What are your "Go To" rings, and why?
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Agreed!! I have several sets and find them to be extremely well made, do not need lapping and no ugly gap between the halfs.
Spuhr, but I am biased since I went to their new factory last month and was quite impressed with Hakan and his ideas.
They will release more basic rings for picatinny rails in the next few months at much lower cost.
So put the top half on a 45* angle, call them hip and all the kool kids will buy em ? Other than overall good quality am I missing something ?
mebiuspower
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No, it's done that way so the rings won't block the turrets when you're behind the gun.
I have run Badger Ordnance rings for many years without an issue. Also have used Leupold MK4 and TPS rings. No issues with them either.
M next set of rings will be MDT rings.
While the Spuhr uni-mounts seem to be the flavour of the moment, you are limited for scope placement/eye relief if you don't have a long enough scope base/rail to mount on.
M next set of rings will be MDT rings.
While the Spuhr uni-mounts seem to be the flavour of the moment, you are limited for scope placement/eye relief if you don't have a long enough scope base/rail to mount on.
Agreed!! Some scopes just do not have enough "real estate" on the tube to be mounted in the perfect position for the shooter with rings that are in a fixed position.
I don't think I am following your logic on this one. The standard Spuhr Unimount will let you mount the scope anywhere from rings flush to the back edge of your mount to rings flush with the front edge of your mount. This is no different than your mounting range with any standard 2 piece ring set. Spuhr also makes a cantilever Unimount that lets you run that much farther forwards or backwards, something that is not possible with a 2 piece system. While I don't believe that the Spuhr's are the be all, end all, I also don't understand your point here.
He's saying that you can't vary the distance between the 2 rings.
Exactly this ^^^^^^.
You can't adjust the position of the rings themselves. To get proper eye relief/scope placement the uni-mount may need to extend off of the scope base............a local shooter had this issue and had to go for a standard two ring set up.
mebiuspower
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Hence why they sell individual rings too.
hometownhero
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Except they are still $550. A more wallet friendly version would be nice as well. But what do I know I am using $60 rings that are working perfectly fine.
Depends on how much the scope cost.
For something i have spent 3800$ for, i want the best rings possible to hold it. At least spuhr unimout you are sure to have no lapping issues.
Dissassembled recently, not the faintest slightest ring marks, are we're torqued down to 25in lbs
For something like a vortex pst gen ll i'll slap on a secondary rig, i'll just get MDT rings and call it a day
For something i have spent 3800$ for, i want the best rings possible to hold it. At least spuhr unimout you are sure to have no lapping issues.
Dissassembled recently, not the faintest slightest ring marks, are we're torqued down to 25in lbs
For something like a vortex pst gen ll i'll slap on a secondary rig, i'll just get MDT rings and call it a day
hometownhero
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Not sure what people are doing to mark scopes. I have never seen that happen even with savage package gun rings.
Only time I've had it happen was on a scope that was cerakoted. The painting obviously slightly increases diameter. And far as I could tell marking was only a little bit on the cerakote, not the scope itself.
And i will specify, this is on my first rifle.
It was the ''scare'' of marking a high $$$$ scope that got me into that unimount.
I believe cheaper would of done the job, but since i am not that fortunate with money, played it safe and protected my investment so to speak
Still doesn't make sense. The Unimount will move forwards and backwards on the rail, and the scope will move forwards and backwards in the mount. There is no eye relief that you can get with 2 piece rings that you can't get with a Unimount. The pic rail itself will be the limiting factor. Now, if you are talking mounting on 2 piece bases as opposed to a pic rail then you would be correct of course.
Pics added to clarify.
First 2 pics are 2 piece rings. The scope can be mounted from all the way back here,
to all the way up here.
Next 2 pics are a Unimount. Not a pic rail mount so wouldn't actually fit on this rifle, but gets the point across. Scope can be mounted from all the way back here,
to all the way up here,
and everywhere in between, of course.
In this specific example the Unimount rings are narrower than the 2 piece so actually allow a very small amount of extra movement. Assuming the rings are the same width there will be no difference between the mounting positions available based on whether they are a 2 piece or 1 piece system. The only limiting factor for eye relief will be the base itself.
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