Single piece scope mounts

Introduction

The most important fact that is in common with all single piece scope mounts is that the both scope rings share one piece of material.

The whole mount is made of one piece of raw material and common process to make mount of it is milling.

Single piece scope mounts are usually made for tactical applications and are most suitable for use on Picatinny rails. Although, there are some manufacturers on the market which make elegant one piece mounts for hunting applications, such as:

Spuhr,
ERA-TAC Ultralight etc.

Besides Picatinny rails, there are other rail standards that are also common with this design of scope mounts, for example:

11 mm – Al
5 mm – Tikka, Sako TRG
19 mm – CZ 550

These type of mounts are usually made from high quality aluminium and can be either quick detachable or fixed.

Two groups of Single piece scope mounts for different purposes

FOR HUNTING RIFLES

These mounts can be found for more modern rifles, because decades ago they were not available yet. Even though we can find these mounts with great, elegant shapes (like Blaser, Sauer, Innomount and other mounts, for example), they are not that much popular with other, cheaper manufacturers.

These mounts are quite expensive and therefore they can be mostly found on modern rifles of higher price levels.

FOR TACTICAL RIFLES

Single piece scope mounts for tactical rifles are nearly perfect. It is probably the best way to mount a scope with enough rigidness, hardness, durability, reliability and precision. On the other hand, these scope mounts are normally expensive.

PROS

One of the most important advantages of single piece scope mounts is perfect ring alignment. Therefore, normally you will not flex or damage the scope with this kind of mount.

The user also gets a bigger contact surface between the scope and the mount, which is a favourable factor. One of great things with these scope mounts is that there is no lapping needed.

CONS

If you are an aesthetic freak, you might not be too happy with these mounts. They usually have the bulky appearance and bigger mass. If you can live with that, you will be just fine with the choice.

Although, you have to be prepared to pay somewhat bigger price because they are normally more expensive. Also, there is the less adjustable length for proper eye relief.

Is lapping still advisable with one piece scope mounts?

There is no need for lapping at all. You will not gain anything with it, because these scope mounts are made of one piece of material, which means perfect alignment. Of course, the mount has to be made as it should be – proper quality during manufacturing is needed.

If the quality of the production process and design is not good enough, there might be problems with such mounts. Not only that lapping is normally not needed, but there is also no need for bedding, which is also a great advantage.

Single piece mounts with an inclination

Single piece scope mounts are the most common mount form with inclination. The inclination is usually 20 MOA. Of course, matched rings are needed; they should not be mixed, otherwise, we lose this great option.

These type of mounts are great for long-range shooting because they offer whole new possibilities for long-range shooters.

Conclusion

Single piece scope mounts are great mounts because of the perfect ring alignment, rigidness and so on.

They are normally quite bulky, which might be the reason (in addition to expensive prices) that they are not so much popular on hunting rifles (except original mounts from hunting rifles manufacturers which can be very elegant and good looking – Blaser mount, Sauer mount, etc.) as they are on sport and tactical rifles. Lapping or bedding are normally not needed, which are just two more factors why they are great mounts.

Normally, if you like the appearance, you cannot go wrong with these type of mounts.

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Airguns or pellet guns (the name comes from projectiles they shoot – pellets) are popular among all generations of people with a variety of different interests.

They are used for

plinking,
hunting,
sport competitions etc.

All these activities demand variety of different airguns. A lot of these applications do not require a rifle scope for using an air gun, but some of them do – especially hunting or long range shooting.

Hawke 9-11mm Match Mounts, 30mm, high

General Features of Airgun Scope Mounts

It is common to almost all airguns that they have 11 mm dovetail on the receiver. This dovetail is full length and it is used for mounting a rifle scope or diopter. Such dovetails are basically the same as on the rimfire rifles (.22 calibre). It is important to know that they share the same mounting platform and this is why we can found airgun scope mounts also on rimfire rifles and normally, similar scopes are used on both types of rifles.

When thinking of mounting a rifle scope on the airgun, we have to consider that spring powered airguns have strong recoil in both directions. This is why the robustness and rigidness of the mounts is extremely important (especially with spring powered airguns). This problem is not the case with rimfire rifles, where recoil is very mild.

Mostly, these mounts are made from aluminium and can also have a screw that serves as recoil stopper. The screw can be placed vertically, but with the two part design scope mounts, screw can be placed horizontally. Although, majority of airgun scope mounts comes without recoil notches. There are two options available for mounting the scope on the airgun monoblock scope mount: 25.4 mm (1’’) or 30 mm rings. Other dimensions can also be found, however - they are extremely rare.

Normally, airgun mounts are affordable and in most cases fixed. Detachable airgun scope mounts are usually very rare. However, the most affordable airgun mounts are also the ones from the lowest quality (although, sufficient) and high quality mounts can be expensive, too.

Adjustable inclination on the rifle scope mounts is advisable, usable and a lot of times needed (because of the imperfections of different parts – rifle, mount, rings and dovetail). Some of the mounts also have recoil buffer available. There are also available shock absorbing recoil buffers that can be bought separately and installed behind the scope mount and help to absorb recoil.

BKL 0.6" Long Dovetail Rings, 30 mm

BKL 0.6" Long Dovetail Rings, 30 mm

Monoblock Scope Mounts for Airguns

Monoblock scope mounts for airguns are definitely more reliable than two piece scope mounts. This is normally because they can handle recoil much better. They are robust, rigid, hard and they offer great clamping surface for the dovetail. However, with monoblock scope mounts, setting the proper eye relief might be an issue in some cases. Also, monoblock mounts are almost always more expensive than similar two piece mounts. Clamping surface on the rail which is connected to the rings in one piece is usually higher than it can be with comparable two piece mounts. This might also be an disadvantage, worth mentioning.

One Part and Two Part Design of Airgun Scope Mounts

When we are talking about two piece solutions of airgun mounts, we should not forget to mention some of the differences between one part and two part design of these mounts. One part design is easier to produce, therefore these mounts are cheaper as a rule. Versatility with one part design of scope mounts is normally poor. More options of mounting a scope are normally available with two part design scope mounts. It is good to know that airgun scope mounts for rifle scopes with rail systems are not usual (actually, they are rare). If they are available, they are normally available with two part design of scope mounts. Example for such mount could be Recknagel’s tip off mount for 11 mm dovetail on the bottom and with Zeiss rail option (ZM/VM) on the top. They also offer a LM rail version of these mounts.

Single piece scope mounts

Introduction

Besides Picatinny rails, there are other rail standards that are also common with this design of scope mounts, for example:

Two groups of Single piece scope mounts for different purposes

PROS

CONS

Is lapping still advisable with one piece scope mounts?

Single piece mounts with an inclination

Conclusion

BKL 4" Long Unitized Dovetail Mount, 25.4 mm

BKL 4" Long Drop Compensated Dovetail Mount, 25.4 mm

BKL 4" Long Cantilever with 1-5/8" Clamping Length, 30 mm

BKL 4'' Long Cantilever with 1-5/8'' Clamping Length, 25.4 mm

BKL Adjustable Scope Mount, 25.4 mm

BKL 3'' Long Cantilever with 1-5/8'' Clamping Length, 25.4 mm

BKL 4" Long Drop Compensated Cantilever with 1-5/8" Clamp, 25.4 mm

BKL 4" Long Unitized Dovetail Mount, 30 mm

BKL 4" Long Cantilever with 1-5/8" Clamping Length, 25.4 mm

BKL Adjustable Scope Mount, 30 mm

BKL 4" Long Rimfire Unitized Dovetail Mount, 25.4 mm

UTG AccuShot Airgun Integral Mount, 25.4 mm

UTG AccuShot Airgun Integral Mount, 30 mm

UTG AccuShot Bidirection Offset Airgun Integral Mount, 25.4 mm

General Features of Airgun Scope Mounts

Monoblock Scope Mounts for Airguns

One Part and Two Part Design of Airgun Scope Mounts

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Single piece scope mounts

Introduction

Besides Picatinny rails, there are other rail standards that are also common with this design of scope mounts, for example:

Two groups of Single piece scope mounts for different purposes

PROS

CONS

Is lapping still advisable with one piece scope mounts?

Single piece mounts with an inclination

Conclusion

General Features of Airgun Scope Mounts

Monoblock Scope Mounts for Airguns

One Part and Two Part Design of Airgun Scope Mounts

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