Scope Mounting Question

[spabula]

thanks for the input...

[41 Redhawk]

In scope mounting (like houses) foundation is everything. You want it to be as rigid as possible. I would not want to depend on the mount to provide rigidity between the receiver and hand guard.

[spabula]

Yeah you guys are right .... I'm not a huge fan of how this is mounted. Gonna be purchasing a new mount for it...... Thanks for the help

[Lycanthrope]

Originally Posted by Tomcat088

Some of it could be alleviated due to the one piece mount. Alot of it would depend on how much flex is going on, and how rigid the steel that the mount is made with. If it's a cheaper mount, then it's probably gonna flex a fair amount itself. Even expensive mounts will have some flex in them because they can only be so rigid, light. etc. I've never tried to mount anything the way you mentioned, but I would also be a bit nervous about flex, especially if you were resting the rifle etc on the free float tube.

+1. If the handguard is free floated and indexed with the receiver correctly you are ok. If the handguard is not...well you're really getting stability from the receiver. You seem to have the right parts.....

Of course, the good news is that .223 rarely shakes anything loose.....and if you have a chromed M4gery.....well, you're better off finding a good load versus pumping cash into mounts.

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