Swing off scope mounts

[Nick 53]

Hi all out of curiosity if you had 2 rifles with different calibre , Fclass and Benchrest, but you wanted to use only 1 scope ! 

Can a swing off scope mounts system be used ?

and would you have re -zero the each rifle ?

[DW58]

I have used EAW swing-off mountsto excellent effect for thirty years, and if set up correctly they certainly offer perfect return to zero, but in my opinion there are better options out there which I also use:

• Good conventional mounts and a Picatinny rail.
• Good quality QD mounts used with Pictanny rail.

Both of the above will offer full return to zero if the following rules are followed:

1. Buy top quality mounts and rail (I use Recknagel rails and either Tier One conventional mounts or Innomount/Recknagel QD mounts.
2. The mount is always attached to the rail in exactly the same place, and attached using the same procedure (e.g. butting the mount against the front of the rail slots before locking down).

If you follow above you will achieve return to zero.

As for re-zeroing each rifle - you could record sight settings and adjust from rifle to rifle, but again you'd need a top quality optic to be sure of this, e.g. Nighforce, Kahles, Swarovski, March etc. 

Don't try to do this with inferior quality hardware and optics, it won't work.

[Nick 53]

Cheers I will bear this in mind .

thanks

[David will]

I had racnagel on my 275 and for stalking they were spot on, returned to within half an MOA every time.