Re: Anyone use Larue Rings/base on a Rem 700?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: trg42</div><div class="ubbcode-body">First off, I am a Larue geek. Have lots of their mounts and other goodies. Having said that ,I would much prefer a good set of rings ( Badger etc ) on a precision bolt gun. If you look at a set of Larue rings and compare them to steel Badger Style ( tps , Leupold, etc ) there is way more beef to them. Also compare the point of contact on the Larue lever to a clamp of a Badger style. The Larue has a very small point of contact. You can see this by opening and closing the lever and were it rubs of the coating of your base
Can't see why you want quick detach on a precision bolt gun. The reason they are the Shakiras ass for ARs is you can dump your primary optic and use your back up irons. This feature, for obvious reasons, useless to you on a bolt gun
I you want to take your scope on and off, go Badger ( or equivalent ) and buy a good 65inch lbs preset torque wrench. I am pulling scopes off all the time and this works fine
BTW - I have a few Larue LT-104 SPR mounts on my precision ARs as well. Not slagging the product but push down on your scope objective and measure the deflection. You will be suprised how much there is. IF you look at a similar cantilever syle such as Nightforce Unimount, there is much less deflection. Not saying a little deflection is not bad....just saying Larue is not the end all of ALL optics mounts. Food for thought </div></div>
Admittedly, I am a Larue geek myself also with my AR's and took a very hard look at the LT-719's. In my decision making paradigm, the importance of QD's was not that important as I have a torque wrench and tools, but I know the quality of Mark's product and was looking for a light weight option. With my look at cutting weight, I opted for a T4 stock and decided to go with aluminum base and rings. Basically countering the 20" bull barrel, supressor, and USO. Now understanding that all the quality manufacturers make aluminum products, I looked very hard at Seekins and Badger. Why I decided to go with Larue was predicated on the steel shank insert on the base and the width of the rings contact area. I also liked the fact that LT-719's with the base were lower than the standard Mark IV's that I had with my Nikon, and the inserts for the cap screws are seperate from the actual rings. With all the measurements I had gotten from the other manufactures they were lower than the others, and the QD was an added benefit. With all that said, the wight difference was noticably less, the fit and fininish was as expected, the base had a very nice fit to the reciver, and the contact area on the scope tube was pretty dead nuts on. The QD makes very good contact, obviously not as much meat as a standard ring, but there is no play in the fit, and the adjustable tension screw makes for a nice addition if needed. Though I found that I did not need to make any adjustments, and the added width of the actual base of the rings gives a very stable and wide mounting platform, as well as keeping the bottom of my TPAL right off the top of the rail. Its so low I cannot fit a folding USO level underneath. Anyway, If you choose to go the Larue option, you won't be dissatisfied.
Once it gets back from Roscoe's I post some picture for you.
