Lately I’ve used a few one piece ring mounts. I like them, they seem more solid in my mind, so what are the pros and cons? Of course I’ve Googled it, but it’s blah blah blah. I don’t think I’ll start swapping out all the mounts I have, but moving forward I like consistency.
So, if I like the one piece mounts, is there any reason I’ll regret using them later?
An advantage for me is I get the exact eye relief I want with the one piece mount on a pic rail.
Had this discussion over a year ago. I was into a single piece, till my gunsmith told me no. For bolts , use two piece ((everytime I gave him a rifle with a scope and a one piece, the rifle would come back with a two piece. And i had purchased all my scopes ahead of time when on sale plus a one piece as well to go along with it). Now, I am left with quite a few one piece units, which technically could still use them with remaining scopes and new rifles i will be acquiring. BTW, he said one piece is only good for AR style guns.
Did your gunsmith say why? I’ve always mounted my own scopes and the alignment just seems more certain with the one piece.
There has to be some science or data. Does an AR have more or less stress on the rings than a bolt?
That’s idiotic and a waste of money, there are a lot of one-piece mounts for bolt action rifles that work great, pretty much the only two advantages that come to mind for scope rings vs a solid mount is weight and the potential to interfere with ejection on some actions.
Here’s his response “The single bases on a bolt action limit the eye relief for the scope you mount whereas a long rail allows you move the scope to your preferred eye relief. “
Appreciate that. Thank you.
Most of the folks I’ve asked just use whatever is handy or already on the rifle. No reason. Not much thought.
I hope it was helpful.