FREE RIFLEMAN
July 29, 2006, 12:33
Since attending Fred's Appleseed, I have been completely rethinking my MBR setup. I have an IOR 4x21 w/ the CQB, which I like very much, BTW.
I use DSA scopemounts that are secured with blue locktite and plan to locktite the ring bolts once I find an acceptable solution I like.
My issue is this:
First I had the Extreme Duty single ring from DSA and found that the IOR rested literally a hair off the picatinny rail, which is pretty low. In fact, so low, I had to remove my rear sight to get proper eye relief.
I really like to be able to use my sights w/o removing the optics, yet I don't want something that won't be return to zero upon removing, either. (ie. I want my cake, and I want to eat it, too!)
Additionally, I don't want my optics looking like a tower, when they are raised so high, I find them ridiculously close to something Hollywood would put together, not to mention needing a pillow for a checkweld....
The options, as I see it:
ARMS throwlevers (#22), either the medium or high, but the lowest possible while having a see through capability. As far as I can tell, only the high #22 has see-through capability... can anyone confirm this?
DSA QD see-thru's, however, they look too much like over the counter rings, meaning, they won't take the beating I am known to give my weapons, AND, I doubt they are return to zero friendly (or even acquantences for that matter...).
Does anybody have any other suggestions here? I have left the school of optics or sights only, and prefer both, I just need to figure out which is best, because my friends with FALs will most likely use the same setup for commonality reasons...
I use DSA scopemounts that are secured with blue locktite and plan to locktite the ring bolts once I find an acceptable solution I like.
My issue is this:
First I had the Extreme Duty single ring from DSA and found that the IOR rested literally a hair off the picatinny rail, which is pretty low. In fact, so low, I had to remove my rear sight to get proper eye relief.
I really like to be able to use my sights w/o removing the optics, yet I don't want something that won't be return to zero upon removing, either. (ie. I want my cake, and I want to eat it, too!)
Additionally, I don't want my optics looking like a tower, when they are raised so high, I find them ridiculously close to something Hollywood would put together, not to mention needing a pillow for a checkweld....
The options, as I see it:
ARMS throwlevers (#22), either the medium or high, but the lowest possible while having a see through capability. As far as I can tell, only the high #22 has see-through capability... can anyone confirm this?
DSA QD see-thru's, however, they look too much like over the counter rings, meaning, they won't take the beating I am known to give my weapons, AND, I doubt they are return to zero friendly (or even acquantences for that matter...).
Does anybody have any other suggestions here? I have left the school of optics or sights only, and prefer both, I just need to figure out which is best, because my friends with FALs will most likely use the same setup for commonality reasons...