shooters would be advised to do what I didn’t: take the wrench and inserts with you to the range.
While I have liked these rings for their gentle treatment of the scope body, I recently had to take advantage of the offset but not for elevation. I bough a minty 1965 U.S. marked Remington 40X rifle. While it is a fantastic example, the scope base holes must have been drilled by a drunk. With a straight piece of 1″ 4041 aluminum tube clamped into the rings, the line of sight drifted almost half an inch by the end of the barrel. Utilizing +20 MOA on the front and -20 MOA on the rear ring, it pulled in to where all it took to zero my T36 scope was 8 clicks at 50 yds. I’d have been some serious change if not for them.
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I’ve started switching to Burris Signature Zee rings. Even for my big boomers like 338 Edge and bigger.
At first I had slippage but came up with an easy fix. Rosin. Same as used by sports or barrel vises. That is where I got the idea, from using it on my barrel vise.
I have used different spacers to add angle to the scope offset. The numbers on the offset are thousands of an inch offset. The bulliten http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2017/08/how-to-calculate-true-elevation-changes-with-burris-sig-rings/ shows how to calculate the actual inches/MOA offset. Follow the directions then devide by 1.047 to get actual MOA, however, that is not really important.
The important thing is that I was able to go from a minimum 700 yard zero and dial to 2100 yards. I have since changed to a 1000 yard zero for that rifle
It’s very important to differentiate between precision shot to shot in a string, and the same day over day. I’ve owned and used several (6-10?) sets of these rings over a period of 10-15 yrs, and under a pretty fixed set of conditions, they are fine, but they do NOT hold absolute zero across days with varying temps, etc. If you want to be able to be able to rely on your zero, skip these rings. That is to say, if you can always fire “sighters”, then fine, but if your cold bore shot counts, these rings will leave you frustrated. My experience was with several sets, on several guns, in northern Midwest USA climate, at ranges out to ~1000 yards. Switched to well made all metal rings and have never had a problem since.
EDITOR: Everything is possible — we thank Steve for his observations. However, we have Burris Signature Zees fitted on numerous rifles, one of which tied the club range record for the varmint silhouette match. Shooting in California, we have never experienced ANY drift. Rifles have held zero for over a decade. However, when we moved the scope fore or aft to change eye relief for prone vs. bench shooting we did have to re-zero the rifle. In our experience, though, once the inserts have been positioned properly, and the rings tensioned correctly, they hold just fine. One other commenter suggested the use of Rosin to get extra grip.
I try to use Signatures or the lined Sako/Tikka Optilocks on my scopes.
I just cringe when I see nice scopes ruined by gorillas hanging on wrenches/Allen keys/..
A tip when installing on TIGHT pic rails, I hammer a flat-bladed screwdriver into the diagonal slot above the screw head which wedges the ring apart a bit and allow an easier installation.
The XTR sig rings come with “20” thickness inserts, which are great to cant your scope so that you have ALL of the travel available. This turns my Sightron SIII scopes into Zerostop equipped scopes as the bottom of the elevation travel is my zero. (a 1/4″ wide piece of business card thickness paper between the insert and ring can supplement the cant of non-XTR sigs as well)