I have a one piece scope mount with scope already installed and the screws are loctited down. I have taken it off one rifle and want to put it on an AR15. To get the proper eye relief, I have to mount it one notch on the rail forward past where the barrel shroud rail meets the upper receiver. I am wondering if this will cause a problem with holding zero. I would prefer to not have to loosen the scope rings and move the scope forward so I can move the mount back but will do so if it causes accuracy issues down the road.
You want the entire mount on the receiver, period.
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It's not going to hurt anything to loosen the rings around the scope to adjust for proper eye relief once you have the mount on the receiver. And, yes...both ends of the mount need to be secured on the receiver.
Have a picture of the mounted optic? I have like 6 rail slots left for my offset mount on my SPR and I'm only 1.5" rear the receiver with a rifle length stock.
Yep. And slightly loosening the scope rings for a minor adjustment should not hurt anything as said above. Do it right and there will be less worry and better shooting accuracy.
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This is where those old sayings like "do it right the first time.. ", and "a stitch in time saves nine" really show themselves to be true after a range session or two where you're chasing a wandering zero, or patterning your rifle instead of shooting groups.
You will find that you have to loosen the screws and move the optic anyway...might as well do it before you're frustrated and down 50 rounds of ammo to boot.
Both rings on the reciever. Once eye relief is set, pull each screw one at a time, clean it and loctite again. Do it right the first time.
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