What do you people think of 2-piece, as opposed to 1-piece, scope rails on bolt rifles built for any given purpose from light, fast-handling mountain rifles to heavy, long range benchrest or prone guns?
Speaking for myself, a 2-piece scope rail has always just been a bad idea. But it seems that during the past 10-15 years, they've become quite commonplace. Examples of custom rifle shops that use them exclusively include Dakota Arms and Ed Brown Custom Rifles.
I'm thinking of having my smith build a mountain rifle for me around a Nesika hunter class action, but Nesika doesn't offer a 1-piece scope rail for this particular model action (unlike they do for all their other models) and this really bothers me. I just can't get past the idea of it being less reliable, more susceptible to recoil, and much more of a liability than a 1-piece rail if the rifle is dropped optics side down.
Speaking for myself, a 2-piece scope rail has always just been a bad idea. But it seems that during the past 10-15 years, they've become quite commonplace. Examples of custom rifle shops that use them exclusively include Dakota Arms and Ed Brown Custom Rifles.
I'm thinking of having my smith build a mountain rifle for me around a Nesika hunter class action, but Nesika doesn't offer a 1-piece scope rail for this particular model action (unlike they do for all their other models) and this really bothers me. I just can't get past the idea of it being less reliable, more susceptible to recoil, and much more of a liability than a 1-piece rail if the rifle is dropped optics side down.