Good afternoon, everyone!
New Impact M3 owner here. I’m coming from a Marauder that I’ve had for the last 5 years. It was springers, nitro pistons, and multi-pumps before that as well as lots or powder burnt in my younger years.
For the Impact M3, I’m trying to decide what scope mount or scope rings I need to order along with the scopes I’ve been eyeing (between an Arken and Athlon FFP) and have 3 basic questions that I was hoping those with M3 experience could help me with.
Sorry for the long post, but thank you for your help in advance!
New Impact M3 owner here. I’m coming from a Marauder that I’ve had for the last 5 years. It was springers, nitro pistons, and multi-pumps before that as well as lots or powder burnt in my younger years.
For the Impact M3, I’m trying to decide what scope mount or scope rings I need to order along with the scopes I’ve been eyeing (between an Arken and Athlon FFP) and have 3 basic questions that I was hoping those with M3 experience could help me with.
- Ring height — I measured the comb to optic distance for rough figment purposes and it seems like I’ll need a mount/rings that are about 1.5” to the center of the optic as the comb is just 5/8” below the top of the pic rail. I’m considering 34mm tube scopes. So, a high mount/rings it is. Does that sound right?
- Cantilevered one-piece or two-piece rings — I think I’d prefer two-piece rings just because that’s what I’ve always used in other hunting rigs, etc. Do I need a cantilevered one-piece to gain the appropriate eye relief on or will two-piece rings fit? I ask as I know friends need cantilevers on their AR style rifles and I’m wondering if this is similar.
- A mount with cant — I know that the Impact M3 rail has 20 MOA of cant built in. I’ve seen other folks in the forum use single-piece cantilever mounts with additional cant. My intention is to use this primarily in my back yard, so I only have up to 75 yards total and will likely zero at 30 to 40. If I have 20 MOA in the rail and 20 MOA in the mount (let’s say) that’s 40” of drop from the aggregate cant at 100yds, 20” at 50yds, and 10” at 25yds relative to a horizontal line. Shooting a 18.13 at 900fps should only see about 16” of drop at 100yds, so why do folks want the extra cant? Just trying to see if I’ve misinterpreted how all of this fits together.
Sorry for the long post, but thank you for your help in advance!