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Just picked up another E in 300, to hunt with, I have a couple of one piece mounts, a refield and a burris. Ive not used the one piece before, are they alright or should i use a set of weavers? All info and opinions appreciated. Paul

I think I have a couple Leopoldo one piece mounts and like them.

The one piece are just fine. In fact Weaver made some bad 2 piece mounts, so overall the 1 piece are probably safer.

Calhoun, does the one piece make it harder to load, i held it where it would mount, and it looks like it might make it a little tighter to load unload

The major drawback to the 1 piece is the distance the front ring sets out over the barrel. The new short body scopes require extension rings to even fit. I do believe the 1 piece is a better mount though.

Loading impact is minimal in my experience.

Agree, I haven't had any problems with loading with a 1 piece mount in place.

What was bad about them? Thanks for all your help here!! I ask, because I use the Burris signature Zee rings, had to use the offset plastic inserts to get enough windage on two rifles. Both were mid fifties F models, a 243 and a 358

I prefer the 2 piece Weavers for the open ejection port and the weight savings, but I will concede that at times I have had to mix and match sets to gets proper mounting. There is some variation in the Weavers height. My favorite are the tip-overs, flip-overs, tip-off, pivoting, whatever you prefer to call them.

Yep.. some Weaver 1 piece came out with the wrong height, can't get them sighted in. I presume the new ones are fixed, and that Weaver would replace them if you get a bad one? But it still ends up being a hassle. Most of my Weaver 1 piece are older sets I pick up at gun shows or sitting gathering dust at gun stores, never had problems with older ones.

the last set of weaver 2pc were pos, finally had to get another set.

This^^^^^ I had to do exactly that to get proper eye relief.

I like the one piece windage adjustable mounts on all my rifles.....never a problem.

I had a one piece Leupold on a 358 Brush Gun, I could never keep the rear ring tight on the base. Finally gave up on them, put on a set of Weavers and have never had a problem since.

While it's a small amount, there is additional loading clearance with the 2 piece bases. To me, that is important because I do a lot of loading/unloading when doing deer drives. The extra space also helps when you are wearing gloves.

My $0.02

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