General Geoff
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I was looking into getting a scope mount for my M14 from Smith Enterprise, and they have about four different mounts. Three of them are picatinny (1913) rails, and the fourth one (less than half the price of the others) is a "weaver style rail," which it says requires the use of weaver style rings.
Picture of the Weaver-style rail;
1913 rail
Reading the descriptions on this page, I can surmise that that picatinny rail also allows one to use the iron sights, even with a scope mounted. Other than that, however, what are the practical differences in mounting a scope with either of these?
Picture of the Weaver-style rail;
1913 rail
Reading the descriptions on this page, I can surmise that that picatinny rail also allows one to use the iron sights, even with a scope mounted. Other than that, however, what are the practical differences in mounting a scope with either of these?