Which scope mount?

[lazyengineer]

In general, I personally think you don't really need to buy a 3-figure scope mount, to have a good scope mount. Though obviously that's rarely a bad idea. The biggest item I've found with the budget no-name mounts, is actually the screws, which will stretch out due to the cherap steel there.

In general, I prefer one-piece mounts if I can, as that decreases the number of separate varables. And always push the mount forward while tightening, as that's what the recoil is going to be doing. Also, have a care not to overtorque, as that creates problems in some scopes as well (learned that one the hard way, though fortunately reversible).

For my Grendels, I tend to run UTG light weight mounts or Hirman. The one I like best right now, is actually this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08B3J...UTF8&psc=1



Light weight, inexpensive, but the screws are actually very good, and more importantly, they use steel inserts (of good quality even), for the screws to thread into with the HIRAM, which I like. Most just thread the aluminum directly, and aluminum can stretch and creep over time.

you can buy and do better if you want, but cost effective does OK....
Running a UTG on this one:




I'd say that's working out pretty good.