One Scope for Multiple Rifles?

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What are your thoughts of having one great piece of glass for use on multiple rifles?

I was looking at using a good one piece QD mount and a good scope, What problems would I run into if any?

Also who makes the best one piece quick detach mount or should I go with a normal bolt on a one piece mount?

Thanks in advance
 
I have thought about this many times, and the logistics always seem to be too numerous to manage. The physical changing of the scope is the easy part. It is the physical zeroing of it, that becomes the issue. If you have enough land, or live next door to a range, I could see it working. For most of us, that have to travel somewhere to shoot, it just becomes to difficult.
Some will say you can laser sight, and bore sight, and also record settings on the scope for different zero's on different rifles, but until you physically shoot it, you will be just guessing.

R.
 
It CAN be done, the key is high quality mounting and decent quality scope. The QD stuff is crap and just not reliably repeatable.
A precisely made rail, and good picatinny style rings properly torqued to the same value each time make it not such a big job.
You will need to keep good notes on what mechanical zero of the scope is so you won't always be at the range resighting.

We have hooked up several clients with our rail, NF or TPS rings and a NF scope and a dedicated torque wrench for assorted rifles. The trick is to stay with the same rail maker so that there are no variations in the tolerances from rail to rail as well as staying with a similar action.
Going from a short to a long action has minor complications and going from 1 brand of action to another complicates it a LOT more.
 
Thanks for the information, I'm slowly getting into the precision end of shooting and every bit helps. I'm just curious what impact differing actions would have when mounting a scope if you use quality bases and rings? say using a Savage and Remington action?
 
arcstarter said:
Thanks for the information, I'm slowly getting into the precision end of shooting and every bit helps. I'm just curious what impact differing actions would have when mounting a scope if you use quality bases and rings? say using a Savage and Remington action?
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On differing actions the rail can be slightly different due to attachment hole locations. The Picatinny standard slots spacing will be the same but potentially in slightly different spot which will make a little difference in how far the scope is from your eye from 1 gun to another. We are talking of maybe 1/4" but there can be a difference.
Also if you set it up for a long action then decide to put the scope on a short action you may need to move the rings to fit the short.
It can still be done with differing actions it is just a little more complicated.
 
It makes sense if you're buying good quality glass and you have a scope that can easily be re-zeroed.

My precision rifle is a switch-barrel set-up, so it's kind of similar. One of the reasons that I love my Premier Heritage scopes is that they have the flip-up latches on the turrets that allow them to be re-zeroed using a cartridge. The mil/mil FFP setup also makes zeroing extremely quick. Fire a shot, measure the miss with the reticle and adjust the turrets to the proper values. Works at any distance.

I wouldn't do it thought if I wasn't running that kind of a scope.
 
kombayotch said:
It makes sense if you're buying good quality glass and you have a scope that can easily be re-zeroed.

My precision rifle is a switch-barrel set-up, so it's kind of similar. One of the reasons that I love my Premier Heritage scopes is that they have the flip-up latches on the turrets that allow them to be re-zeroed using a cartridge. The mil/mil FFP setup also makes zeroing extremely quick. Fire a shot, measure the miss with the reticle and adjust the turrets to the proper values. Works at any distance.

I wouldn't do it thought if I wasn't running that kind of a scope.
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For sure!

I have a premier and love it, I'd say its as nice for glass as my S&B and the retical is better.
 
Would mil radian adjustments be better if using a mil-dot style reticule or should I stick with MOA? If I was to switch the scope around it would go from my .223 to my .308 and vise versa but ones a Savage and the other is Remington both with picatinny rails.
 
The Magpul dvd discussed in this forum covers this emphatically, the recommendation, good camming mount, picatinny base, and excellent glass. Go watch the dvd and make your own call.
 
This is how I do this for my F class rifles.

Same action, same base - in my case Savage SA and Farrell 1pc steel bases.

The key for me are the Burris Sig ZEE rings w/ inserts. With these, any bending in the base or action is absorbed by the inserts so slight changes in alignment of the rail (and I mean very slight) is not a hinderance. The scope tube stays straight so there is no springing when removed - this leads to big changes in POI shifts when taking scopes on and off even on the same rifle.

Ideally, you want two straight bases of equaly dimension.

If you suspect you have issues, just take your scope on and off the base and see where the POI shifts. It shouldn't be more then a click or two out.

Second you need a scope that tracks repeatably and reliably. Keep notes of your zero and when the scope is changed, dial to the zero for that rifle and it will be close.... very close.

Why bother? Because I have 1 rifle for practise and 1 for matches and I want to use the same scope.

Also, scopes may fail or get damaged and you do not have time to rezero at a match. I bring a spare scope and if needed, can be put on and hit the target. Better then blowing a match.

The best would be to have 2 rifles at a match but that doesn't always happen.

YMMV

Jerry
 
Dosing said:
The Magpul dvd discussed in this forum covers this emphatically, the recommendation, good camming mount, picatinny base, and excellent glass. Go watch the dvd and make your own call.
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The Magpul video and Todd Hodnett are full of sh*t. I've never heard of anybody usning a QD mount and experiencing zero shift in poi, especially out to 1000 meters, like this clown claims. I put more faith in what Rick Timofee says than the magpul video, and Rick don't recommend these mounts. Check out who sponsors ol'Todd.

http://www.laruetactical.com/shot-show
 
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derrick1978 said:
The Magpul video and Todd Hodnett are full of sh*t. I've never heard of anybody usning a QD mount and experiencing zero shift in poi, especially out to 1000 meters, like this clown claims. I put more faith in what Rick Timofee says than the magpul video, and Rick don't recommend these mounts. Check out who sponsors ol'Todd.

http://www.laruetactical.com/shot-show
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Opinions and as* holes are similar, everyone has one!

He may be sponsored by larue but they do make top shelf products, I'd much rather have one premier or S&B and a quick change than two vortex or bushnells.

If you don't like the product what don't you like about it?
 
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arcstarter said:
Would mil radian adjustments be better if using a mil-dot style reticule or should I stick with MOA? If I was to switch the scope around it would go from my .223 to my .308 and vise versa but ones a Savage and the other is Remington both with picatinny rails.
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Mil-dot reticle with MOA turrets is a bastard setup. If your turrets are in MOA, get a reticle that is MOA based, if your reticle is mil, get mil turrets.
 
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