ASK THE EXPERTS
Sporting Rifle’s Experts
Foxing: Mike Powell
Professional gamekeeper and foxing expert
Optics: Chris Parkin
Target sports journalist and optics reviewer
Legal: Stuart Farr
Lawyer specialising in shooting sports
TECHNIQUE
Q I have bought a night vision riflescope, and as the seasons are changing, I find myself swapping scopes around between rifles, daylight/night vision back and forth, etc. I was told that that the rib on the underside of a Picatinny mount should be pressed forward into its slot to resist recoil, but I’m finding I have to change the whole setup of the rings for each rifle on the daylight optics, yet the night vision seems to swap more easily without alteration. Why is this?
A Chris says: Look on the underside of the night vision scope’s rail, and you will likely find it only has a single cross bar that locks into the nearest recoil slot in the rail, so unlike the separate rings on your day scopes, it won’t notice the difference in spacing between Weaver or Picatinny specification.
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