I've gone a different direction than most guys with most of my ARs. Instead of dedicated AR scope mounts, I have used a riser from GG&G, and then put standard (usually low) Leupold quick release rings on my scope. That means, in a pinch I can pull the scope off an AR and put it on a hunting rifle, and vice versa. Of course that doesn't happen often, but the option is there. All my scopes have similar rings and all can be moved from rifle to rifle.
P series Nikon on mine too.
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Yep.That little scope is one stubby little bad boy. Raindodger's method of using a separate riser and rings would work perfectly.
Its a good setup.our rifles are eerily similar
I'm not personally a fan of the Nikon mounts, they take a LOT of lapping to produce sufficient contact, which is compromised by the single screw design. They work, but are poor. I've had a lot of customers insist on using them for the cost, and I have spent a lot of extra time and effort (and customer money) to lap them to a point of suitable contact, to prevent damage to my customer's optics. I used them on one personal rifle, and only with a $78 (dealer cost) scope.
The PEPR's are good quality, but heavy. The Aero's and Larue's are fantastic.
I have used risers and conventional rings on a few builds, not really a fan.
The ability to transplant a scope without removing from the rings is presumptuous, and a poor practice.
So I am building a flattop ar and want to put a standard 3x9 hunting scope on it. I have seen a lot of mounts such as from Aero that run in the 70 to 80 range and some that sell for in the 30 range. What is people's opinion of the various mounts and what to use to mount a 1" or 30mm tube scope?
I'm not personally a fan of the Nikon mounts, they take a LOT of lapping to produce sufficient contact, which is compromised by the single screw design. They work, but are poor. I've had a lot of customers insist on using them for the cost, and I have spent a lot of extra time and effort (and customer money) to lap them to a point of suitable contact, to prevent damage to my customer's optics. I used them on one personal rifle, and only with a $78 (dealer cost) scope.
I've had mixed results with the Nikon AR mounts. They slide just right onto some rails and fight like heck on others, I finally gave up on them.