Hey all,
I haven’t posted in a min. Hope everyone had a great Christmas. Over the holidays, I’ve been working on a new build. Just finished getting this .308 Aero build put together. I’m getting ready to put some glass on it. While I haven’t made the purchase quite yet, I’m pretty set on an NX8 2.5-20. I considered the Leupold mark5 3.5-18 but have pretty well settled on the nx8. I have a question about the nx8 and scope rings. I'm worried about the short tube area at the front of the NX8 that everyone talks about... but first, here’s the stick.
By the way, I completely underestimated what this pig would weigh. I don't know what naked weight is, but with a fully loaded 20 rnd mag, this thing weighs in at 12.2 lbs before the scope and mount get added. Sheesh.
Ok, back to my reason for the post: the NX8 obviously has an usually small tube area toward the front of the scope. I've seen that this could possibly be an issue for some rings/mounts. I would like to mount it in a single-body QD mount if I can. I plan to add another thermal to the fleet soon and I'd like to change between the nx8 and thermal relatively easy on this rifle if possible. This is the main reason for wanting a quick detach scope mount. With all that said, I'm just hoping someone who's familiar with the NX8 2.5-20 could chime in and comment on some quick-release scope mounts that have worked well on the NX8 or even mention some that definitely DONT work on the NX8. Maybe it's a non-issue, but I don't want to do a trial by error if the crew at the hide could help me beforehand. If not I'll end up finding out myself and I'll report back here.
Asside from that any input or opinion on this setup is more than welcome. This is my first AR10 build so I'm learning as I go. Here's some details if anyone cares. Aero M5 upper and lower. Armaspec LPK. 18" Aero Barrel. Aero .308 BCG. Dead Air Nomad 30 can. Headed to a field in Texas soon for hog control.
Thanks in advance. God Bless.
