ORIGINAL: bigbulls
Just wondering how do you figure that a one piece base is more secure than a two piece base?
The one piece only has three screws holding it to the receiver yet the two piece has four screws attaching them to the receiver. Not to mention that a one piece weighs more which puts more sheer force on the three screws than does the two piece bases.
Another little annoyance is that a one piece base covers up half of the ejection/ loading port and makes loading just a little more dificult for folks with big hands.
Maybe a tad exaggerated but I believe your partly right. I have seen a few sets of Leupold rings lately that don't have me impressed. One set was out of round and I have had to take back. And the last set dovetail turned very easy by hand. And one had the wrong screws in them. It does suck having to take these back. I have had about a dozen sets of Leupold rings. So 3 failures out of 12, maybe ain't that bad, but shouldn't be.
Problem with other sets are thier availability. Leupolds may have thier issues but its convienent, and they generally look nice. When I first read your comment, I thought that is not right at all. Then started counting up my problems, and started rethinking.