View Full Version : Best mount for a Leupold Mark 4 1.5-5x20mm
Mounting it to the top of an A4 clone with the front sight tower
Robb Jensen
10-22-06, 11:18
Mounting it to the top of an A4 clone with the front sight tower
I use a Larue SPR 1.5 mount on my Vari-X III 1.5-5x scope on my 3gun rifle. It's pretty much the same scope with a different reticle and mine doesn't have M2 turrets (yet).
It looked like this for a little while. (no tips on tactics please, it's a game and I won!). Blackwater side match scores for Sept 06 (http://www.blackwateripsc.exis.net/Scores/2006-09/Rifle%20Finals%20%20All%20divisions.htm)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/gotm4/competition%20pics/robbrifle.jpg
It looks like this now. With the shorter stock I like the SPR-E mount which allows the scope to go further forward.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/gotm4/gunpics/newpics004.jpg
is that the extended eye relief model ?
Robb Jensen
10-22-06, 12:18
is that the extended eye relief model ?
Yes, the extended isn't needed. I know a few people who have extended with MR/Ts but they didn't really need it. I know that an Accupoint typically needs the extended. If I keep my current scope I plan to have Leupold custom shop add M2 turrets but I'm really thinking about going to a Meopta scope.
Yes, the extended isn't needed. I know a few people who have extended with MR/Ts but they didn't really need it. I know that an Accupoint typically needs the extended. If I keep my current scope I plan to have Leupold custom shop add M2 turrets but I'm really thinking about going to a Meopta scope.
Shouldn't that be "No, the extended (mount) isn't needed".....or am I reading it wrong?
LaRue SPR 1.5 mount
http://www.coloradoshooting.org/usmc03%20new%20gamer4s.jpg
When I suggested this on the other site, a bunch of guys jumped in and said that the SPR-E (extended) was needed for the Leupold MR/T 1.5-5x20 M2. I'm a nose to charging handle shooter. The SPR-E would put the MR/T 1.5-5x too far foward.
I have had numerous different shooters use this gun and no one has ever had a problem with eye relief. Some were nose to charging handle shooters others were not.
Just my personal experience, your milage may vary.
Erick Gelhaus
10-22-06, 13:53
The one I've got is in a LaRue SPR mount.
Erick
Same here. I own the SPR and SPR-E and the E puts it too far forward to get proper eye relief. I too am a nose-to-handle shooter.
How do you guys who onw these Leupolds, like them??
I am trying to decide on optics for my new AR!!
Thanks!
If you shoot moderate to long distances (for a carbine or SPR) it's the best thing I've found. You can use it for close distances if necessary but not as well as a Short Dot, Aimpoint, or EOTech.
If you shoot moderate to long distances (for a carbine or SPR) it's the best thing I've found. You can use it for close distances if necessary but not as well as a Short Dot, Aimpoint, or EOTech.
In all honesty, I am really mixed up in deciding what optic to get! I have hunted with leaupold 3-9'd for 20 plus years and love those type scopes... but this is my first AR and I am not sure what to try!
I doubt I really would use it hardly ever past 100 yards... but it would be nice to hit coyotes out to 300 now and then.
I have thought about Aimpoint ML3, Acog TA33R8 or now maybe a Leupold 1.5-5.
Note sure what the heck to do.
Wyoming Shooter
05-01-07, 19:29
Same here. I own the SPR and SPR-E and the E puts it too far forward to get proper eye relief. I too am a nose-to-handle shooter.
The best option would be to try each before buying. If that's not possible, Larue will exchange it if it doesn't work for you. I found that, FOR ME, the SPR-E is the answer. I too shoot nose-to-charging-handle. Best regards, ELN.
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