Picatinny rail and mounts or not??

[farmer7]

Bought a new scope(well new to me)tonight,Leupold Vari-X III Tactical 8.5-25 x 50. Any one any experience of them?

Anyway I am going to get a Remington Police or Ltr .308 to attach it too and wondered if there is any real advantage of me getting a picatinny rail or will plain old normal mounts and bases do? What is the main advantage of a picatinny rail,strength? And will i need a 20MOA rail to reach to 800 or possibly even a 1000 yards? The scope has a 30mm tube.

Any comments appreciated.

 

[USSR]

farmer7,

With a .308, you will definately need a 20MOA base to reach 1k. Get a picatinny 20MOA rail.

Don

 

[farmer7]

Thanks USSR, is the one piece just stronger than the two? Is it still quite easy to load the remington with the one piece base? It has a floorplate not a DM.

 

[GunTech]

Get a one piece. It's much more likely your rings will be properly aligned when mounted on a 1 piece base.

 

[USSR]

It's not so much the strength as it is the alignment, as GunTech said. No problem loading.

Don