Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles When using Quick Release rings which side do you place the locking lever?

Simple question - when mounting a scope that has quick detach (quick release) rings, on which side of the rifle do you mount the locking levers? On the left opposite the bolt or on the right?

I like the left side ( opposing bolt) as I feel it keeps the loading/ejection are clear. It also keeps the levers from digging into my arm if I on hand carry it. I felt the Leopold QDs had smaller levers and did just as well as several others that used big flat levers. Good luck to you.

Left, opposite the bolt face. Had Talleys like this on a 375 HH, they are more out of the way on the left.

Left side, opposite the bolt handle. It just gives a little less clutter around the magazine opening.

Same..... left side, opposite the bolt handle. memtb

Always the ejection port / bolt side... as a RH person, I sling a rifle on my right shoulder and don’t want the levers/knobs rubbing against me and potentially loosening. Ditto when I’m carrying the rifle in my right hand... I don’t want protrusions rubbing against me. Simple really.

I always put them on the right side since the bolt handle sticks out on that side anyway. Keeps the left side clean

A perfect way to put it.

ALL ring fasteners goes opposite the ejection port,whether Turnbolt,Trombone,Lever or Self Shucker...be it Forever Mounted or Quickaloo Dog Schit. Hint. Congratulations?!?

The LAST fhuqking thing I want on a rifle to be QD,is the Gawddamned Fhuqking Rings. Hint.

Wee bit earlier today. HINT.



Bless your hearts.

Hint.

LAUGHING!.....................

Not surprisingly, those with actual hunting experience over many decades more than you also disagree with you, including Phil Shoemaker and Finn Aagaard. I started the practice long before I knew who either of these guys were, but since it’s the most logical place, I wasn’t surprised to find myself in good company.

Phil’s Old Ugly:



Finn’s 375:

Exactly right...assuming one uses a sling and actually hunts with the rifle. I position the levers so they are out of the way of the ejection port; never had an issue quickly reloading.

Interesting to see both sides are used.

Leupold QRs have the levers in the bases, so they have to be on the left side, except on firearms with level surfaces like the Marlin 336 or Remington 742/760 and 7400/7600 series rifles where the one-piece base can be reversed.

Leupold Detachos and QRWs and Warnes have the levers in the rings and I install them with the levers on the right and in the vertical position.

I don't think that there is a functional difference, just an aesthetic one.

I wonder if you know who GF1 is?

Pardon my giving less than ZERO Fhuqks,on how someone else fhuqks a rifle up. If a solution is viable,to preclude malady,I'm simply gonna connect dots and do so. Hint. Congratulations?!?

Then again,I don't haveta' steal pics and simply wear a rifle daily,while shooting out more barrels,than most folks fling boolits. Hint.

Lemmings do some FUNNY schit! Hint

Bless your heart,for trying so hard.

Hint.

LAUGHING!..............

This is about actual hunters, not lard-azzed target shooters.

I don’t. Is it classified?

I don't know who GF1 is.

Well, one of the ACGG’s finest...

Well, a professional rifle mechanic has probably seen enough of them to form an opinion about what works and what doesn't work as well.