Ah but now the backtracking begins. Actually reading the OP tells us much about what is being sought. Can you tell us how on earth Weaver bases detract from the classic aesthetics of the rifle pictured below? It is after all the model in question.
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Now how is that “...in no way impugning the integrity of the picatinny/weaver system”? I don’t worry about slippage nor should anyone else who installs correctly.
Channel locks? Really??? I use a crescent wrench like all good monkies do. Ok, I have a plumb bob, levels, and torque wrenches. I save the Arkansas Crescent hammer fer poundin nails and such all.
I still haven’t changed my feelings about turn in rings and their poor design, despite any aesthetic advantage they may hold over a SPUHR mount (which is what a true optics snob would use) not to mention your link to High rings which ruins what I like to call the classic cheek weld. If I must have classy looks then Talley is where I turn.
Price-wise you’re once again dyslexic: Warne 1-piece mounts sell for less than the Vortex knock-offs. These too appear identical in appearance. I’ve yet to get my hands on a Vortex sample of these but I cannot imagine someone finding fault with the finish on anything Warne puts out as their process leads to extremely tight tolerances and a very uniform finish. Hint: it’s a sintering process.
I realize I am out of sequence here but I do indeed understand the ice cube’s chance of rings aligning on another rifle when removed from two-piece bases. However...because I sometimes use various scopes on the same rifle, I can quickly interchange optics without undue hassle and have in the past chosen to do so even when packing a back-up rifle. Now Burris Signatures aren’t my preferred rings for such occasions due to their unitized lugs but they’re still faster than turn-ins and only a tic or two off when remounted. For one and done though; fuhgeddaboudit, they rock!
Personally, and despite
@LoonWulf ’s objections, I much prefer continuous 1913 rails for utility except where smallish ejection ports are concerned. Strike that, even then I prefer them.
@jono it isn’t that I care to besmirch your character or opinion, it is simply a matter of disagreement and I appreciate your humor and in all honesty good natured reply. Never let me come between you and posting your thoughts as my brain simply likes what it likes for reasons often veiled and cloaked in mystery, a misspent youth, and too much squirrel meat. My apologies again if I appear to make much of little.
