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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
Standard bases vs. Picatinny rail
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<blockquote data-quote="LouBoyd" data-source="post: 508139" data-attributes="member: 9253"><p>The plus of a picatinny rail is by using quick disconnect rings one scope can be moved between several rifles, and different scopes can be easily put on one rifle. I buy my picatinny rails with a built in 20 MOA slope for bolt actions, 0 MOA for ARs which come with rails built in. It's easy to swap a conventional scope with a night visom scope and not loose zero on either. Unlike any other scope base I know of the scope can be moved to a comfortable fore/aft postion without moving the rings on the scope and all Picatinny rails use standard spacing increments. </p><p></p><p>Some disadvantages of Picatinny rails are that they may obstruct the ejection port more than some other base designs. There are many rings and some scopes which simply won't fit on a Picatinny rail. Some rifles can't use them either because they obstruct loading or there's no reasonable place to mount them.</p><p></p><p>I have Picatinny rails on rifles as diverse as a Ruger 10/22 and a Pauza P50 50 BMG semi-auto carbine. They don't seem out of place on eiither. Picatinny rails are available in aluminum and steel as appropriate for weight and strength. Even titanium for both. I don't put Picatinny rails on 1960's or older rifles. That just doesn't seem right to me but for no real reason. My 1870's 50-70 Remington rolling block will never get one even although it would be easy to install and would work ok.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LouBoyd, post: 508139, member: 9253"] The plus of a picatinny rail is by using quick disconnect rings one scope can be moved between several rifles, and different scopes can be easily put on one rifle. I buy my picatinny rails with a built in 20 MOA slope for bolt actions, 0 MOA for ARs which come with rails built in. It's easy to swap a conventional scope with a night visom scope and not loose zero on either. Unlike any other scope base I know of the scope can be moved to a comfortable fore/aft postion without moving the rings on the scope and all Picatinny rails use standard spacing increments. Some disadvantages of Picatinny rails are that they may obstruct the ejection port more than some other base designs. There are many rings and some scopes which simply won't fit on a Picatinny rail. Some rifles can't use them either because they obstruct loading or there's no reasonable place to mount them. I have Picatinny rails on rifles as diverse as a Ruger 10/22 and a Pauza P50 50 BMG semi-auto carbine. They don't seem out of place on eiither. Picatinny rails are available in aluminum and steel as appropriate for weight and strength. Even titanium for both. I don't put Picatinny rails on 1960's or older rifles. That just doesn't seem right to me but for no real reason. My 1870's 50-70 Remington rolling block will never get one even although it would be easy to install and would work ok. [/QUOTE]
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