ATV Rifle Mounts

[Banoose]

Greetings all!

I am looking for a majority consensus on the use of ATV Rifle Mounts.

I have used them for over 20 years and whenever hunting season comes around I always re-sight in my rifle. It is not uncommon to see it needing some adjustment before I am comfortable with the grouping.

I have been told by a couple of different hunters lately to stop using the mounts because they blame this on them vibrating.

Can I get some other opinions on this as well?

Thanks in advance!

Bruce.

 

[45ACPKING]

can't say I've ever had that problem and my rifle rides in the gun grabbers across the front.
Those grabbers aren't all created equal though. Mine are quite robust and rubbery so even though things get bounced around, I've never found my optic to be affected.
All scopes aren't created equal either and some don't handle vibrations and bouncing around well. My Nikon m3 has taken some pretty good abuse on and off the machine in weather down into the minus 20's on the extremes and It has not shifted zero since I first sighted it in with the bullets it likes. That's going on 4 years now but I didn't really hunt much this season.

 

[savagelh]

I would be upgrading optics if I were you. Even a rough ride on an ATV shouldn't be too hard on an optic. On another note, I use a hard case mounted to the front rack of my quad parallel to the handle bars. It keeps my rifle in my sight at all times and is easily accessible in a hurry if in the off chance I'm doing the road warrior thing.

 

[kamlooky]

On the hard case style, be sure your scope isn't bottoming out before the barrel does.
Toss some tennis bawls in first, then back them up with something for your bawrill
to rest on.

 

[gem]

Upgrade your optics. Rifle recoil is more severe than any quad ride. I have never had an optic issue related to my rifles riding on my ATV except when I rolled the ATV with my rifles in the racks. They needed some attention after that.