High End Vs Budget Scope Mounts

[angrybear]

That just can't be right. If it was surely the other brands mentioned are simply no good and just wouldn't sell.

They still sell because "some people" can't see why they should spend £40 on mounts when they can buy a set for £4.99

or for those who only plink in the garden always at the same fixed range, they will have no idea that at twice the range the POI will be way off.

[rabbitslayer]

I then fitted some Sportsmatch reach fwd/back mounts but these had close to 2" lateral shift from 20yds to 150yds,
I then fitted Hawke match mounts these were better but still had almost an inch of lateral shift over the same range,
I then fitted BKL mounts which showed no lateral shift with increasing/decreasing range.
Since then I have only ever used BKL mounts on dovetails.

That just can't be right. If it was surely the other brands mentioned are simply no good and just wouldn't sell.

They still sell because "some people" can't see why they should spend £40 on mounts when they can buy a set for £4.99

or for those who only plink in the garden always at the same fixed range, they will have no idea that at twice the range the POI will be way off.

Sportsmatch and Hawke (Match) are not what I'd call 'cheap mounts'. There must be hundreds of thousands of shooters that use these and I would have thought, if what you say is right, that it'd be common knowledge by now and most would steer clear. But they don't and not all of them can be shooting at fixed ranges

[angrybear]

Regarding air rifles, what's the real difference between fitting high end scope mounts (Spuhr, Tier one, BKL etc.) as appose to the cheaper budget brands like Hawke, Atom, Richter Optik, Nikko Sterling that can be had for a tenner or less on fleabay?

The reason I'm asking is that I've always only ever used the cheaper end of the scale and never had any issues with holding long term accuracy whatsoever even on springers.

So, what's the point in spending a lot of money on more expensive brands when the cheaper one's do the job? Is it just marketing or do they offer something more that I'm not aware of?

Sportsmatch and Hawke (Match) are not what I'd call 'cheap mounts'. There must be hundreds of thousands of shooters that use these and I would have thought, if what you say is right, that it'd be common knowledge by now and most would steer clear. But they don't and not all of them can be shooting at fixed ranges

Ok well in that case I'm obviously mis-reading your OP

I certainly don't class them as "cheap" either (although many serious RFD's do) but neither are they anywhere near "top end"
I'm just relaying my experience & why I think BKL are worth that little bit extra.