QD mounts and return-to-zero

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Any quick-detach scope mounts out there that will actually return to zero after being removed and reinstalled?

I am just wondering if it is worth getting a quick-detach system for my new set-up, or if standard type rings would be best. There isnt much point to QD rings if you have to a drastic re-zero every time you have to remove the scope.

If specifics will help, I was looking at either a set of ARMS #22 throw-lever rings (wolverine supplies), or an ADM Recon mounts (Shooting Edge). Both are 30mm. I'm all ears to other alternatives as well and there is extra points for lower priced options.

Thanks CGNers,

Potshot21
 
Sorry, I didnt think that would come into play. It is a Ruger SR-22, so that makes it .22 LR. I was thinking of the QD mount because to tear down the rifle, you have to remove 4 screws that are only accesible when the scope is off the rifle. The QD mount would make it much quicker to and simpler to do if it would return to zero after it was done. And the QD mounts are full of tacticoolness.

And in case anyone wants to jump down my throught, NO I will not just slap the scope back on and take it out hunting without checking the zero. But it would be nice to just find a stick or a can or something and check to make sure it is still hitting where it should without dragging rests, targets, and the like around with me.
 
No QD mounts ever return to the excate position but some get really close. ARMS, LaRue, ADM are all the ones I would reccomend.
 
Plain vanilla Weavers return to zero as well as most expensive QD rings. The only system I have ever owned that was better than Weavers was the EAW for ten times the price.

Have actually won a few bets for coffee at the range demonstrating that. :D

Ted
 
I have a Falcon 4-14FFP in ARMS #22 rings and an Aimpoint in an ARMS #22M68 mount that I swap back and forth on my AR. They hold the zero quite well, good enough to hold Service Rifle target bulls. Good enough for a precision rifle? Wouldn't rely on them for applications that require first round hits, but for a competition that gives you a couple sighting shots, they would easily return to zero well enough to stay on the target board out to a moderate distance.
 
I've played with Leupold and Burris QD rings, and they seem to go back to within about 1 or 1.5MOA pretty consistently. Ordinary Ruger rings (and, as mentioned earlier, Weavers also) get pretty close as well, especially if you take pains to tighten them the same amount each time. The Blaser QD mount returns, every time, perfectly...but it fits only Blaser rifles, and the mount costs more than most rifles.

Seriously, how often are you going to "tear down" this .22? Is the SR22 an aluminum chassis that screws to the aluminum 10/22 receiver? If so, you aren't doing yourself any great favour by repeatedly removing and replacing those screws any more than necessary. And even if the QD rings are "perfect" in their return-to-zero, they will be returning to the same position on the chassis...which may or may not be returning to the exact same position with respect to the gun's receiver/barrel unit. You'll probably get the same, or more, zero shift simply by buying another brick of your favourite ammo from a different production run.

It's a .22! Spend the ten minutes and fifty cents to re-zero your scope if necessary...or, better yet, clean the gun without stripping it down. I can't remember the last time that I needed to remove the bolt from one of my 10/22's. Relax, shoot, and have fun.:)
 
jackrabbit000 said:
From what I've been reading the Leupold QRW's are supposed to be really good.
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My friend had them on a 700 BDL in .338 Win Mag and niether one of us liked them. The release mechanism got tight and tighter as you shot the rifle, so if you didn't release them after a certain number of shots it was so tight that you needed pliers to twist the levers.
 
How well a QD mount returns to zero depends very little on who made it and how much it cost. It depends almost entirely on how perfectly in line and parallel the bases are, which is largely dependent on the receiver.
 
Satain said:
No QD mounts ever return to the excate position but some get really close. ARMS, LaRue, ADM are all the ones I would reccomend.
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That's weird, I have never had an issue with either my Larue mount or my ADM with holding zero after removing them. Same thing was stated by Todd Hodnett on Magpul's precision rifle series video as well. I guess he's a nobody and is lying right?

TDC
 
rgv said:
How well a QD mount returns to zero depends very little on who made it and how much it cost. It depends almost entirely on how perfectly in line and parallel the bases are, which is largely dependent on the receiver.
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That's got to be a big part of it. If the bases are not aligned or machined uniformly and you are stressing the scope tube and unstressing it every time you remove and reinstall the scope, not every scope is going to return to zero. I find my scopes are reasonably close after removal and reinstall, but I wouldn't expect perfection, just the need to fire a round or two and reconfirm zero.
 
1899 said:
My friend had them on a 700 BDL in .338 Win Mag and niether one of us liked them. The release mechanism got tight and tighter as you shot the rifle, so if you didn't release them after a certain number of shots it was so tight that you needed pliers to twist the levers.
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This does happen to the Leupold QRW rings on my muzzleloader but never to the point where I have to use pliers.
 
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