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Well, I've got to say I'm kind of excited. The 1 piece mount arrived today so I (very gingerly) mounted the scope. I was actually pretty happy with it - was familiar with the cheek weld and was able to hold various shooting positions with repetition. So I'm thinking if I like the too high mount, the correct height should be pretty freakin awesome. Looking forward to trying out the rings.

That said, I'm sure gonna throw a LER scope on there to see how well it does. Damn I love scout rifles.

I was brought up to not put any sights on the rail. I'm a firm beliver in sling usage - I know the rail would probably not have any deflection on it, but I can't stand the thought of moving the sights out of line. Better safe than sorry.

Wait a second here. Are you trying to being logic and reason to my discussion?

Looks like those use a set screw instead of the clamp type. Worth while to put a little dimple on the barrel?

For the price it better give me a reach around while it goes up my ass.

I'm going with the KAC tool then (sorry Wash). I specifically wanted to avoid the Claw, and no one seems to make clam shell types. Very interested in these rod type tools anyway; Geissele would have been a no brainer if it hadn't cost so freaking much, don't understand why it would cost that much more than the 5.56 rod.

I had looked at that, but was concerned about compatibility: Wasn't sure it would work with my non-KAC rifle.

Can anyone give reports as to how well this tool functions? Not a fan of the "claw" style.

Actually, now that I see there is a "tool" section, I see there are already threads about this topic. Not sure why my search didn't turn them up. /thread closed.

Gas blocks come in 2 sizes, gas block regular height and rail height. You have to match the front sight with the correct gas block to acheive correct line of sight with the rear. The front sights that fit on the gas block regular height blocks are taller than the front sights that are made to go on the rail height gas blocks. You can go either/or but you have to keep to the same system. Anyway, I did buy a rail height block but the AR15 rail must be lower than a DPMS 7.62 rail, so my front sight will be too short.

.308; I'm pretty well set for 5.56 tools. Was hoping to find a clamshell vice block like I have for 5.56 but I just don't see it. I do see that I should have posted this under the "tools" section. Mod: please move if possible.

So I'm looking around and I don't see any other vice blocks except the DPMS "panther claw" (and the $200 Geissele rod, but I'm not gonna pay $200). Am I missing some choices? Did a search here but didn't turn anything up.

Well, it looks like I have an extra .936" rail height gas block that I may need to build an AR15 around. I'd hate to see it go to waste after all.

I did the math in my head before I ordered, and if I'm not retarded I think it will work fine on the flat top. But, I may also be retarded so... guess I will see. But that's also what Shibiwan recomended and he did seem to take that into account in his post language.

My barrel finally arrived today and I had a chance to test fit everything. It's all great, except my gas block. I bought an AR15 rail height gas block, but it seems to not be tall enough. Are there DPMS height specific gas blocks out there and I just missed that? I'm using Black Rain Ord and a Samson Evolution handguard - they mate up perfectly. The gas block isn't tall enough. Is this how it's supposed to be or do I need to be looking for a better gas block?

OK, I've got a "high" ring set on the way.

Well, I'd hate to ignore all this advice from people who know way more about it than I do. I'll order some rings and see which I like better, or at least which give me more utility. Shibiwan was advocating Warne Maxima in High, .525" ring height. That would let the eye piece clear the rear sights? Or is that meant to be mounted in front of the rear sight? Folded of course.

I hadn't seen that one. Very interesting.

Command Arms makes a riser that might work, but I'm betting adjustable comb will be the answer. The only problem is that I might have to give up the collapsable stock to do that, which I really wanted to keep. Mako makes a collapsable sock with an adjustable comb; I need to research that and see what the internet thinks of it. I really won't know what I'm doing until the mount actually gets here and I can see what I need to do.

I ended up ordering a 1 piece qd mount / 1.5" centerline. I'm going to change my stock out to acheive a good cheek weld - I don't want to practice one weld with buis and a different one with scopes - I'd rather have that be uniform. I think the buis could benefit from having the better cheek weld as well, to be honest. I'll see how it works out anyway. Maybe I'll end up regreting it ;)

The objective is 40mm, so about 1.5". I'm thinking a mount with a centerline height of 1.5" would work? That would be just like absolute co-witness, right? So same check weld, etc, but would still clear everything just fine.

So I've got this Bushnell Elite 3200 scope I'd like to being back into use on this 308 I'm putting together. 3-9x40, 1" tube. I've never put glass on top of an AR style rifle. What height rings should I be looking at? I'll have Troy flip up sights, rail height on the front. Any ideas?

Any idea on how tough this scope is? I'm leaning toweards Mtac right now due to accounts I've read of how well it holds up, but this is quite a bit cheaper ;)

Barrel from Fulton. Tracking says I have to wait until Tuesday!