I am looking to get a new one piece base for my Savage. Which one would you prefer? Full picatinny rail or cut out rail? What are the pro's and con's to each?
Thanks, Phessor

Phessor,

I shoot Savage rifles and I use the 2 piece picatinny rail type, but only the ones made of steel. I do not like the alloy ones by Weaver as they are not adequate in strength. Since a lot of Savage rifles have no floor plate and must be loaded and unloaded from the top only, it is advisable to have a two piece or a cut out one piece. Again, I like the steel bases and only ones that use all four mounting screws.

Good Luck,

HB

Thanks for the advice halpatbn.
I think that I am going to get this one.

Ken Farrell

I had a farrell base and liked how there was plenty of room to load, and the quality was preaty good IMHO. But there were two things that made me go to a badger one is that the farrell does not have a recoile sholder and the other is that for me to get a good cheek weld i get real low and was having problems finding rings that would bring the scope down to me. so i went with badger. hope this helps

The one thing I was worried about was the height of the Farrell mount. It looks TALL!!

waht is the obj. of the scope you rgoing to put on it?

I am putting a Millett Scope 4-16x 56mm. I have a set of Leupold high rings on it now but the scope touches the barrel. If I go with the Farrell base then I am hoping with the height of the base that I can use a set of Badger low rings that I have. This is for a prairie dog gun of mine.