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Where to buy EGW picatinny mount?
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 791310" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>Jeff, I don't doubt your experience but my experience has been different. I have a NF rail mounted on my 300 RUM Sendero with a NF scope on it and it works fine. I have 2 EGWs (both 20 MOA) mounted on a 25-06 Sendero and a 7 RM S&W M1500. The 25-06 has had a NF and now has a Clearidge Scope on it. It Travels about 49 MOA up and about about 5 down, zeroed @ 200. There is a NF on the 7 RM, zeroed @ 200 and it travels about 80 up and about 35 down... yup, 115 MOA of travel. The one on the 25-06 is a regular duty rail and it's bedded to the action. Haven't had any trouble with it but have only shot maybe 300 rounds through it. The one on the 7 RM is on there temporarily as I will be using the action for a build before long hopefully. I've got about 50 rounds or so through it and no issues. That said, I know those aren't great tests of the EGW's durability.</p><p></p><p>EGW makes their tactical rails out of extruded 6061 T6 aluminum. Their HD rails are machined from solid 7075 T6 aluminum. Not sure what their standard duty rails are made of. The HD rails are also "thicker" than the NF rail. I'm no metallurgical expert, but after a little research it seems that high grade aluminum is close in tensile strength to steel. Steel does have a significantly greater elastic strength (stiffness) than aluminum. Aluminum is also a softer metal and more prone to traumatic damage.</p><p></p><p>So overall, it's difficult for me to objectively evaluate the quality differences between the EGW bases and the NF base I have. The steel is stronger but the EGW HD bases have more mass. I have 4 EGW bases all together... 1 is a standard duty and 3 are heavy duty. They are all very well machined and fit the actions excellently. Two of them will be mounted on my Vanguards builds in 6.5 WSM and 6-284. My new RUM build will get a 40 MOA NF rail. I plan on putting the 6-284 and the 6.5 WSM through the paces this next year or so, so I guess I'll see how they work out.</p><p></p><p>BTW, EGW also offers steel rails for $120, $6 more than a NF.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 791310, member: 11717"] Jeff, I don't doubt your experience but my experience has been different. I have a NF rail mounted on my 300 RUM Sendero with a NF scope on it and it works fine. I have 2 EGWs (both 20 MOA) mounted on a 25-06 Sendero and a 7 RM S&W M1500. The 25-06 has had a NF and now has a Clearidge Scope on it. It Travels about 49 MOA up and about about 5 down, zeroed @ 200. There is a NF on the 7 RM, zeroed @ 200 and it travels about 80 up and about 35 down... yup, 115 MOA of travel. The one on the 25-06 is a regular duty rail and it's bedded to the action. Haven't had any trouble with it but have only shot maybe 300 rounds through it. The one on the 7 RM is on there temporarily as I will be using the action for a build before long hopefully. I've got about 50 rounds or so through it and no issues. That said, I know those aren't great tests of the EGW's durability. EGW makes their tactical rails out of extruded 6061 T6 aluminum. Their HD rails are machined from solid 7075 T6 aluminum. Not sure what their standard duty rails are made of. The HD rails are also "thicker" than the NF rail. I'm no metallurgical expert, but after a little research it seems that high grade aluminum is close in tensile strength to steel. Steel does have a significantly greater elastic strength (stiffness) than aluminum. Aluminum is also a softer metal and more prone to traumatic damage. So overall, it's difficult for me to objectively evaluate the quality differences between the EGW bases and the NF base I have. The steel is stronger but the EGW HD bases have more mass. I have 4 EGW bases all together... 1 is a standard duty and 3 are heavy duty. They are all very well machined and fit the actions excellently. Two of them will be mounted on my Vanguards builds in 6.5 WSM and 6-284. My new RUM build will get a 40 MOA NF rail. I plan on putting the 6-284 and the 6.5 WSM through the paces this next year or so, so I guess I'll see how they work out. BTW, EGW also offers steel rails for $120, $6 more than a NF. [/QUOTE]
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