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I DID NOT ADDRESS GONT'S FIRST QUESTION POSTED ABOVE REGARDING THE FIRE RAIL AND #22 RINGS VS. THE #35 QD BASE WITH TRACK RINGS. THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
JACK, YOU DO NOT CARE FOR GG&G GEAR, I TAKE IT. AS A DISTRIBUTOR, I'VE HAD EXCELLENT RESULTS WITH THEIR STUFF. BUT I HEAR YOU RECENTLY EXAMINED A KNIGHT'S FREE FLOATING FOREND AND FOUND IT SATISFACTORY. AND I AM GETTING WHERE I LIKE THE SPACE AGE LOOK OF THE ARMS #45 SIR.
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WHEN YOU SAY 'FIRE RAIL", ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE GG&G COMPONENT? OR YOU COULD BE REFERRING TO THE ARMS #36 OR #38 (WITH #40 FLIP UP REAR), THE RAILS OF WHICH ARE SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE AND FUNCTION TO THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED GG&G FIRE RAIL.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN ANSWER THIS WITHOUT GETTING INTO A GG&G VS. ARMS DEBATE. LET'S ASSUME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN EXTENDED RECEIVER RAIL THAT ADDS APPROX 0.50" HEIGHT TO THE RECEIVER AND IS 1.5" - 3" LONGER THAN THE RECEIVER.
TO MY WAY OF THINKING, HAVING THE SCOPE IN #22 RINGS ATOP A RAIL DOES GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO MOVE THE SCOPE FORWARD TO GET PROPER EYE RELIEF. BUT IT DOES NOT GIVE YOU QUITE THE SAME LEVEL OF SIMPLICITY AS THE #35 QD BASE & RINGS.
FOR THE ABILITY TO GET RID OF THE SCOPE IN A HURRY (CAN YOU SAY "SPR"?) AND TRANSITION TO IRON SIGHTS, WITH A MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARTS TO WORRY ABOUT, I PREFER THE #35 QD BASE & RINGS. BUT A RAIL WITH #22 RINGS WOULD DO THE SAME THING. IT JUST LEAVES THE RAIL IN PLACE. SOME FOLKS LIKE TO "PROTECT" THEIR UPPER RECEIVER.
"PROTECT IT FROM WHAT?", I ALWAYS WONDER.
FOR A PERMANENT MOUNTING, CONSIDER THE ARMS #36EX RAIL AND #35 LOW OR MEDIUM TRACK MOUNT RINGS, OR OTHER RINGS DESIGNED TO PERMANENTLY ATTACH TO A MIL-STD 1913 RAIL (HINT: BADGER). I HAVE THAT COMBO ON ONE RIG (WITH NO IRON SIGHTS) AND IT HAS SERVED VERY WELL.
HOPE THIS HELPS.
WES GRANT
MSTN.BIZ