Hey Jim and Backfire Fans!
Jim, I have noticed in many of your videos that you typically do not use a rail to mount your scopes and put the rings directly on the rifle. Is this a personal preference or is there a more engineering/mathematic reason for doing so.
Thank you all!
-Stephen
I try not to - lower - fewer screw points to come loose - cheaper - i think i paid $80 for a leupold rail. weight
but…… on my savage ultralight I had no choice. The receiver holes were too far apart and not right for eye relief on VX6 scope. Had to go rail to get the ring spacing to fit on the scope tube. Jim mentioned that on his latest savage test. Kind of a pain by savage but not end of the world. Added a few oz to what is an ultra light rifle. But it has a surpressor so weight is not top priority.
Pic rails have “trapped” screws. Once I put rings on, I can never check the screws connecting the rail to the gun. I OFTEN find my screws have worked a little loose on the rings, so the same can happen with the rail and you wouldn’t know what happened to cause the accuracy issue.
Sometimes a rail is really necessary to get the gun where you need it, but I prefer to go without.
Thank you very much for the reply! I am in the process of getting a new rife for his year and am just working on trying to figure out the exact set up that I want to go with. This great info!
Thank you for the reply. The makes perfect sense and I am sure a lot of the decision on weather or not use a rail depends on the particular scope dimensions.
What Scope rings have you had the best luck with?