MPA Rifle rings or one peice scope mount?

[0V3RC10CK3D]

Hello, I have an MPA BA PMR PRO II coming in 6.5 Creedmoor soon and a Nightforce ATACR 7-35x56 sitting on the shelf for it.

Should I do rings or a scope mount? Any idea what height I should get to keep the bell of the scope closer to the barrel? (not too close but like a 1/4" - 1/2"

Any other thoughts?

Thanks!

 

[spife7980]

Rings or mount doesn’t matter. I do rings as it’s cheaper. Somewhere around .9-1.125 should work but the trend is higher, you have a cheek rest that’s adjustable to accommodate that.

 

[Quick1]

I have a MPA rifle as well, love it. But went with the American Rifle Company (ARC) M-Brace Scope Mount and love it. I was using the ARC M-Brace scope rings for a while, but wanted to be able to remove the scope and reinstall as easy as possible and the mount makes it pretty easy. If you have not checked out ARC mounts and rings, recommend them, makes installing the scope easier.

 

[Rob01]

I have an MPA mount that will work if you wanted it shoot me a PM and we can discuss.

 

[ToddM]

Rings are often cheaper from the same company and more flexible for scope mounting position adjustments. A lot of the newer 1 piece mounts have almost no room to adjust the scope in the mount itself, so you are stuck with only being able to move it on the rail. With some scopes with a longer eye relief and rifles with a short rail, esp. if you have a shorter LOP, you can run out of room with a tight 1 piece mount. I tend to default to canti mounts just because I've ran into tons of setups where a non-canti mount would not go far enough forward, but I've never an into a setup I could not make a canti-mount work with ease.

Also with an adjustable cheek rest, there's zero benefit to the old practice of trying to get the scope bell close to the barrel. In fact for many shooters it puts their head unnaturally and uncomfortably low. We're seeing more and more bolt gun shooters going to 1.5" and even higher mounts to get a more vertical/natural head position.

 

[popeye089]

Rings are often cheaper from the same company and more flexible for scope mounting position adjustments. A lot of the newer 1 piece mounts have almost no room to adjust the scope in the mount itself, so you are stuck with only being able to move it on the rail. With some scopes with a longer eye relief and rifles with a short rail, esp. if you have a shorter LOP, you can run out of room with a tight 1 piece mount. I tend to default to canti mounts just because I've ran into tons of setups where a non-canti mount would not go far enough forward, but I've never an into a setup I could not make a canti-mount work with ease.

Also with an adjustable cheek rest, there's zero benefit to the old practice of trying to get the scope bell close to the barrel. In fact for many shooters it puts their head unnaturally and uncomfortably low. We're seeing more and more bolt gun shooters going to 1.5" and even higher mounts to get a more vertical/natural head position.

@ToddM is spot on

I love mounts better for the one piece design, and if you buy a reputable brand i.e. Spuhr, BO, Gray, Gieselle, NF, etc you can almost bet they are most times, concentric & square (I say almost because men and the things we produce are prone to error and imperfection)

If you go ring just make sure your height is correct (often times people buy too low)

If you go mount, I'd wait until scope is in hand and measure properly

Good luck