How to Choose Mounts For Your Rifle Scope and Rifle - Outdoors - Hunting

After selling rifle scopes on eBay for 6 years I can say with absolute certainty that the 1 area that confuses prospective new scope owners far more than any is the selection of scope mounts. The excellent news is that unless your rifle is an unusual or vintage sort then choosing the correct scope mounts is simple. In this article you'll learn how to swiftly determine what type you need.

So the, you might have a new rifle and need to get a nice telescopic rifle scope to help you shoot greater? And make it look very cool too:)

Choosing a rifle scope may be a tricky procedure in itself and I will not cover it in this article except briefly now: If you are shooting in typical dawn to dusk type light at ranges no much more than say 300 yards/metres then get a 3-9x40 or comparable variable magnification scope. 3-9 = it ranges between 3 and 9x magnification and the 40 bit means it has a 40mm wide lens at the end. This is a quite great general purpose combination and you will find options for most budgets from cheap to military.

Now what you want so that you can fix the scope to the rifle are mounts. This should not be tricky but to save time, hassle and cost in returning incorrect mounts to the seller it's great to get it proper initial time.

You'll find 2 things you'll want to know:

1) What mounts are will need for your scope in terms of (a) height and (b) ring diameter.

2) What type of rifles scope receiver grooves you've.

In many cases you could locate scope and mount packages sold together, in these cases you can be sure that they will be correct for the scope but you still need to be positive that they will be OK for your rifle prior to you go ahead. If not then you will need to ask the seller if they can swap for an additional sort.

What mounts are will need for your scope

Scope mounts come in three principal heights. By height I mean how high they'll lift the scope off the rifle. You will find 3 principal heights:

Low - For scopes with upto 32mm lensesMedium - For scopes with upto 42mm lensesHigh - For scopes with 40-56mm lenses

You can find also such things as ultra high but you're unlikely to need those unless you have a specialized requirement.

The size of lens rule is really a great general guide but also bring your rifle into consideration. If it has say a bolt action then it's finest to go for a high mount even with a smaller lens scope.

Scope Tube Diameter is the second consideration when matching mounts to scope.

Most scopes have a 25mm (1 inch) body tube and you'll come across that most mounts are for these scopes. If not then they will specify that they are for a diverse diameter body - you will discover some with 30mm tubes. So be sure you know what your scopes body tube diameter is the decide on your mounts to match.

What kind of rifles scope receiver grooves you've got

By this I mean the place where the scope mounts will attach on top of the rifle.

Commonly referred to as the scope base or rail, grooves or receiver.

You will find 2 primary types: Standard and Weaver (also typically known as Picatinny or Tactical)

In turn mounts are commonly referred to as Standard or Weaver mounts.

Standard -

2 grooved lines running front to back along the top of the rifle body Between 9 and 13mm apart.

Weaver/Picatinny/Tactical -

The grooves are 20-22mm apartThe base is frequently a lot more of a solid block design with horizontal "slats" across it (some mounts have arrestor blocks in their bases that give an additional degree of lock by mating with these grooves)

Standard bases are as the name suggests really typical. They are the standard these days for air rifle and paintball guns and many lower powered pistols.

Weaver bases are to be discovered on higher power higher recoil rifles, specifically military, hunting and shotguns. They are also found on a lot of airsoft rifles where the replication is very accurate.

Your mount choice elements combine then...Examples

Your have an air rifle with a standard base and are acquiring a 3-9x40 scope with a 25mm tube = Standard Medium or High mounts.

Hunting rifle with 20mm weaver base and you're obtaining a 6-24x50 scope with 30mm tube = High 30mm Weaver mounts.

1 or 2 piece?

This is a further division, I add this for completeness. If you're new then I'd say go for 2 piece as your first sort.

1 piece is where the whole mount body is really a single molded unit. This type is really strong and solid but may possibly not be an option should you have a bolt action or top magazine rifle.

2 piece - Merely 2 mounts that you position on the rifle base rail. Not quite the rigidity of the 1 piece but a lot more flexible in terms of positioning and capacity to "work around" obstructions. Cheaper too.

I hope this article helps you make the proper selection. Once you break it down into actions making the right rifle scope mount option just isn't difficult and will let you zero your new cool looking rifle scope as quickly as feasible!

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