AR-15 BS Thread

Everything is up on the chopping block, these days. But I would say the ones that are registered with the ATF, are already on watched listed, as where non registered guns are not. JMO.

 

Remember that the NFA also includes machine guns. A majority of which are owned as "investments" by the super wealthy and the well connected. So I doubt NFA items will be messed with any time soon.

 

Ordered a Vortex Crossfire scope for the AR. What's a decent mount for the price. Seen a few on Amazon anywhere from $20 to nearly $100+ and so on. As long as it holds the scope sturdy through some torture by the look of some of the reviews what's the benefit in $100+ mount for the same objective?

 

How accurate do you wanna be?

 

Ive had great luck with Burris rings. Have a set of the pepr rings that have been awesome

 

Yes. Those are solid rings for the price.
That or the Leupold IMS rings for ARs are good for a decent price and a little less bulky than the burris rings.

 

Exactly. Not all mounts are created equal. I run ADM mounts on all my AR's.

 

I understand that. $100-$150 for a piece of metal that's screwed down in my mind couldn't be too much more than a $40 one as long as the screws aren't going to strip or over tighten when holding and it's not just poorly made. Most of them seem to have good reviews.

 

No real advantage putting a $300 scope in a $200 mount. warne and talley have some decent ones for the money.

Schmidt Bender glass? Yeah, I'd spring for Badger ordinance

 

The reviews are only as good as the persons knowledge reviewing them. This coming from a guy with a $90 mount on his AR.

Do you have a torque wrench for your base? If you over torque your optic you’ll have a hell of a time keeping zero. Keep in mind the extra price usually comes with more precision and higher QC. Along with that comes a good warranty and customer service. If you’re not planning on going past 100 yards and shooting from a rest then by all means go for the $40 mount.

 

Psh. Barska trumps all.

 

Good advice!! Have a torque wrench and torque your rings/mount to spec.

 

The big difference between quality and bargain mounts hits home with quick detach solutions. The higher dollar mounts (LaRue, ADM, Bobro, etc) are manufactured to tighter tolerances and are going to have less (if any) zero shift. Cheaper mounts can have a considerable shift in zero when removed and remounted. Some also have a low tolerance for recoil. I had a scope pair of no-name rings on my Mosin M44 that disintegrated after about 10 rounds. I replaced them with Millett rings and they did fine (even though the reticle broke loose inside the scope a little while later)...

As others have said, a torque wrench is good. Just be sure to get the right scale (i.e. inch pounds, not inch ounces or foot pounds).

 

This exactly. That and HOLD a zero. If you’re doing some moving around and and bumping into things a cheap set of rings isn’t going to hold as well.

 

If you plan on getting a better scope in the future get better rings.

I’m using a $1200 Vortex Viper PST on my Remington 700 and that budget scope is housed in a $500 Spuhr ISMS mount.

 

Bad rings can break scopes. Burris Zee rings do pretty well as I understand it. I'm running SWFA on my bolt gun, work well and required very little lapping on my Leupold base

 

Thanks for the response, that's the info I was looking to get answered! Appreciate it

 

Lower # 2 complete

 

What grip is that? I like the way it looks and would like to check one out in person to see how it feels.

 

TacStar If you have large hands these are the way to go I have not used anything else and have changed out just about all of my grips to these....