I have a 308 with the weaver flip mount on it, the mount has been on there for years and still works great but the gunshops tell me they were garbage and weaver quit making them. Anyone know if these are still made and if not what problems to look for?.
Weaver flip mount
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I think you have the pivot mounts? I haven't seen them offered for years, so I think they stopped making them. The inherent problem with the basic idea is that it is difficult to retain the zero if you can detach or partly detach the mounts. To work, such a mount must be made with very tight tolerances and the design must allow it to be used without wearing it to the point of getting out of spec. Eventually, flipping them back and forth enough will do that.
If yours works great, it doesn't matter what the gunshop says about them. (Likewise, it didn't matter how great the gunshop said they were if they didn't work when new.)
If yours works great, it doesn't matter what the gunshop says about them. (Likewise, it didn't matter how great the gunshop said they were if they didn't work when new.)
Not sure exactly what mounts your refering to but over the years for some strange reason any M-100 Win I purchased with a scope had a Weaver tip-off ring/base combo unit
At 1st i didn't really trust the zero after flipping the scope over & back with nothing but spring clips to secure it but quickly found they retained zero surprising well!! In fact I could find nothing wrong with them accuracy wise.
At 1st i didn't really trust the zero after flipping the scope over & back with nothing but spring clips to secure it but quickly found they retained zero surprising well!! In fact I could find nothing wrong with them accuracy wise.
Yes, they actually work quite well. There are two cones in the mount that are designed to compensate for any wear that occurs, simply by tightening them up. It would take a lot of flipping back and forth to wear them anyway. Pachmayr also made a swing off mount.
Still have a few sets, and they are very accurate and repeatable. Small groups can be shot, even purposely swinging the scope aside and back on top between shots.
I think the reason you don't see them around much anymore, is that scopes have become much more reliable.
Ted
Still have a few sets, and they are very accurate and repeatable. Small groups can be shot, even purposely swinging the scope aside and back on top between shots.
I think the reason you don't see them around much anymore, is that scopes have become much more reliable.
Ted
