Low mounts for MTC Viper Connect 3-12x24 on a HW100KT?

[Jack OByte]

Morning All,
I've just got my hands on a nice new VC 3-12x24 and thought I could use my existing high mounts but they are WAY too high for it! (but fine for my nighteater 10-50x60).
I'd like to mount it as low as possible, can anyone tell me if I can use low mounts on a HW100KT?

And forgive this naïve question: do all scope mounts (ie; low/medium/high) mount to standardized heights?

Many thanks,
J

[hammy]

BKL-303L is about one of the lowest 30mm mounts. I use them on my Connect on my Rapid.

[bighit]

Morning All,
I've just got my hands on a nice new VC 3-12x24 and thought I could use my existing high mounts but they are WAY too high for it! (but fine for my nighteater 10-50x60).
I'd like to mount it as low as possible, can anyone tell me if I can use low mounts on a HW100KT?

And forgive this naïve question: do all scope mounts (ie; low/medium/high) mount to standardized heights?

Many thanks,
J

There was a query about this not long back. I'm guessing it's the connect with one scope ring that's thinner than the other?

I will find the post and link it here.
http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....hlight=Connect

[Jack OByte]

Hi BigHit,
Thanks but I'm able to use two "normal" mounts in front of the turrets. The BKLs that Hammy suggests will fit fine so I just need to know if the low mounts will work or if I need to go for mediums.
Cheers,
J

[bighit]

Hi BigHit,
Thanks but I'm able to use two "normal" mounts in front of the turrets. The BKLs that Hammy suggests will fit fine so I just need to know if the low mounts will work or if I need to go for mediums.
Cheers,
J

Your welcome . It depends on how you want to set it up I guess .

Hope you find what your looking for .
Paul

[nuggs]

Hi BigHit,
Thanks but I'm able to use two "normal" mounts in front of the turrets. The BKLs that Hammy suggests will fit fine so I just need to know if the low mounts will work or if I need to go for mediums.
Cheers,
J

I had the same set up as yours and used medium mount hawkes with the connect as I don’t think you can get low 30 mm mounts for dove rail ? Only for 25mm scopes or 30mm low are available for weaver rail .i am sure someone will correct me if wrong !

[sevorg]

Hi Jack,

I've got the same combination with medium Sportsmatch mounts see here https://imgur.com/4xELMCn they were the lowest I could conveniently find when I looked a few years back but that may well be different today. I've just put a ruler on it and best guess is 13.5mm between top of rail/body and bottom of scope tube. I would guess you could shave 4 or 5 mm off this with the right mount. One thing I've noticed with this setup is if you are at a mag of under around 7-8x with the wide field of view you see a lot of the silencer in your view, if you mount lower this will be more obvious still. However as the FoV is so large I find I shoot on higher magnification than I would with a more conventional scope.

Hope this is of some help,

Tom

[Jack OByte]

Those look decently low Tom, I was thinking of going for the ones Hammy suggested...low and 30mm ;
https://www.opticswarehouse.co.uk/pr...w-scope-rings/
J

[trick cyclist]

Those look decently low Tom, I was thinking of going for the ones Hammy suggested...low and 30mm ;
https://www.opticswarehouse.co.uk/pr...w-scope-rings/
J

Those look like the standard medium mounts in the picture, but I bought some of the BKL 30mm low mounts for my Pulsar, and they are as low as you can get out of any mount I could find. Though they look lower than the similar 1" from BKL, they are set up to give the same scope optical centre height.

[sevorg]

Yes, they are the standard medium offering, quite low but I agree, the BKL do look to get you even lower.

[Jack OByte]

Thanks for your input folks,
I bought a set of low Nikko Stirling 2 Piece from JSR. My thought was that at £9 I could buy a quality set once I decide on the height I need.
Just used them paper-punching for an hour and I'm not sure if I actually NEED to buy a "quality" set cos the scope sits at a nice height and the mounts seem well made (to me...so far...).
J