Next week: Rem 700! But question...

[C Ward]

Concept works in theory , in practice there will be scope height issues . It will either be too high for the bolt gun or too low for the AR and more than likely the will be eye relief problems as well . Works OK going between bolt guns with similar stock setups but is still a pain in the ass .

The receiver is already drilled and taped for a scope base from the factory . You'd be better served now getting rid of the shity injection molded stock than planning on moving the scope around .

[fly boy]

The receiver is already drilled and taped for a scope base from the factory . You'd be better served now getting rid of the shity injection molded stock than planning on moving the scope around .

hate you hi-jack, but why ditch the synthetic stock? I was looking at the Rem 700 Varmit, should I consider the VLS instead due to wood stock?

[TheBelly]

Concept works in theory , in practice there will be scope height issues . It will either be too high for the bolt gun or too low for the AR and more than likely the will be eye relief problems as well . Works OK going between bolt guns with similar stock setups but is still a pain in the ass .

The receiver is already drilled and taped for a scope base from the factory . You'd be better served now getting rid of the shity injection molded stock than planning on moving the scope around .

All the guns that I move scopes around on have adjustable cheek pieces. Since I use only the one scope, I just set the comb height and leave it set.

I'm not worried about the height over from the bolt gun's perspective. There are some good chassis systems that have a higher-than-normal looking requirement for the scope, ex: strike 30 chassis, tac21 chassis.....

Ive never experienced any issues with having a higher optics mounting. My experience is more limited compared to yours. If you have experience with the pros/cons of a really high optics mounting, I would love to hear the effects (I don't want to reinvent the wheel)....

[Ronin13]

Concept works in theory , in practice there will be scope height issues . It will either be too high for the bolt gun or too low for the AR and more than likely the will be eye relief problems as well . Works OK going between bolt guns with similar stock setups but is still a pain in the ass .

The receiver is already drilled and taped for a scope base from the factory . You'd be better served now getting rid of the shity injection molded stock than planning on moving the scope around .

Looking at it, it appears that way. So basically I should just do a normal mount with the scope rings? Seeing as how the Mk AR isn't that expensive, I don't see an issue of having to buy a new one to permanently mount on the AR, or even go with something different.

Thanks all for the input. Seeing as how I'm not terribly familiar with bolt guns I thought I was ahead of the curve and could get away with a new way to skin this cat.